In light of the debate of whether John Terry should remain England captain following his disgraceful behaviour towards team mate Wayne Bridge, former United player and current United season ticket holder, Andrew Cole, has spoken about the role of the football captain.

"Captaincy in football is massively overrated, almost to the point of being irrelevant," said Cole.

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I am writing this on 03/14, and you are likely reading it on 03/25, when MLS (hopefully) kicks off. In case they don't actually play games this season, I have a plethora of STO Soccer Film Reviews ready to go, like, for example, this one on "The Miracle on Grass.

DVD rental company gives Fab Cap some inspirational inspiration Fabio Capello has been sent a series of DVDs providing material for his team talks after a poll to find cinema's most inspirational speeches. DVD rental firm LOVEFiLM conducted the survey and has now shipped the top DVDs to England's base in Rustenburg.

Ladies and gentleman, the World Cup has come to an end. Across the globe, our brightest soccer light will not shine for nearly four years. I am even more despondent, you see, because alas my blogging career is now ending as well. That's right, the Yank will retire after a mere three more posts.

Enough scoffing.
In years to come we'll remember where we were when the news filtered through. It will be our JFK moment. With less blood, and fewer conspiracy theories. And much happier.
The day Scotland welcomed a new star.
The day Craig Levein picked up the phone and called Phil Bardsley.