UK journalist Matt Slater has summarized the corruption scandal in Greek football for the English speaking world here, but one line struck me in particular:

When Deputy Culture Minister Giorgos Nikitiadis said this was "the darkest day in the history of Greek football" it was probably the first pronouncement by a politician anybody in the country had entirely agreed with for months.

We NEEDED a win and thankfully that's just what we got! Now, before we get too confident, this was Panserraikos we played. An AEK team that we the fans want should beat this team EVERY match, home and away, and comfortably, rather than having us threaten the team not to return if they lose. Yes, we got the win, but let's not forget the fact that we still have many problems which need to be resolved, ASAP.

We NEEDED a win and thankfully that's just what we got! Now, before we get too confident, this was Panserraikos we played. An AEK team that we the fans want should beat this team EVERY match, home and away, and comfortably, rather than having us threaten the team not to return if they lose. Yes, we got the win, but let's not forget the fact that we still have many problems which need to be resolved, ASAP.

That's right,your eyes are not deceiving you.Our beloved set a new unwanted record on Saturday night.Heaviest defeat at home by a team from outside Athens or Thessaloniki.And this coming days after our massive 'away' victory against pao only 3 days earlier.
So what went so wrong????Honestly,i'm not sure.

By the time you've read this AEK will have signed 29 year old,Nabil Baha,a Morrocan who has been plying his trade with Malaga in Spain's top league.Baha is a striker,who will be coming to Athens on loan till the summer,where we"ll then have an option to buy him outright.In 107 appearances for Malaga he has scored 43 goals.

By the time you've read this AEK will have signed 29 year old,Nabil Baha,a Morrocan who has been plying his trade with Malaga in Spain's top league.Baha is a striker,who will be coming to Athens on loan till the summer,where we"ll then have an option to buy him outright.In 107 appearances for Malaga he has scored 43 goals.

Djibril Cisse has been pretty vocal about both his experiences in Greece and wanting to leave Greece, for reasons which are entirely understandable.

Now they're even using his photo for rather horrible stories on Greek football which involve neither Djibril himself, nor his team.

So, I know its a bit late, but I figured I'd get a short review of the season up (even though its a season, one of many, that I would ultimately like to forget about)..

I guess it would be most appropriate to start from the beginning though in all honesty, I can barely remember much from the first half of the season!

So, I know its a bit late, but I figured I'd get a short review of the season up (even though its a season, one of many, that I would ultimately like to forget about)..

I guess it would be most appropriate to start from the beginning though in all honesty, I can barely remember much from the first half of the season!

This is Mike (AEK Baltimore). I haven't posted since our 2010/11 Europa League campaign came to an end. But summer's here and its time for some summer reading suggestions for the thinking footballer!

Jonathan Wilson, genius football historian and analyst and author of the brilliant Inverting the Pyramid (yes, I'm a fan), is the editor of a new football journal named The Blizzard.

Really not sure where to start this one, but I guess Ill begin with Scocco transfer (though I'm sure most of you have heard by now). Yep, Nacho Scocco is no longer a player of AEK. And I really don't know what to say about this... literally.

Three seasons he's been with us and in during those three seasons he has left us with so many great memories: his two goals in the 4-4 Cup Final, his two goals against Oly to give us the win in Karaiskaki, his two goals (one of them being an outrageously beautiful shot, as were most of his goals) against Aris, his two goals against Vaslui, his fantastic shot against Panionios, a number of goals against PAO.

We got ourselves a new striker. Eidur Gudjohnsen from Iceland will join us the next two seasons. Gudjohnsen is coming over from Stoke City. The captain from the Iceland national team played for a lot of clubs, including Barcelona, Chelsea, AS Monaco and PSV Eindhoven.
The transfer to Athens came throught this sunday afternoon after some trouble, because West Ham United was also interested in Gudjohnsen.

