The Fiorentina striker, who last summer seemed to be considering the idea of leaving Firenze to go to Inter Milan, is now ready to renew his contract till 2011.
During his stay in Firenze Toni managed to establish a special relationship with the viola su
After stopping the chase after Cassano for various reasons - Real Madrid wanted a clause on Kaka, Cassano only wanted a permanent move and not a loan deal and Milan's dressing room was quite against the signing - AC Milan are now looking at Valeri Bojinov
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Contains a photo of every MLS player (except two) and coach in the league's history, who have played at least one meaningful game. Many thanks to everyone who helped me find some of the more obscure players, includi
Not less than 14 players were suspended for their club's next Serie A Fixture.
The suspended are: Ciro Polito (Catania), Simone Barone (Torino), Salvatore Lanna (Chievo), Victor Obinna (Chievo), Sebastiano Siviglia (Lazio), Marc Andre Zoro (Messina), Mor
As reported by English pundit The Sun, Italian prodigy Giuseppe Rossi is next to change club.
The offensive midfielder, who is officially on the books of Manchester United and a member of the Italian under 21 squad, does not have a good relationship with
Boiler Up Baby!!!!!
For all you IU fans, Purdue is playing in what we call a "bowl game". Purdue usually plays in them after
Khurshed Makhmudov of league champions Regar-TadAZ was named Tajikistan Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Other winners were Asliddin Khabibulloev of Vakhsh (Best Goalkeeper), Khima's Dzhamoliddin Oev (Best Defender), Regar's Ibraguim Rabim
English League Two club Accrington Stanley will play host to China League club, Chengdu Blades, in January, the club announced. Chengdu, which is owned by English Premier League club Sheffield United will be on a four match tour of England which starts ag
Vietnamese football is struggling to improve because of an influx of foreign players, according to the national team's Austrian coach. "The young players are suffering, and it's not good for the national team," Alfred Riedl, currently in his thi
Does Jose Mourinho have the testiculos to axe Sheva from the starting lineup Fulham? [Tribal Football]
Will Manchester United's road to the Premiership crown be as bumpy as Chelsea's? [The Sun]
It's show up on the pitch or get back to Spain for J
Former Missouri State Bear player Matt Pickens (2001-2003), starting goalkeeper for the Chicago Fire, was recently selected to participate in the US Men's National Team Camp that will be run by new Interim Head Coach Bob Bradley and his assistant, Piot
Members of the national team of Asian Football Confederation-member Palestine, joined with players from neighbouring UEFA-member Israel in a friendly against a team representing the southern Spanish region of Andalusia on Wednesday. Organised by the Peres
According to an 800-person survey conducted by the Korea Football Association and quoted by Arirang News, South Korean football fans say their national team played its best this year in its 1-1 draw with France in the World Cup. Best goal of the year went
Dubai International Capital claims it has a long-term strategy for Engish Premier League club Liverpool which would include funds for new players. The western Asian company hit back at claims that it plans to sell the club, it is in the process of acquiri
Relegation-risky English Premier League club Charlton Athletic has signed China captain Zheng Zhi on loan from China's Super League champion, Shandong Luneng, with a view to a permanent deal. Zheng, 26, who can play in defence or midfield, had a brief tri
Blog entries to come this weekend.
The wonderful thing about being in Britain is that you can hear conversations about football in the most interesting places. Taking the train from Manchester to Liverpool last month to embark on a trip to see Everton at home against Bolton, you couldn't e
The Apertura 2006 is finally over (is it really? Fact: there is one suspended match who nobody knows if and when will take place!). Estudiantes de la Plata were a deserved champion (although it must be said that Boca Juniors chickened it out in the end an
...to the futbolininkai of Iraq. A new start in a new year.
December 29, 2006
LONDON (AFP) - Julio Baptista will emerge from the ranks of Arsenal undertstudies by starting in Saturday's Premier League match away to Sheffield United after Gunners manager Arsene Wenger revealed a lengthy injury l
Earlier this week Jose Mourinho hinted that John Terry might need surgery to sort out his back problem, some 48 hours later and the operation has been done, but the surgery technique used is so new that the club had to send Terry to France for sugery as y
So Steven Pressley chose Celtic over Charlton - probably a rare case of a footballer choosing his heart over his wallet, and a bit of security to boot. A shame, but he (and his agent) had nice things to say about us and Pards, at least.
