After a week of vacation, I returned to my post here at the MLS Offside to find absolutely terrible news: MLS Rumors has closed. This website needed no introduction: MLS-Rumors.net was, bar none, the spiciest, edgiest, and, often, most accurate source for anything pertaining to Major League Soccer.

Why it's no surprise the likes of Arsenal and Newcastle are sniffing around Montpellier's stars

MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

Why Javier Pastore's form has flickered out after a bright start at PSG

MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

Today heralds the official second birthday of Stoppage Time International Football Blog and I am pleased to say that the number of visits to the blog has increased significantly over the last twelve months and I hope that the numbers will rise once again in 2012.

The first year of the blog, going from December 2009-November 2010 saw a decent number of 37,533 visits in its fledgling days.

South American football blog: Title weekend with Argentina and Brazil set to crown their champions

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's Valderramarama's Ed Malyon with his take on the week's big issues in Argentina.

Why Roma's beautiful losers are losing it with boss Enrique

MirrorFootball has teamed up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Today it's our Serie A blogger, footballitaliano.co.uk's Mina Rzouki, with her take on the week's big issues in Italy.

It's been a cracking couple of weeks down on the Bay. Four wins from five league games, including a bustling 3-1 victory against big brothers Plymouth, and the news that key players Lee Mansell and Kevin Nicholson have joined Eunan O'Kane in agreeing long-term contracts mean that Gulls supporters must be purring with satisfaction.

[I]t's been a cracking couple of weeks down on the Bay. Four wins from five league games, including a bustling 3-1 victory against big brothers Plymouth, and the news that key players Lee Mansell and Kevin Nicholson have joined Eunan O'Kane in agreeing long-term contracts mean that Gulls supporters must be purring with satisfaction.

South American football blog: A tribute to the legend that was Socrates

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

Milan's Rocchi Horror Show hogged the headlines but can Udinese steal the title?

MirrorFootball has teamed up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Today it's our Serie A blogger, footballitaliano.

How Mourinho was nothing special in El Clasico defeat

MirrorFootball has teamed up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Wednesday is La Liga day, and here's www.spanishfootball.info's David Cartlidge with his take on the week's big issues in Spain.

NME Album of the Year: Elephant by The White Stripes Crufts Best in Show: Yakee a Dangerous Liaison Palme d'Or Joint Winners at Cannes: Elephant Vice President of the United States: Dick Cheney Given the uncanny coincidence that artworks with the same title scooped the NME Album of the Year and Palme d'Or Awards in 2003, it's appropriate that one of the blogosphere's finest polymath's should

NME Album of the Year: Elephant by The White StripesCrufts Best in Show: Yakee a Dangerous LiaisonPalme d'Or Joint Winners at Cannes: ElephantVice President of the United States: Dick CheneyGiven the uncanny coincidence that artworks with the same title scooped the NME Album of the Year and Palme d'Or Awards in 2003, it's appropriate that one of the blogosphere's finest polymath's should contribute the fourth in our fledgling series of hopeless teams.

[G]iven the uncanny coincidence that artworks with the same title scooped the NME Album of the Year and Palme d'Or Awards in 2003, it's appropriate that one of the blogosphere's finest polymath's should contribute the fourth in our fledgling series of hopeless teams. For Chris Ledger is none other than the brains behind Obscure Music and Football, a site with a sometimes unhealthy predilection for Salad (the band that is), the musical career of one Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne and the witticisms of everyone's favourite xenophobe, Steve Claridge.

Still everything to play for as La Liga heads into winter break

MirrorFootball has teamed up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Wednesday is La Liga day, and here's www.spanishfootball.info's David Cartlidge with his take on the week's big issues in Spain.