A beautiful 87th minute header from Jose Carlos,our new no:10 and the man who's come in to replace Nacho Scocco proved to be the difference in the 1st leg at the OAKA last night.Nikos Georgeas had the ball on the right,cut back inside on his left foot and delivered the perfect cross for Jose Carlos who sneaked in at the back post,heading downwards giving their keeper no chance.

Yep, 2 for 2 in the championship already. Who would have thought? Certainly not me (if I read correctly, we had 2 points by this time last season). And really, THESE are the games we must be winning. Take the 07-08 season for example, where easily avoidable home losses to teams like Iraklis and Panionios cost us the championship.

It's not the first time the Algerian international has had problems with the AEK coaching staff.His outburst last year directed at then manager Bajevic was well published and it seems like he's up to his old tricks again.According to sources at AEK'S Spata training ground,about an hour into the session Jimenez had a go at the players telling them that 4-5 players were not pulling their weight during the last 10 minutes of that training session.

I was really looking forward to this game today as it was going to be my first AEK match that I'd be seeing live since last season. I'm now sitting here wondering what I was all excited about in the first place!

First match of the new year after a fairly quiet holiday period and we needed a win to keep a good grip on third place.

I was really looking forward to this game today as it was going to be my first AEK match that I'd be seeing live since last season. I'm now sitting here wondering what I was all excited about in the first place!

First match of the new year after a fairly quiet holiday period and we needed a win to keep a good grip on third place.

What a sweet, sweet victory for all of us AEK fans today! A 2-0 victory over PAO in their own stadium, with both goals being scored by Libe.

The match was a fairly even affair throughout with neither side absolutely dominating possession. The match started with a very low pace with neither team looking to risk too much offensively too early in the game.

The signing of Miguel Madera, known more commonly as Michel, has been confirmed by AEK on the club's site. The deal is a loan deal (the player was previously part of Birmingham's squad but failed to make many appearances from what I read) with an option to buy. I can't say I know very much about him, but he's said some good things about the club and seems to be happy with moving to AEK.

The signing of Miguel Madera, known more commonly as Michel, has been confirmed by AEK on the club's site. The deal is a loan deal (the player was previously part of Birmingham's squad but failed to make many appearances from what I read) with an option to buy. I can't say I know very much about him, but he's said some good things about the club and seems to be happy with moving to AEK.

AEK traveled north on Saturday night,looking to get back on track after last weeks miserable game.And it was all positive for Manolo Jimenez and his team as we came away with the 3 points courtesy of goals from Leonardo and the seemingly never aging Liberopoulos.
Jimenez sprung some major selection surprises in this game with the idea of resting players for the upcoming midweek 2nd leg Greek Cup clash against pao.

AEK traveled north on Saturday night,looking to get back on track after last weeks miserable game.And it was all positive for Manolo Jimenez and his team as we came away with the 3 points courtesy of goals from Leonardo and the seemingly never aging Liberopoulos.
Jimenez sprung some major selection surprises in this game with the idea of resting players for the upcoming midweek 2nd leg Greek Cup clash against pao.

Both goals and a couple of highlights can be found on the following link,,,,,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifws0tmK9Rg

Davide Mateo, 23 year old centre back signed on loan by AEK, had his first training session with the team today and nothing but praise has been said about him.

According to team mates and management, he is excellent with the ball at his feet and has an excellent sense of the pitch and positioning.

We made it much more difficult for us than we needed to but, thanks for Michel's last second GOLARA, AEK are through to the semi-finals!

I'll admit that I did miss the second half due to this lovely snowstorm we had today in Ontario and the shoveling which was required, but I managed to catch the first even though it wasn't all good news.

We made it much more difficult for us than we needed to but, thanks for Michel's last second GOLARA, AEK are through to the semi-finals!

I'll admit that I did miss the second half due to this lovely snowstorm we had today in Ontario and the shoveling which was required, but I managed to catch the first even though it wasn't all good news.

The roller coaster ride that has been AEK this season continues yet again, this time as a result of a 2-1 home loss to Aris (only the 3rd time Aris has beaten us at home).

