A banana-a-day, keeps Messi' growing! (FC Barcelona - The 'beautiful team!)

Whether it be their draculian off-the-field tactics, or the devilish on-the-field one's, one thing is for sure that we now love to hate FC Barcelona. Esp that piglet namely Xavi (and Busquests, and Pique, and Pedro, and Puyol, and.

So, I had this great idea for a post about Arsenal and Barcelona fans, and how to distinguish them. An Arsenal fan will feel good about him or herself for entering a Starbucks and buying coffee imported from Nicaragua or some other third world country. A Barcelona fan? He or she will turn over the coffee package and scowl in disgust.

Barcelona have finalised an agreement for the transfer of Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal, according to reports in Spain.

Arsene Wenger earlier revealed that he hoped the long-running saga would be resolved very soon and later confirmed his skipper would play no part in Saturday's Premier League opener against Newcastle at St James' Park.

Arsenal take round one against Udinese in Champions League is a post from: Just Football

by Theo Fan

A club in turmoil thanks to the loss of their best player to the Spanish giants Barcelona. Fans split over the lack of big money signings. A defiant refusal to play anything other than the stylish, beautiful football their philosophy dictates.

Eric Abidal lifts the Champions League trophy for Barcelona. Image: AP Photo/Daylife

This is it, people. The final results post before summer kicks in and a Kickette staffer's thoughts turn to tanned torsos, embarassing holiday snaps and drunken snoozling on the beach.

Revel in every glorious moment of it.

Fabregas speaks with Arsene Wenger during last training session with Arsenal (Photo: Getty Images)

he transfer of Cesc Fabregas to FC Barcelona is all done pending an official email from Arsenal confirming the transaction. The problem is that with all the excitement by Barcelona fans and team personnel Arsenal got angry and is delaying their response.

A banana-a-day, keeps Messi' growing! (FC Barcelona - The 'beautiful team!)

Whether it be their draculian off-the-field tactics, or the devilish on-the-field one's, one thing is for sure that we now love to hate FC Barcelona. Esp that piglet namely Xavi (and Busquests, and Pique, and Pedro, and Puyol, and.

Moore football: London's Wembley Stadium stands ready for Saturday's UEFA Champions League final dream match-up between Barcelona and Manchester United. That's a statue of late England captain Bobby Moore in front of the stadium in case you were wondering (AFP Photo).

The greater LA area tends to empty out on long summer weekends, which is why the Galaxy and Chivas USA avoid scheduling home MLS games in Carson.

Editor's Note: Our "Going Suds Up" columnist, Kirsten, is all over Europe this summer and occasionally she'll be sending back correspondence about the culture of beer and football across the pond.


If you've got your own stories of beer and soccer from around the globe we'd love to hear them.

What an impact an successful tournament makes, isn't it? What an impact a wonder goal makes, isn't it?Two weeks before I was shouting at the loudest voice in another Barcelona blog about the foolishness of letting Thiago slip away inorder to facilitate the signing of Cesc Fabregas. No one cared.

Over 30,000 Barcelona fans flocked to the Nou Camp to welcome home Cesc Fabregas after spending 8 years at Arsenal, before his return to his boyhood club.

The ancient Greeks were a wonderful people, whose reliance on slaves and women to do all the actual work meant they could devote themselves to increasing the size of their brains, and then devote those gigantic brains to the asking of brilliantly pointless questions, many of which still entertain and irritate philosophy students today.

A lot has happened since my last post (in fact a whole a lot of things have happened since I last posted on the blog) but you know, university and with it all the p-sets along with the exams just kills you. Anyway, getting to the point quickly in this short post. Barcelona fans might [...]

Written by CarlitoII

On the eve of THE rematch, I wanted to share my experience of living in the beautiful city of Barcelona. I moved there (permanently in my mind) 3 days after 9/11. I fell in love with the City, Las Ramblas, the fantastic area of Gracia where we lived, and the relaxed and welcoming Spanish/ Catalan lifestyle.

What do Beckham, Ronaldo, Tevez and Messi all have in common? The hottest women by their sides? The top teams in the world fighting for not only their skills but also their brand? More money than the mere mortal can ever imagine? Tick, tick and triple tick.
While there are many footballers out there who are admired, some are still yet to shine.

FC Barcelona won their 21st League title with a 1-1 draw at Levante with a bit of tricky performance. This was not one of the usual flowing performance by the Barca side, but it was good enough to complete a rare hat-trick of League title. The last team which did that was the dream team of Barcelona back in the 90s.

Tomorrow evening, the center of the football world will be Wembley Stadium in London, as Manchester United take on Barcelona in a highly-anticipated Champions League final.

Along with the tens of thousands that will fill Wembley, millions around the world will be tuned in from their televisions and computers to catch the action.

Pep gets the "treatment" following FC Barcelona's 3-1 victory over Manchester United (Photo: GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)

I was at Wembley with my brother and father, two long-time United supporters, and my mother who supports Barcelona and wore her Lionel Messi jersey proudly. We found our seats only to realize that our tickets were in the last section of the Manchester United supporters.

Who said Barcelona fans weren't creative? This couple sure has a good sense of humor. Just one problem, Shakira is totally blond and doesn't know anything about football.

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has called up Barcelona's Thiago Alcantara into his 22-man squad for next Wednesday's friendly against Italy in Bari. Thiago has been impressing fans on two continents with his play this summer and he has some Barcelona fans asking Cesc Who?

Thiago helped Spain's Under-21 team win the European championship last month, and has been eligible to play for Brazil, with his father Mazinho being a member of the 1994 World Cup winning team.

Barcelona threw away a two goal lead to draw 2-2 with Real Sociedad at the Estadio Anoeta whilst Real Madrid beat Getafe 4-2. A potentially decisive week in the outcome of La Liga 2012? Certainly that was the feeling amongst some of the rather nervous looking Barcelona fans at the Estadio Anoeta as their side [.

John Crace, beloved author of the Guardian's digested reads, has written a book called "Vertigo: One Football Fan's Fear of Success," which we may suppose is John Crace's delightful way of offering a point of view into every football fan's fear of success.

From an excerpt in The Guardian, titled How football helped me to live with depression," we learn that he writes about being a Spurs fan in an abusive relationship with a club that promises glory and delivers heartbreak routinely.

Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona take on Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou (Photo: Getty Images/David Ramos)

It's that time of year again. For the past 3 seasons, Atlético Madrid has left the Camp Nou with a sack of goals. Will Lionel Messi terrorize Los Colchoneros defense again this year?

There is no doubt that every Barcelona and Real Madrid fan is still reeling under the effect of the brilliant El Cklasico night at the Bernebeu on Saturday. Can't blame anyone as it usually takes more than a day atleast to get over these. The reactions from both Camp to the result was very much interesting.