By: Chris C.
Soccer City FC

It's another interesting month in the world of football. Transfers are flying around at the typical blazing pace, players are making bigger money than even they know what to do with, and the little teams are trying their hardest to keep up. Many of the smaller teams out there have gone so far as to break their own transfer records to sign players that would previously have been relatively affordable. Click to continue reading...

By: Lynne
Soccer City FC

UEFA Cup – First Round – 17 July 2008

EB/Streymur 0 - Manchester City 2

@ Torsvollur Stadium (the National Stadium), Torshavn , Faroe Isles
(their own stadium, Við Margáir, holds just 1,000, hence the switch)

Att: 5,700 (capacity 6,000)

A great job done, by the fans as well as the team. Click to continue reading...

By: Alan
Soccer City FC

Clubs in the Premiership are beginning to dive into the market with only four weeks before the first league matches kick-off.

Newcastle have made their second summer signing by clinching the transfer of midfielder Danny Guthrie from Liverpool after a fee was agreed. Click to continue reading...

By: The Keeper
Soccer City FC

Last winter, the Premier League looked at the possibility of a 39th-game to be played abroad. The proposal was rejected by the FA at a meeting in February. Soccer City FC's newest contributor, The Keeper, adds another idea to the table.

America, get ready for the Community Shield. Click to continue reading...

By: Ko Po Hui
Special to Soccer City FC

Flipping through the back pages of any dailies around the world (except North America perhaps?), tendency is that you'll swayed with headlines of whosoever going to where soever, the so-called star player pushing his employing club to the corner for his atrocious wage demands and lastly, how about selling clubs to the highest bidder as if in a cattle market? Click to continue reading...

By: Alan
Soccer City FC

Former and current Brazilian internationals have been a common theme in transfers worldwide as teams look to reinforce their squads in the off-season.

Playmaker Geovanni was quickly signed up by Premiership newcomers Hull City upon his release from Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

By: Lynne
Soccer City FC

'Jô who?' all the fans will be saying.

If the reports are true, our new signing, Jô, will miss training with the team and the start of the season (possibly making his first appearance in September!). The Brazilian manager is calling him up to join the squad for the Olympics (Group C for all those that are able to watch). Click to continue reading...

By: Lynne
Soccer City FC

Our captain and fan favourite has just signed a new four year contract - PHEW and thank goodness. Mark Hughes' second signing of his new managership and to me, of greater importance than the Jo deal. A huge sigh of relief is heard over the City of Manchester Stadium (CoMS) and fans everywhere can now let their shoulders relax (me included). Click to continue reading...

From today's matches:

Saturn Mosk Oblast 7 - 0 FC Etzella Ettelbrück
FK Teplice 1 - 3 Budapest Honvéd FC
SK Sturm Graz 2 - 0 Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Grasshopper Club Zürich 2 - 1 Besa Kavaje
Grbalj Radanovici 2 - 2 Sivasspor
Chernomorets 919 Burgas 1 - 1 ND Gorica
FC Tiraspol 0 - 0 SC Tavriya Simferopol
KFC Germinal Beerschot 1 - 1 Neftchi Baku

You read that right; Russian Premier League side Saturn Mosk Oblast dropped seven on FC Etzella Ettelbruck. Click to continue reading...

Toronto FC's Academy squad tied London City 2-2 in Canadian Soccer League action.

SK Brann scored 4 times in their victory over FK Bodø/Glimt in today's Tippeligaen action. Forward Thorstein Helstad ended the match with a hat-trick adding to his league-leading goal total. Click to continue reading...

The two clubs face off in the first qualifying round of the 2008-2009 UEFA Cup. The first leg will be played on July, 17 2008 and the second leg on July 31, 2008.

PFC Cherno More finished fifth in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, but but because the club made the Bulgarian Cup final, Cherno More earned a place in the UEFA cup. Click to continue reading...

The two clubs face off in the first qualifying round of the 2008-2009 UEFA Cup. The first leg will be played on July, 17 2008 and the second leg on July 31, 2008.

JFK Olimps Rīga finished 8th in Latvia's LMT Virslīga, but because the club made the Latvian Cup final it earned a place in the UEFA cup. Click to continue reading...

The two clubs face off in the first qualifying round of the 2008-2009 UEFA Cup. The first leg will be played on July, 17 2008 and the second leg on July 31, 2008.

FC Gomel finished second in the 2007 Belarusian Premier League. Forward and Belarusian national team member Roman Vasilyuk has scored over 50 goals since his arrival at the club in 2005. Click to continue reading...

The two clubs face off in the first qualifying round of the 2008-2009 UEFA Cup. The first leg will be played on July, 17 2008 and the second leg on July 31, 2008.

Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg finished second last season in the Austrian Bundesliga with 63 points. The club is paced by Croatian defender Niko Kovač, Austrian midfielder René Aufhauser, Swiss forward Johan Vonlanthen, and German forward Alexandre Zickler. Click to continue reading...

By: Chris C
Soccer City FC

It's not an uncommon sight at all for the Bolton Faithful to be waiting and wondering what's going to happen next during the summer transfer window. With the transfer funds seemingly in a perpetual void and the better players being linked with moves to teams that have the cash to splash, most Trotters' fans typically spend their summers wondering who we'll lose next, or what virtually unknown player will be suiting up in the White Hot colours next year. Click to continue reading...