"I was true to m
Les Reed has given a statement to the Daily Mail defending his appointment as head coach - but without a word of rancour or bitterness about his sacking on Christmas Eve, and urging fans to get behind Alan Pardew.
"It became clear that the continuou
I knew it from the moment I saw the news. Paulo Wanchope's signing with FC Tokyo would elicit a panic in Red Bull fandom not seen since the day Bora Milutinovic gave up on the MetroStars and throw out arguably the worst team in MLS history against the
Soccernet has a story on Fulham's desperate needs in the transfer market starting next week, and mentions two players they are going after, but the story does not mention Clint Dempsey. The two listed are Roma forward Vincenzo Montella and Odd Grenland de
Toronto FC will get a taste of two MLS opponents in a March pre-season tournament.
Time flies when you are having fun and 2006 was certainly a lightning fast year of football fun around these parts. Thank you all for joining me for the ride. I'm going to spend the few remaining hours left in the year watching replays of the 1982 Roman
12/29/2006
lastkick.com
Hi fans, this is an excellent tribute to the man himself, yes I am talking about non other than Diego Armando Maradona. Look for his goals against England and Belgium during the 86 World Cup, and the "Hand of God"
Christmas has been and gone, but which of our Fantasy Football teams has Santa been good to? Click below for the latest league table and update. Don't forget that bumper points are up for grabs again this weekend with the hectic New Ye
It is hard to believe that a year ago at this time there was much giddiness over Timbers president John...
Some followup on rumours from a few days ago that Mo was looking at Steven Pressley
Scotland defender and former Hearts captain Steven Pressley has decided to snub a move to the premiership in favour of staying in Scotland to join Glasgow Celtic.
Pressley indicated that his relationship with manager Gordon Strachan and prestige of the c
Although it's getting close to beating a dead horse, the focus on Chelsea's squad troubles continue. This time a reader submission for From The Terraces as CaughtOffside reader Craig tries to figure out exactly what Roman Abramovich has gotten for his rat
"He's a great soccer player because he throws himself into it. He's so great because he has all of the skills. He side-passes. He backs. He goes forward. He listens to the rider." Those are the words used to describe Thunder, a 6-year-old quarter and wo
Most of the leagues in the world actually give their players some time off this time of year, but fortunately for those of us who use football like it is crack there are some matches scheduled during the long weekend. Here are a few worth keeping your bl
It wouldn't be a cliche-ridden football website without some sort of retrospective on the months past, would it?
eh?
oh.
The CUAS Review of 2006
Well. Where shall we start? Pe
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2006 saw some turnover among the on and off-field staff at Queens Park Rangers. Presumably there were some additional off-the-field depatures, not cited here (and of course there were a number of depatures during 2005 from the Chairman and Chie
The lessons we learn today from everyone's favorite league is that mediocrity will not be tolerated and that patience is not a virtue. Just four months after being promoted to Romania's first division, nine players from Universitatea Craiova have been ha
Michael Bradley should provide bench support when Heerenveen finish the 2006 Eredivisie program by hosting FC Utrecht on Saturday.
Perth Glory midfielder Adrian Webster and captain Jamie Harnwell took out their handbags and slugged one another following their team's 0-0 draw against Adelaide United in A-League action on Thursday. In the perverse universe inhabited by a seventh place
Aston Villa are facing an injury crisis and may be without as many as 10 first-team players for Saturday's match with Charlton. Martin O'Neill has been operating with a threadbare squad since he took over in August and his resources look like being stretc
Fulham stopper Carlos Bocanegra will try to shut down Chelsea's high octane attack, while Marcus Hahnemann stares down leaders Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Some stories to read while you work on your New Year's hangover cure….
- The legend of Perry Groves is a hit in the bookstores (Telegraph)
- Since a gazillion people are coming to this site to see the Sunderland sex tape, here's a safe for
You know what's coming here, don't you?
