I stood in the heat and listen to the names of Cherry Hill's greatest starting at 11 a.m, as I, and my family, always do on Memorial Day. It's the least that we can do to show gratitude to those that served in the military and provided the ability for all within the United States of America to live free, liberty filled lives.

Fabrice Muamba may never play again for Bolton or the England set-up, but his triumphant return to the Reebok Stadium last night was something out of a fairytale.
When he collapsed with a cardiac arrest on the field during the Tottenham v Bolton F.A. Cup tie on the 17th March, a whole nation feared the worst.

Joint-ownership of football players; the future or a financial cloak? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Long gone are the days of simply buying and selling players; due to the extortionate amounts of money that football players are worth modern day contracts are intricate, with many different beneficiaries in every deal.

The rules and regulations of online comment, if indeed they exist at all, have been subject to much scrutiny in recent months. Legally, boundaries are not so much grey as pitch black and there has been a sense of finding one's way through a minefield of potential problems. This site has been prominent in recounting the issues that have faced two Yorkshire based websites, Viva Rovers and Boy from Brazil after both bit the dust, and the closure of a cluster of other sources has left the footballing blogosphere in a state of flux.

Luis Suárez case: 'It was key the FA produced an emphatic judgment'

The former Chelsea captain praises the Football Association for taking the chance to establish the boundaries of acceptability and send out a message of zero tolerance of racism Clearly this was an extremely complex and sensitive case, but it was key that the FA demonstrated it could organise an independent, transparent and fair process, and produce a clear and emphatic judgment.

BUKIT JALIL: Barely four days after the country celebrated a scintillating victory in the final of the Sea Games football final in Jakarta, the Tigers suffered a reality check.

Last night at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium, the message was chilling, and yet loud and clear — that though the Sea Games gold signaled a triumph, Malaysian are still minnows when they step out of the boundaries of Southeast Asia.

This picture, taken on the Brooklyn Bridge on November 17th by Mother Jones reporter Josh Harkinson, is one of thousands of images generated by the Occupy Wall Street movement. The sign is at once a declaration and a question: "Something is Happening." But what, precisely, is it? And were will it take us?

Manchester vs. Manchester: The derby goes beyond a City being far from United

The scarf vs. the ‘sir'. An enigmatic Italian vs. a hot tempered, highly talented English talisman. A young, earnest Mexican vs. an Argentine taking the Premier League by storm.

There are certain days on the football calendar when even the most level-headed, tolerant fan allows the throes of passion, anxiety or excitement to send any sense of reason and long term judgement spiralling out of the window to be replaced by an almost Neanderthal desperation, with either joy or fury displayed beyond any normal boundaries [.

Far too often we take things for granted. This might sound trite and at times can come across as somewhat hypocritical depending on who is saying it, for it is usually referenced as part of a guilt-inducing prose by one who is afforded similar luxuries in life to those to whom they are admonishing.

Following their 0-0 draw at the Brittania on Sunday, Stoke manager Tony Pulis and Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas have been in a war of words. The new Chelsea manager has accused Stoke of being too physical, and Pulis has once again jumped to the defense of his resilient side.

"This big Stoke team was actually outmatched by Chelsea at the end.

Well we have had a day or so now to evaluate our 0-0 draw against Stoke so I thought I would tell you exactly where I am about the result and the performance.
We always knew Stoke away was going to be a hard and physical game so it came as no surprise some tackles were flying in and the physical stuff set pieces happened as they did.

Nike has released their latest version of the Nike Superfly III and these things are pretty flashy coming in an Orange! You have to love how Nike break the boundaries with colorful releases, and these ones fall in line with the Berry release from a few years back. They fall in the $300 category, so you will need to be sure about these ones if you are going to pick up a pair!

The events of the weekend in the Football Conference have re-opened a debate within non-league football that has lain dormant for several years, in spite of increasingly contradictory geographical arrangements starting to become more commonplace. Mike Bayly wonders whether it is time to rip up the league committee's rule book and start again.

Arsene Wenger can be a lot of things, but interesting is one of them. (Feels good to start off the day fresh with a solid backhanded compliment.)

Actually, he's quite an interesting man outside the boundaries of the season, which makes one thing there might be a little bit of gamesmanship with his in-season commentary.

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has questioned the use of Twitter as the club considers limiting what players can post on the social networking website. Striker Wayne Rooney this week threatened to put a Twitter user "to sleep in 10 seconds" after being sent abusive messages.

Written by Harry

Right everyone, stick with me, a bit of a ramble, Peaches collared me late last night.....

Yesterday, Arsene Wenger staunchly defended his team, his players, his beliefs, the season, something he certainly didn't do on Saturday after the lacklustre display against Blackburn.

Despite Blackpool boss Ian Holloway's now void and empty resignation threat, the Premier League fined The Tangerines £25,000 for fielding a weakened team against Aston Villa on November 10th.

The steps taken, in which Wolves suffered a similar fate last season, were taken as it is was deemed that manager Holloway breached Premier League rules B.