So all the speculation and rumours were true and Kaka finally heads out of Italy and Serie A club AC Milan into the promised land at Real Madrid of Spain’s La Liga. The transfer fee of a reported world record 59 million English pounds is of course a ridiculous amount of money and to me, [...]
The shockwaves of the 2008-2009 season are being felt in some European leagues as the season ended in most nations on the weekend. Some major and minor moves have already been made, and if you don’t keep up with them now, you may not know who’s who when next season starts.
First of all, Celtic manager Gordon [...]
The decision to create the English Premier League in 1992 was met with a large amount of criticism as it was thought it would risk the tradition and history of the game.
What it actually did was create one of the most successful leagues in the world and there is no reason why the brand new [...]
Manchester United got a good start to retaining their Champions League Title with a 1-0 win over Arsenal at Old Trafford on April 29th. United came out with guns blazing and should have had a 3-0 lead by halftime, but John O’Shea was the only one who wasn’t firing blanks and scored the winner in [...]
After a busy weekend in football here’s a look at the major continental European leagues.
In Germany, Wolfsburg blew a chance to gain three points on their rivals after losing 2-0 away to Energie Cottbus. With five games left to play, Wolfsburg leads the Bundesliga with 57 points, Hertha Berlin has 55, and Bayern Munich, Stuttgart [...]
Most of the top English Premier teams were off this weekend because of the FA Cup semifinals. The league gets back into action on Tuesday (Apr. 21st) with a huge game between Liverpool and fourth-place Arsenal at Anfield. Well, it’s a huge game for second-place Liverpool as they’re still trying to catch Man United, who [...]
