Anthony Hatton is organising the Canberra A-League fans trip to Sydney v Perth on December the 21st.

T-Shirts, match tickets, travel to and from, Anthony's organised the lot for $85.

Within 30 minutes he's filled a 50 seater bus and got two potential sponsors!!!

How many other clubs could boast such support two years out for a team that doesn't exist. Click to continue reading...

Go on then.

Ask me how we did in the Johnstone Paint Trophy match last night.

Oh yes - thanks for asking. We beat Hartlepool 3 - 0.

I think I may be falling in love with Nigel Pearson.

Well can you blame me? After such a dismal season last year I had kept my expectations pretty low to avoid disappointment. Click to continue reading...

It's a good thing the emir of Abu Dhabi was born to inherit the wealth attached to one of the earth's richest pool of hydrocarbons. Because he is clearly intent on pissing away hundreds of millions of dollars at Man City.

Just so there's no mistaking my meaning: this is a disaster. There is literally no chance whatsoever that this project is going to work out. Click to continue reading...

Saturday's match between Arsenal and Newcastle featured a glimpse of something you rarely see on television someone drinking a pint of beer. It's ridiculous, really. Millions of football fans around the world drink beer either at home, the pub or from the refreshment kiosks when watching football, but it's against the law in England to [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City have stunned football fans around the world with a massive £30 million bid for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov. Manager Mark Hughes has confirmed that Spurs have accepted this offer, with everything eased over between the two clubs already this morning. The London side has already done a solid piece of business with City [. Click to continue reading...

The 31st of August is a very special day to football fans around the world. It's the last day of transfer season (aka "silly season"), meaning whoever is on your favorite club today will be with you until at least January 1st. All of the summer's drama and all of the speculation ends today as [...] Click to continue reading...

A day after amazing achievements for USL-1 sides in CONCACAF Champions League action Major League Soccer continued its pattern of showing that they don't get it by rejecting New York's $200,000 bid for Macoumba Kandji according to Ives Galarcep of Soccer by Ives. The apparent stumbling block: MLS does not believe any player in USL could possibly be worth $200,000.

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Last week I asked who United's biggest rivals were, following a survey of thousands of football fans of teams in all leagues in England. The fans in this survey regarded Liverpool as our biggest rivals, then City then Arsenal. How did RoM readers vote? Drum roll please. In third place, with 9% of the vote, it's our old [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City have completed the expected re-signing of their former winger Shaun Wright-Phillips from Chelsea. Twenty-six year old Wright-Phillips' career has stalled since his £21 million move from City to Chelsea back in 2005. He had just established himself as an England international and was looking like one of the brightest prospects England had seen for some time. Click to continue reading...

Most football fans get annoyed when their club signs or sells a player with an undisclosed fee. But by looking at some of the transfers of the summer, the majority of them involve undisclosed fees. So why do so many clubs insist on not disclosing the true figure of the transfer, especially as they must [. Click to continue reading...

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Celtic Quick News draws attention to a report by British Transport Police "Transport Police report sectarian offences eradicated in all but one club"


British Transport Police 7th August 2008 06:00
ALCOHOL TO BLAME FOR MOST FOOTBALL DISORDER, SAY BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE

British Transport Police has called on football fans to act responsibly this coming football season, with figures from last season showing a worrying increase in alcohol-fuelled violence by fans using the railway system. Click to continue reading...

The latest addition to The Offside is Pikum!, where you can pit your predicting skills against fellow football fans. If you're in the UK then you can put money on your picks, but if not you can still get involved for Pikles and bragging rights. Because here's how Pikum! is very different to gambling: All Pikum! Click to continue reading...

Football fans are notorious in their lack of perspective.  As a Tottenham support right now I am seeing that more than ever.  We've lost our first two league games of the season and it's widely being hailed as an absolute disaster.  We're already six points behind Liverpool who we were hoping to beat to fourth [. Click to continue reading...

Where's Arnie? Our Olyroos supremo? Anyone heard him speak? He did an interview with Channel 7, like they'd know what to ask but nothing with our football media not even with his "very silent" media mates who have strong links to the man. Robbie Slater and the amazingly supportive SMH journo Mike Cockerill. Click to continue reading...

Join The 2008/2009 Fantasy Serie A League Great news, OleOle Social Network has opened the doors to its 2008/2009 Fantasy Serie A League, and on behalf of Serie A Talk, I'd like to invite you to join our private league. To play for free against hundreds of football fans from around the world, here's all you have [. Click to continue reading...

With all of the transfer moves this summer, it comes as a bit of surprise that Jose Mourinho, Sven Goran-Eriksson and Wayne Rooney haven't left their places on I'm On Setanta Sports. All three return, as well as the regular cast of callers, to entertain and humor we football fans for another new season. Click to continue reading...

With all of the transfer moves this summer, it comes as a bit of surprise that Jose Mourinho, Sven Goran-Eriksson and Wayne Rooney haven't left their places on I'm On Setanta Sports. All three return, as well as the regular cast of callers, to entertain and humor we football fans for another new season. Click to continue reading...

Well, fellow football fans, the season is finally here. Can you believe we survived an entire summer? Now that the season is here, which five matches should you absolutely make sure you get to watch? This week's Premiership Talk Friday Five tells you.

1. Sunderland vs. Liverpool. Liverpool fans and players alike have deemed this the year that they finally win the Premier League.

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The Gareth Barry transfer squabble between Aston Villa and Liverpool looks to have finally meandered to a halt; any football fans whose cranium hasn't imploded with the sheer endlessness of this transfer tale will surely be dancing in the street with unfettered joy. Don't forget to check out ... Click to continue reading...

Canberran football fans hold the key. If we get the 5000 Foundation Members we're in.

Has it ever been more simple, it's up to us, our mates, and their mates.

Do we want a team in Canberra? Click to continue reading...

I believe that supporting your local football team is hugely important, and have nothing but respect for those people who week in week out traipse to the shack they call a grandstand and watch a non-glamorous club. These, in truth, are the country's true football fans, the ones who don't expect trophies, just to enjoy the game in its purest form. Click to continue reading...

Name – Robin Hood

Affiliation – Nottingham Forest

Colour – Caucasian skin pink

Animal – Homo Sapien

Missle Most Commonly Pelted With – Cheap Nerf bow-and-arrow sets

It probably didn't escape most people's attention that last season the once-mighty Nottingham Forest earned promotion up into the Championship, and took the first step back towards the greatness that they were associated with for so many years.

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This first ever edition of Premiership Talk's Premier League Blog Carnival brings football fans from around the world a large variety of fantastic preseason articles. As we count down the days until the Premier League season kicks off, keep yourself occupied by reading through these excellent articles, handpicked by Premiership Talk. Click to continue reading...

Football fans have always been fighting for the right to express themselves above the din of mainstream media. The football fanzine movement in the 1980s gave birth to the When Saturday Comes magazine. More recently, football podcasts have given supporters the chance to speak their mind and share their uncensored thoughts with the listening public. Click to continue reading...

It looks like the Gareth Barry tug-of-war will finally be coming to an end - something that will surely warrant rampant rejoicing amongst all football fans... Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Perhaps surprisingly, the mother of all transfer wrangles is going to end with both clubs going their separate ways, at least [. Click to continue reading...