Club Tijuana fans cheer on Sunday during a 3-1 home loss to Santos Laguna, but they're mainly just happy to have a team in the highest echelon of Mexican futbol (Photo courtesy Club Tijuana). There is no doubt that Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente has aspirations of drawing Americans soccer

Last time out George got 4 results right including 2 perfect scores in last weekend's games and will be out to add some cheer to your Christmas and New Year.
Saturday 26th December 2011
Chelsea 2 v Fulham 0
Bolton 0 v Newcastle 0
Liverpool 3 v Blackburn 1
Man Utd 2 v Wigan 0
Sunderland 2 v Everton 2
West Brom 2 v Man City 3
Stoke City 2 v Aston Villa 0
Tuesday 27th December 2011
Arsenal 2 v Wolves 0
Swansea 1 v QPR 0
Norwich 0 v Tottenham 1
Friday 30 December 2011
Liverpool 2 v Newcastle 1
Saturday 31 December 2011
Man Utd 4 v Blackburn 1
Arsenal 2 v QPR 0
Bolton 1 v Wolves 1
Chelsea 2 Aston Villa 1
Norwich 2 v Fulham 2
Stoke City 2 v Wigan 1
Swansea 1 v Tottenham 1
West Brom 2 v Everton 1
Sunderland 0 v Man City 2
The Soccer season is in full swing and the race to win the Premier League and Europe's other top leagues is soon to reach fever pitch.

So this post is not about rumours from the transfer mill, or injury news about our heroes, or even about some controversial statements made by people with authority.. No No No! It's all about sharing the love and spreading the cheer ! From myself AB, and from all of us here at the blog. This [...]

15 great 'off the pitch' pics

While 2011 has been a hectic year for the Reds on the pitch, away from first team action it's been just as busy with the squad bringing cheer to the community with a number of initiatives and we've been with them every step of the way.

U.S. MNT fans watch the USA take on Spain in June.
This month, American Outlaws is hosting a chant contest for fans of the U.S. National Teams.
In an effort linked to the AO Act Above Campaign and U.S. Soccer's Respect Campaign, the goal of the contest is to unite and strengthen U.

I don't know what the tiredness equivalent of what *boilk* is but I've got that this morning.

Plus a touch of actual *boilk* too but not enough to actually make me *boilk*. Last night at The Tollington we launched the book So Paddy got up an Arsenal anthology, and first and foremost I want to thank all the people who came along, bought a book and had a beer or two.

Derby supporting plane stunt organiser at full time today... Nottingham Forest 3 Ipswich Town 2 As the forlorn little plane with the banner did a couple of circuits of the City Ground pre-match before heading for a trip over Pride Park to give Derby fans their only cheer of the afternoon, it was [.

So why do I know so much about football?
Grew up in Burton-on Trent, England. We played the beautiful game in Burton now the centre of English Football excellence.
The beautiful game we learnt and played?
You know where you turned up in cars, waited for 2 minutes before the game - ran out, scored late on.

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea is comfortably settling in at the club and he attributes much of the smooth transition to the supporters who have packed Old Trafford for each of the club's matches this season.

De Gea endured a difficult start to his Premier League career when he was criticized for errors during United's Community Shield win at Wembley as well as their 2-1 win at West Brom.

Five nil up already, both teams playing the kids. Nothing really to play for except personal pride. Turns out that my match preview may have been a little optimistic...
"We could be in for a feisty affair as it will be anything but a formality for those players given an opportunity to shine." should have read, "Both teams will be playing less than reserve sides, who will do nothing more than have a kick about for 90 minutes.

La NBA empezara tarde, amamos a este juego no podemos dejar de verlo y las porristas son parte fundamental de eso.
Aunque hay niveles de juego, tambien lo hay en las porristas y animadoras, aunque este no es proporcional al equipo que apoyan, sino Los angeles clippers serian minimo finalistas.

La NBA empezara tarde, amamos a este juego no podemos dejar de verlo y las porristas son parte fundamental de eso.
Aunque hay niveles de juego, tambien lo hay en las porristas y animadoras, aunque este no es proporcional al equipo que apoyan, sino Los angeles clippers serian minimo finalistas.

Cheer Up , Kevin Keegan

On course, for United to now go on to win the Double, having secured their place at Wembley, much depended on how Newcastle handled the pressures of the league run-in.And we got a very significant clue only a few days after the semi-finals, in one of the all-time great Premiership matches, on 3 April, 1996.

Cheer Up , Kevin Keegan

On course, for United to now go on to win the Double, having secured their place at Wembley, much depended on how Newcastle handled the pressures of the league run-in.And we got a very significant clue only a few days after the semi-finals, in one of the all-time great Premiership matches, on 3 April, 1996.

SOURCE: talksport
Arsenal will battle north London rivals Tottenham for Nepalese teenager Rohit Chand.
The 18-year-old, who plays for Indian First Division side Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) SC, is regarded as one of the hottest prospects in Asian football and is desparate to make the big time in European football.

The Front Office stretches those old and tired legs

Nick talks with the press

Ahhhhh.... You suck at goal!!!

Sugarman taking out SoB's

It can't hurt to train with Faryd Mondragon

The league's best supporters!

The bus eventually moved, revealing the church, but we didn't get a shot of that.
The U.S. team went out to dinner tonight at a local Italian restaurant and had a good meal while watching the dramatic and exciting England-France semifinal. But before the team hit the restaurant, the team bus stopped in the main square in Dresden and the team took a photo in front of the famous and appropriately named Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady).

Cheer on the US Women's National Team this weekend as they face Columbia in their second game of Women's World Cup 2011 in Germany. The San Diego Sealions Women's team... Read more »

* Yes, this is a shout-out to our recently departed midfield maestro, The Martin. (Check the guest appearance.)