Team news - I wish I'd noticed this article when I was doing the match preview an hour or so ago! According to this article Blues are set to make a number of changes for tonight's game against the Hatters. Nafti is
Vietnam
One of the hosts of the 2007 Asian Cup is soccer-mad Vietnam. Unlikely to progress from Group B which contains holders Japan and Asian Games winners Qatar, Vietnam will have tremendous support. Look out for these traditional straw conic
The official roster for the upcoming US Under 20 camp and January's U-20 CONCACAF Qualifying T0urnament will not be released until Saturday, December 30th. However the Underground has received confirmation that Heerenveen winger
Robbie Rogers
The official roster for the upcoming US Under 20 camp and January's U-20 CONCACAF Qualifying T0urnament will not be released until Saturday, December 30th. However the Underground has received confirmation that Heerenveen winger
Robbie Rogers
So, its nearly New Year and the boys have a potentially tricky away day to a team I personally hate. Well not so much the team but their loud-mouthed manager who I really despise.
With most of the history surrounding the replay of the cup tie
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Steigt ein Verein aus der ersten in die zweite Bundesliga ab, so bedeutet dies vor allem einen erheblichen Rückgang der Einnahmen, der durchaus die Exis
Including 'amusing' predictable reference to The Colin Bell Stand and dreadul joke about the 'new' Turkish manager...
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Liverpool: 6th place; 34 points out of 20 games
Tottenham: 7th place; 31 points out of 20 games
Last 4 meetings:
3-0 Liverpoo
Well we seem to be riding a wave at the moment. Let's hope it continues and the doubters who feel we may have peaked too soon are wrong. My first article for this website discussed the starting eleven. The team is listed below, bear in mind Upson was inju
There's quite a few stories doing the rounds today about various transfer targets. And, in a nutshell, here they are (perhaps not quite a nutshell.)
Three way fight for Carlos Edwards - First read about this on the Beeb gossip column this morning. After a
Chelsea hope to have John Terry back in action within a matter of weeks, after he undergoing surgery on his back injury.
The England skipper has not featured in the Blues' last three Premiership matches, in which they have conceded six goals
John Terry's operation has apparently gone well, and the Chelsea captain should be back in weeks as opposed to months, but it will still be far too long for the Premiership champions who have discovered that life without their captain involves a lot of po
For some reason I keep thinking that we're playing York City tonight. I think I read it on the message board that we once beat York City on a Friday night televised game and since reading that, I'm convinced we're playing them. If you see the word ‘York
Notes from the Road - Travels in City and Country
Cool photography site.
And I see that Britain has finally finished paying for defending the free world back in World War II
UK settles WWII debt to Allies
La Juventus riprenderà la preparazione a Vinovo il 2 gennaio.
6 gennaio: Milan-Juventus (amichevole trofeo Berlusconi)
13 gennaio: Mantova - Juventus (campionato)
Ripresa il 2 gennaio anche...
Leggi ancora
Juve in vacanza, tante parole e poche notizie concrete.
Ma per chi vive di Juve 365 giorni l'anno è dura vedere lo JBC senza parole per giorni. Eppure le parole in questo momento possono...
Leggi ancora
Having read the rather unfortunate news about John Terry going under the surgeons knife to resolve his back problems I have been running my good eye over the remaining league fixtures for United and Chelsea and I've graded each according to their banana s
Where and when:
Upton Park, Saturday 30th December 2006. 3pm kick off.
Current form:
Our recent slide was arrested with an important win away at Sheffield United on Boxing Day, and the fac
As well as the comments that get posted up on the site (keep them coming by the way), from time to time I also receive a number of emails as well.
I received one in particular which I thought would be worth sharing with the rest of you out ther
Well Charlton's struggling in the transfer market just like on the pitch. They landed Chinese international Zheng Zhi. But they lost out to Celtic on signing Scott Pressley. It's going to be tough for the Addicks to dig themselves out of the hole they
Xabi going to Spain? Yeah, right, if Rafa ships Xabi he better be bringing in... Well, Xabi's pretty much irreplaceable, Jimmy Bullard might be able to fill that gap, but last time I checked he was on crutches.
