Liverpool’s owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have had their boardroom coup slapped down by the High Court today. Hicks and Gillett tried to replace two board members with two of their own in order to block the sale of Liverpool to New England Sports Ventures (NESV). But the judge, ruled they did not have […]
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Interesting back drop to this weekends U.S. v Poland game in Chicago. Aston Villa full-back Eric Lichaj had the option of playing for either the U.S. or Poland and he was actually called up by both countries for the game. Lichaj decided he wanted to play for the county he was born in, rather than […]
U.S. men’s national team head coach Bob Bradley has included Schalke 04 midfielder Jermaine Jones, Aston Villa defender Eric Lichaj and FC Dallas winger Brek Shea in his 20 man squad for the upcoming friendlies against Poland (Oct. 9th in Chicago) and Colombia (Oct. 12 in Chester, Pa.). With the fixture dates falling during the […]
Stunning news from Italy as the Italian Players’ Association (AIC) have announced that the players in Italy’s top flight will go on strike on the weekend of September 25-26. A statement issued by AIC said: “The AIC, in complete agreement with all the Serie A clubs, have decided that these teams will not go out […]
In a move that surprised no one Portugal have fired coach Carlos Queiroz. Queiroz has recently been handed a six-month ban for allegedly insulting anti-doping agents before this year’s World Cup. A Portuguese Football federation statement read: “Given the recent events, and after reviewing the current situation concerning the national coach, the directorate of the […]
Aston Villa are expected to announce later today that Gerard Houllier has been named their new manager replacing Martin O’Neil. Houllier still needs to find an assistant manager with Gary McAllister and Dietmar Hamann, who both played under Houllier for Liverpool, have been linked with the role. He is expected to meet his new team […]
Last September the chairmen of the Premier League teams agreed to new squad rules changes andit seems that managers have only know started to realize the consequences of the new rule. Basically the squad rules says that each Premier League club must name their 25-man squad by September 1, the day after the summer transfer […]