For the Love of Football

Saints on their way up?

After a troublesome few years, things are finally starting to look up on the south coast. Southampton Football Club are celebrating their 125^th anniversary and are looking to gain promotion to the Championship following an excellent campaign last season. Despite a ten point deduction at the start of the season and much rebuilding of the squad throughout, Saints managed to finish only a couple of points outside the playoff places. Without the deduction, they would have finished only three More

The State of English Football

After England’s premature exit from the World Cup following their abysmal performances in three of their four games the team could be compared to old used sofas for sale. It is worth considering what the state of English football will be in at the next couple of tournaments. Without doubt, it is time to look beyond the national side and figure out ways to bring new English talent into the Premier League. Too many teams look to foreign shores More

Campbell to Newcastle

As the new football season approaches, the number of transfer deals have started to increase. The World Cup is over, we have all seen the new fosters tv ad, and focus can now return to the upcoming season. One team that will be closely watched in the coming weeks will be Newcastle United. Their return to the Premier League after only one season in the Championship will be interesting to say the least. Will this team keep their status More

Who can save England

So we did abysmally in the World Cup- (did we really think otherwise??). Was it the players awful performances ( or lack of them), or was it the Managers choice of players. it seems like it’s the same old song we sing every time England take to the field and fail. Blame the decisions, blame the injuries, blame the long season our players have. Just who is to blame. If Capello had asked Paul Scholes personally, instead of sending a More

Joe Cole moves to Liverpool FC

Finally some good news for Liverpool. Joe Cole, released by Chelsea after the 2009/10 season due to a failure to agree a contract, has joined the Reds on the synthetic sports pitch for a 4 year contract. The news has been greeted with excitement by the majority of fans for a number of reasons, least not being that Joey Cole is flipping good.
After a long time away from football’s absolute top table Liverpool fans have got used to living More

Southampton 2010/11 Season

What a massive season this is going to be for the Saints. After a very positive 2009/10 season in which the team started with -10 points, there is huge expectation that Southampton will storm to the top of the league and win it comfortably. In fact, if it wasn’t for the -10 points, they may have even managed promotion last season.

As a fan, I would have to admit, I also have some pretty hefty expectations for the team this More

Euro 2008 in Europe

A few years ago I was travelling around Europe at the time of the UEFA Euro 2008 Championships, which were being held in Austria and Switzerland. We had booked several cheap hostels in advance assuming that these two countries at least, would be packed with football fans. We were not wrong. The atmosphere was amazing.

We got to Switzerland, unfortunately, before the tournament started, but it was a lot of fun seeing the country in its preparation stage. You could More

Will Arsenal lose it’s Sol?

It seems that the time has come around for Arsenal centre-back, the veteran Sol Campbell to start playing with other kids. The 35-year-old has not only admitted to talks with Celtic, but has claimed to be considering his options. This is just after it was revealed that the Emirates club had offered him a twelve month extension to his current contract.

So will he leave? He has told the Scottish Sun that it is “a serious possibility”, but maybe he is just bidding his time to see if he will be given a better offer, as he has also stated that his personal preference is that remain with Arsenal next season. But as we all know Arsenal has some sorting out to do with Fabregas in an effort to keep him from Barcelona’s clutches.

Like a gentleman, Campbell has stated that he will wait his turn to “thrash out” something with the Emirates club. So all we can really do now is sit and wait…