As you now know, a few of us will be taking over the Arsenal Offside page, so some introductions are in order. I think Homey's prepping an intro post, but seeing as I just finished a contract and have a few days free, I thought I'd come on and tell you all a little bit about myself while he gets that sorted.

Cheer Up Alan Shearer will return in August 2011, in time for the new football season.
In the meantime, here's our choice for the Guardian's European Goal of the Season award. Great technique....

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers announced there will be a double header this Saturday as Lockhart Stadium. Starting at 5 pm. Palm Beach United and the Jacksonville-based Florida Sol of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) will be playing prior to the Strikers versus the Puerto Rico Islanders to be held at 7:30 pm.

One of the things that sets soccer apart from the standard sports in America is the crowd atmosphere, often created by the supporter groups of the clubs. Want to experiment this summer? Go to an MLS match one night and an MLB game another night and compare how the fans at an MLS match create the atmosphere while the scoreboard at an MLB game tells fans when to clap and cheer.

FC Barcelona vs Manchester United May 28, 2011 from Wembley (Photo: barcaloco.com)

Join Barcaloco this week at Capitol City Bar and Grill, in Hollywood! Meet fellow Cules and cheer on the blaugrana.

Saturday, May 28 FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United
Kickoff at 11:45AM PDT

For best seating arrive at least one hour before kickoff time.

The last time I co-signed on a documentary about a USMNT player the film never got released. But then again the film's subject, Claudio Reyna, was stinking it up on the field at a dear salary so perhaps the lack of enthusiasm around the project had little to do with my sad attempt at cheer-leading.

Written by Gooner in Exile

Easter weekend brought Gooners to Lancashire in their droves. We took the whole end of the ground, upper and lower, the normal allocation is 3,000 but that is, I believe, half lower tier and all the upper. I would estimate the travelling ranks were closer to 5,000 on Sunday.

I am usually hesitant to comment from a televised match and tonight that hesitation is stronger. The camera locations and angles at Buck Shaw stadium must be the worst in MLS. Tight close-ups and meaningless wide shots, followed by tight, meaningless close-ups.
Toronto tied San Jose Earthquakes on the road and that is reason for cheer.

The Chicago Fire and Section 8 are doing a joint watch party tomorrow at the Globe Pub at 1934 W. Irving Park Road in Chicago, IL. There's more information in Section 8's latest 8-Track. The Fire have a Facebook event for it too.

Chi-Town Futbol at 2255 S. Throop, Chicago, IL is the host of the Sector Latino watch party.

Cheer for Terry when team list read out by RepublikOfMancunia

A nice walk down memory lane. The reaction from Old Trafford as the team sheet is read out ahead of kick-off against Chelsea in our first home game against them since Moscow.

"VIDEO: Cheer For Terry" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

There was only one winner today at Stamford Bridge and it wan't Fernando Torres or Chelsea.
It was Liverpool who emerged victorious and triumphant in a tough and tense game by 1-0 with Raul Miereles getting the 2nd half winner.
Fernando Torres made his debut against his former team, six days after his £50 million to Chelsea.

LIVERPOOL, England — Luis Suarez came off the substitutes bench to score on his Liverpool debut as Kenny Dalglish's side overcame Stoke 2-0 at Anfield here on Wednesday. Suarez, a 22.6 million pounds (36.5 million dollars) transfer deadline day signing from Ajax, needed just 16 minutes to open his goal account after Dirk Kuyt's pass [.

Brace yourselves, everybody, because it's FA Cup fourth-round weekend in England (from here on out known as the tremendous thirty-two). The FA Cup is the most exciting tournament in the country, and there's always the chance for huge upsets in every round. We've got our share of big matches: Everton host Chelsea at Goodison Park in what looks to be the choicest fixture of the round.

It seemed even last year that the Philly Union wanted Brian Carroll to come their way...

Best thing we can do as a media outlet, is to provide a bridge between the fans and the players. We've inventoried the interview requests that you've made to TSG and we're working our way through them.

First up, Brian Carroll of the Philly Union.

HAMBURG, Germany — Top German football club St Pauli has shown the red card to strippers performing inside a corporate box owned by one of Hamburg's many lap dance clubs but they can dance once matches are over. The Susis Show Bar on Hamburg's main red-light drag, the Reeperbahn, has installed a large mirror [.

In the past, I used to dislike seeing an unusual country advance in football. In 1994 I said, I cannot stand seeing the Americans win in football. In 1998, I was shocked when I saw a new team raise the World Cup, France.
Today, I am totally the opposite, I cheer and love when I see a new country develop their football.

PSP photographer Nicolae Stoian traveled to Baltimore the SuperDraft. Here's a look at what the Union supporters were up to as the waited to greet the club's newest players.

Founding Members and Sons of Ben gather to march to the SuperDraft at the Baltimore Convention Center Entering the Convention center, loud and proud.

By Pieter Brown - Strikers season is getting closer and closer and it's time to get excited. We are staring to see some movement on the player front with the signing of local standout David Santamaria.
"David impressed us during last year's Traffic combine and we're glad we could come to an agreement that provides a way for everyone to achieve their goals.

Kristine Lilly may be coming out of retirement. Not to play, but to reclaim the U.S. WNT record for the Beep Test, which she set last September. Granted, it's a short history for this particular test, which the U.S. team has been doing for just about six months, but Lilly set the record during the USA's training camp in Atlanta last fall.

For a number of managers in the football league as well as some household names in the Premier League, the new year has brought anything but cheer so far. Five football league managers have already been given the boot this year, with two more – Darren Ferguson of Preston and Brian Laws of Burnley – [.