If you follow this blog with any regularity you know that unlike most soccer blogs, English people who are not under the employ of the LA Galaxy are a sighting as rare as goals by goalies. But when someone like Sunderland's Darren Bent decides get custom boots branded with his Twitter handle and Twitter logo it's kind of special. Click to continue reading...

Goalkeepers are an unfashionable lot. Take a wander around your local park, find the nearest youthful game of football being hastily organised and see how many kids are actively volunteering to go in goal. Unless you live near some kind of FA approved goalkeepers academy (this must exist, surely), you wouldn't find that many. Click to continue reading...

The Biggest shock of the summer so far struck last week as in the space of 48hrs Michael Owen went from pondering moves to Stoke, Hull or Fulham to suddenly having the opportunity of playing Champions League football again with the Premiership Champions.
Unless you've been suffering from sunstroke since last Thursday you will now know that Michael Owen is a Manchester United player. Click to continue reading...

Like the opinion on whether we should sign Carlos Tevez permanently is split amongst United fans, I also imagine our thoughts on who we should sign to replace him will vary massively as well.

There's been talk of Karim Benzema coming in for Tevez for Franck Ribery replacing Cristiano Ronaldo, which has been exciting news for some reds, yet bad news for others.

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The scoreline popped up upon the Sky Sports goal ticker, much like any other goal that day. Except "Bournemouth 1 Chester 0 D Anderton 88″ wasn't just any goal. It was a fairytale ending to an illustrious career in English football. Darren Anderton's last goal in his last ever game in football was a classic goal, [. Click to continue reading...

Former Tottenham and England midfielder Darren Anderton has decided to retire after Bournemouth's League Two game against Chester City on Saturday. Sicknote, as he was nicknamed for the numerous injuries that he sustained in his career, is best remembered for the twelve year spell he had at Tottenham Hotspur between 1992 and 2004. Click to continue reading...

And i thought he already retired a long time ago !!

Apparently, the former international will play the final game of his professional career when Bournemouth take on Chester in League Two on Saturday.

The 36 year old Tottenham legend became a favourite of the fans despite his frequent injuries which earned him the nickname 'sicknote'.

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