My friends at VoucherCodes alerted me to a 1/2 price deal on tickets for the Fulham v. Burnley match at Craven Cottage on February 9th. Â Looks like a winner.

£15 for an adult ticket and juniors under 16 get in for only £5.

It's about time. Â Admittedly I am a fan of the game, but what better entertainment could you get for the money?

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Here's my take on it:

Wishing peace on Earth and good will toward all men (and women) Happy holidays to all

I read someone pointing to soccer and exclaiming "Dios existe!" but I leave such epiphanies to each of my friends as they may find them.

Santa meets Billy the Badger - photo courtesy Nick Sarebi

Germany Charity Soccer Match - photo courtesy Ryan Cohick

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If you're like me and play too much, you might owe your Mom a pair of these for Christmas. Also useful if you aren't ready to pop the question to your girlfriend, or if you are married and need to make a few points.

If you are married, face it: you need to earn a few points. Can you tell I have given these before?

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It's not too soon to start psyching up for the World Cup. This video should stoke your competitive fires from the build up to the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003...

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The look of the player on the pitch, a skilled & fiery workhorse, captures the fan's imagination, but what follows?

Few goals, lots of whining, a desire to quit.

If this was said about Carlos Tevez in relation to Manchester United you might take pause to consider if he was done wrong and has a grevience.

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This is Fabio

At least that's what Manchester United is saying.

Sir Alex Ferguson played both twin Brazilian brothers, Rafael & Fabio Silva, in their Carling Cup match against Barnsley. En route to winning, Rafael fouled Jamal Campbell-Ryce and earned himself a yellow card; however Referee Chris Foy put brother Fabio in the book.

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For the love of football!

This looks like too much fun. Â What footballer wouldn't want to have a go at a game like this?

Play Guitar Hero by kicking soccer balls against a warehouse wall? Â The scale of this takes video gaming to another level, and looks silly fun. Â It would take a handful of good footballers and some practice to manage a decent score, but wouldn't it be a blast to try?

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Here's a short video tribute to Charlie Davies who was seriously injured in a car crash this last week. Charlie is a player who seemed to be really coming on and finding himself in the game. Our thoughts are with Charlie Davies, and his family and friends

Charlie Davies, No.9 Age 23 National Team USA Current Club Sochaux Current League France Ligue 1 Last Club Hammarby Last League Sweden Allsvenskan College Boston College Total Club Goals 29 Total Caps 17 Total International Goals as a Senior 4
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"You ask 100 people, 99 will say it's very bad and the hundredth will be Mark Hughes."

 Arsene Wenger upon video review of Emmanuel Adebayor's tackle whereby he dragged his cleats on Robin van Persie's face.

Arsenal lost to Manchester City 4-2 in their 12 September 2009 match.

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Numerologists will tell you that the date 9-9-09 is special. Â Sounds a bit far fetched, but maybe strikers believe it.

There was a veritable goal spree in World Cup qualifying matches in Europe today, with two countries racking up 7-0 victories. Â Here are a few fun facts from today's Europe matches:

• 72 goals were scored in 25 matches
• 48 goals were scored by the home teams
• 24 goals were scored by the away teams

England, Spain, and Netherlands have now each qualified for the World Cup with eight straight wins.

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You know you want to see the final scores before the matches are even started, so here they are. All results brought to you by Crystal Ball Corporation "When you need to know what your bookie does not".

All predictions are of course subject to the minor caveat that this is futbol, football and soccer where anything can and will happen except what you think will happen.

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World Cup qualifying games over the last weekend have set the race to qualify in the CONCACAF group on a knife's edge.

The top 3 teams qualify for the World Cup and at this point no team is a safe bet to qualify, as it's neck and neck among the top four teams.  The fourth place team does get a last chance to qualify by playing a home and away against the 5th place team in South America qualifying.

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Strikers live and die by their goal tallies, so I thought it'd be interesting to take a peak to see who is doing well as the European season gets under way. Â Here's a snapshot, see the link below for the goal tallies on an on-going basis.

Top
League in Goals Top
Scorers England 4 Jermaine Defoe, Wayne Rooney France 4 Yoann Gourcuff Germany 4 Paolo Guerrero, Stefan Kiessling Italy 3 Antonio Di Natale Portugal 3 Oscar Cardozo, Garcia Radamei Spain 3 Roberto Soldado

The players above have scored at an amazing rate over the first league games.

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Is this Rooney's year? As of today Wayne Rooney has 4 goals in 4 league games for his club, and 10 goals for 9 games including cup play and internatioanl games. Â That's a scoring rate one would not expect Rooney to maintain, historically speaking. If you have read the football pundits about Wayne Rooney in any of the last several years, it will have been hard to avoid glowing characterisations of his football. Click to continue reading...

Estadio Azteca, Mexico - Thin, smoggy air, and an intimidating venue for away teams

Soccer fans and pundits have analyzed the CONCACAF qualifying performances to near death, but have we all missed the point?

Of the eighteen Round 4 World Cup qualifying matches in CONCACAF (so far), how many matches have home teams lost?

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