Crouch not going, Villa not comin
Little news is generated while "La Liga" is on its Xmas break, but
what is said by two leading Spanish sports dailys - "as & marca" is
interesting & suspicious at the same time.
The
Charlton v Aston Villa (7:45am, Setanta): Charlton was desperately unlucky to not get the full 3 points from Alan Pardew's first match in charge, and I imagine they'll continue to look a better side than they did under Les Reed. At the same time, Villa, w
With Liverpool being decidedly average so far this season, January sees Rafa Benitez given the opportunity to flex his Spanish muscle in the transfer market... and with his sights set on David Villa from Valencia, someone will have to make way. It app
The end of 2006 brings the end of The Year of Soccer. Over the last 12 months I've played and watched more soccer than I ever have. With my league, Fox Soccer Channel, the World Cup, DC United, the Freedom, other semi-pro teams in the area, and this very
Up for it
Zheng Zhi, the wild man of China, has signed for Charlton on loan with a view to a permanent move. Chinese footballer of the year in 2003, he was banned from the Asian Champions League for six months for spitting at a
Paulo Wanchope, the Costa Rican striker who seemed like just the type of player MLS might be going after, is heading to FC Tokyo. Here is the press release from the FC Toyko website. The heading on that release was translated via babelfish as 'News of
An unusually favourable feature in The Times suggests that the media is taking Charlton more seriously now that Pards is in charge. They point out that Pompey only had one more point this time last year, but managed to survive. Read the story a
Former Hearts captain Steven Pressley has undergone a medical at Charlton, but his agent has not ruled out a move to Scottish champions Celtic.
The 33-year-old was at The Valley on Wednesday and held talks with Addicks gaffer Alan Pardew.
Th
A quickie this morning, which is always quite nice you have to say, as I have to go see a man about a dog who plays golf. Funny how the Christmas period screws up your brain. I really thought it was Wednesday today. Shame that never happens in a normal wo
German Helmut Haller is in worrying health condition.
The former player was taken to an Augsburg hospital after suffering a heart attack. "My father is not at all in good condition, I am very worried" said his sone Juergen.
67-year old Haller
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One Year ago today...The day after QPR had beaten Cardiff1-0...Two days before QPR's 4-3 New Years Eve victory at Crewe....A day after Hollway was expressing his views - On the field "chuffed as a badger" views and two days before ex
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Norwich vs QPR:
17th place Norwich at home to 20th placed QPR. Norwich haven't won since the end of November. Norwich have Championship leading goalscorer, Robert Earnshaw. At Norwich, he's scored 16 league goals thus far. The
FC Tokyo that is. Rumours that Wanchope was MLS bound - New York, Colorado, LA were mentioned, have apparently fallen through. I believe Wanchope is a Green Card holder which makes him a valuable MLS asset.
Apparently this has been all over the internet lately, yet somehow I missed it. In my defence, the internet is an extremely big place....
Continue.
You need imagination to coach at the top level
Martin O'Neill lavished praise on Sir Alex Ferguson recently, possibly as a pre-game excuse for Villa's inevitable 3-0 beating at the hands of Manchester United but more likely because he's understandably wowed by arguably the Premiership's Greatest Manag
Les Reed has told his story to the Daily Mail. Once again he comes across as a decent man, although clearly he feels he was treated unfairly by some sections of the media. Surprisingly, the story is not linked either to a fall in S.E.London ho
12/29/2006
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DOHA: The youth teams of eight nations will take part in the Friendship Cup here in the Qatari capital from January 21-30.
The teams have been drawn into two groups of four each with Group A comprising hosts
The Underground has compiled this list of players who were invited by Head Coach Bob Bradley to the National Team camp in January, but will not partake in the camp.
*Note this is an unofficial list. If you have any additional information ,
Brian O'Connell, MatchNight in New England - Whenever a team comes so close, on multiple occasions, to tasting the sweet nectar of championship glory, there is usually one glaring blemish that spells out the solution.
