It looks like Ashley Cole will he playing for someone else next season after rejecting Chelsea’s latest one-year extension. Chelsea have a new policy that players over the age of 30 will only be signed to one-year contract extensions, a policy that led to Didier Drogba leaving the club this summer. And it looks like […]

It looked like another poor performance away from home was about to cost the USA dearly in their Wold Cup qualifying campaign. But then Eddie Johnson got behind the Antigua and Barbuda defense and headed home from substitute Alan Gordon’s cross in the 90th minute and the U.S. escaped with all three points. The combination […]

Manchester United teammates Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck got two goals each as a young England side beat San Marino 5-0 at Wembley. Why many in the media were expecting England to put up a cricket score, and then criticized them for scoring only five, Roy Hodgson has to take a lot of positives away […]

After letting Andy Carroll to join West Ham on loan 48 hours before the summer transfer window closed, Brendan Rodgers knew he was leaving himself sort of attacking options. But Rodgers let Carroll go because he was assured by Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre that a replacement for Carroll would be brought in. Well we […]

Rumours are surfacing that former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola is in talks with AC Milan about replacing current manager Massimiliano Allegri. Guardiola is living in New York during his one year sabbatical from football. He of course was brilliant atBarcelona where he won three La Liga titles and two European Cups in four seasons. AC Milan a miserable summer, offloading many of […]

Really insightful interview with US coach Jurgen Klinsmann on FIFA.com about the realities and stresses of playing in CONCACAF, points dropped on the road during World Cup  qualifying, and just exactly what it takes to win a position in his side.  Here are some excerpts from that interview. FIFA.com: You’ve been in charge for four World Cup qualifiers in the […]

Reports suggest that John Terry is set to accept the FA’s four-match ban for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand, despite being adamant he has been wronged by the findings of an independent disciplinary commission. Terry strongly believes the FA case should have been dropped after he was found not guilty in a criminal trial in the […]

Mike Ashley cannot win for trying. Over the last couple of years he has moved into the background at Newcastle United and let Alan Pardew and his staff run the football side of the club. The results have been terrific, and recently Ashley rewarded Pardew for his efforts, buy giving him and his staff new […]