It wasn't all bad for me personally as I felt there were some positives to take from the game including some nice football we were playing, particularly in the first half.

I seriously wonder sometimes... if it wasn't for what our badge stands for and some of the legends that have worn our shirt, why would any of us bother even paying the slightest attention to this joke of a league. I'm referring specifically to yesterday's derby between Oly and PAO though also our match today as well as yesterday's match between Tripolis and Kerkyra.

Im pretty sure Ive used that title before but Im going to use it again because I feel it works for the occasion. Today, in the same stadium, against the same team we so miserably drew 0-0 with five days ago, we witnessed a performance from AEK that was unlike anything we've seen yet this season (in my opinion).

Im pretty sure Ive used that title before but Im going to use it again because I feel it works for the occasion. Today, in the same stadium, against the same team we so miserably drew 0-0 with five days ago, we witnessed a performance from AEK that was unlike anything we've seen yet this season (in my opinion).

The board of AEK has asked Greek prime minister Papandreou to take meaures to clean up the Super League. Adamidis wants Papandreou to end the supporters violence, corruption and accusations of fraude in the Greek topleague.

AEK chairman Adamidis thinks that Papandreou can play the same role as Margareth Thatcher did in the UK in the 1980′s.

The board of AEK has asked Greek prime minister Papandreou to take meaures to clean up the Super League. Adamidis wants Papandreou to end the supporters violence, corruption and accusations of fraude in the Greek topleague.

AEK chairman Adamidis thinks that Papandreou can play the same role as Margareth Thatcher did in the UK in the 1980′s.

Nacho Scocco came on as a sub and won the game for AEK with a header from close range,after a sublime ball by another sub Geriero found him,for once,unmarked.
Jimenez rested many players with the midweek cup match at Toumba in mind.Saja still started in goal,and honestly was a spectator for most of the match.

Nacho Scocco came on as a sub and won the game for AEK with a header from close range,after a sublime ball by another sub Geriero found him,for once,unmarked.
Jimenez rested many players with the midweek cup match at Toumba in mind.Saja still started in goal,and honestly was a spectator for most of the match.

AEK fans all around the world world will be rejoicing today after our beloved team came back from Thesaloniki with a hard earned,well deserved victory over the locals,in the second leg of Greek Cup Semi final.The one nil scoreline was more than enough to take us through to the final on April 30 at the OAKA.

AEK has beaten the locals courtesy of goals from Manolas and two from Lagos.Unfortunately,I didn't watch the game,but highlights can be found on this link....

I hope AEKMAN74 won't mind me adding to his post, but I figured I'd just add to his rather than post a new entry. I only managed to find a decent stream in time for the second half so that's all I can comment on, but I still won't say much.

Hey Everyone. Sorry for the delay, I was fortunate (though in some ways unfortunate) enough to attend the match, and Ill be getting a match report up shortly. Plenty to be said, not nearly the majority of it being happy, despite the fact that we won our first trophy in nearly ten years.

Alright, so I'm not sure whether I should start with the positives, or the negatives from this match. Either way, I'm sure most of you have read about yesterday's events by now.

So, the big day had come. For months I had been waiting for it, as I'm certain you all have also, and slowly the hours passed by, one by one, until it was time to finally head off to OAKA for my first time in almost five months.

So, just a little over a week after we won our first Cup in so many years (despite the rather depressing events which followed after the match), us AEK fans were treated to yet another pleasing weekend. This time, however, the attention was not only on our football team, but also our Handball guys, a group of players who have fought hard and gave everything they had to offer to the club for the past three years.

AEK took a big step towards qualification for the Champions League last night at the OAKA with a comfortable victory in the 3rd game of the playoffs.Coming off a midweek 1-1 draw against pao(a game in which we could have taken all 3 points).Last nights result leaves us with 8 points,paok 6,pao 4,Oly Volou 3 with 3 games still to play.