Reports this afternoon suggest that Eduardo is in Croatia and is on the verge of signing for Shakhtar Donetsk for around €7 million.

It all makes sense, Its understood that he was pulled out of yesterdays squad for the Barnet game at late notice. It comes soon after the boss claimed that he was in his plans for the upcoming season and also begs a few questions about arrivals.

The Youtube Clip of the highlights of the match...
It was indeed a roller-coaster ride for the group of 15 year-old boys that formed the National U15 football team that took part in the Youth Olympic Games.
After two emphatic victories in the group stages over Zimbabwe and Montenegro, the expectation was at an all-time high on the "Little Cubs" to aim a shot at the elusive gold medal of the football competition.

While Eastern Europe and the Balkans are not areas that many young American soccer players frequently go to start their careers, George Pantelic has made the move to the region and is progressing well at FK Rad in Belgrade, Serbia.

Wash your mouth out son
by Ian Clark
As my good friend Larry pointed out in Part 1 those of us fortunate enough to have been born in Sussex during the Albion's halcyon days grew up to hate our neighbours from Surrey (they're not a proper London club , the Nigels , are they?) with a passion.

Not had enough of the Terry story yet? That's right, the saga which threatens to last longer than talks to resume devolved government in Northern Ireland won't get off the pages of our papers or our computer screens. You just know a story has "legs" when even the Wall Street Journal takes an interest.

As most of the world gets ready to watch the Spain Netherlands finale many may not know that there is another kind of football final also taking place nearby that is of a very different nature.
This final will take place in Alexandra, one of the city's poorest townships and a hotbed of protest during the apartheid years in South Africa.

I think the title of this post should be suffice to describe the mood at the Jalan Besar Stadium just now when a near-capacity crowd of 5,850 (based on what the stadium announcer said over the PA system).
(Pictured above) A shot of the crowds at the Gallery of the stadium before the kick-off
Anyone who were at the ground just now, would tell you it was either their first time witnessed this kind of fiery atmosphere (some would say still existed in school games' finals) OR they would tell you it was such a long time they LAST had this kind of atmosphere in any Singapore game featuring any of the national teams, be it the senior or their juniors - the national U15 who triumphed over their much bigger-built opponents from the Balkan state of Montenegro in the YOG's Group D fixture and saw them clinched the top of their group.

Modern football seems to exist in a parallel universe to the rest of the world in some respects. Financial mismanagement by clubs ends in the customers (or, as they used to be called, "supporters" being punished) being punished rather than those that mismanaged in the first place. Those same clubs pursue abstracts, such as league points and the transitory glory of winning trophies, to the exclusion of everything else including, more often than not moral considerations.