I'm sure you've all heard it by now: England manager Fabio Capello named John Terry captain of the Three Lions today.

If you believe the numerous media reports, the strong favorite to be handed the armband on a permanent basis was Manchester United center back Rio Ferdinand, whose steady, and at times fantastic, play tends to greatly overshadow his off-field transgressions over the years in the minds of many England fans. Click to continue reading...

Soccerword's Premiership Team of the Week - 01

Goalkeeper: Shay Given, Newcastle

Defenders: Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea), Vedran Corlucka (Man City), Andre Ooijer (Blackburn), David Wheater (Middlesbrough)

Midfielders: Mikel Arteta (Everton), Deco (Chelsea), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle), Samir Nasri (Arsenal)

Strikers: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Dean Ashton (West Ham)

Honorable Mention: Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), David Dunn (Blackburn), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Julian Faubert (West Ham), Darren Fletcher (Man United), Obafemi Martins (Newcastle), Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

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So much for settling in.

Uncle Phil set Stamford Bridge ablaze on his debut, guiding Chelsea to a superlative 4-0 win over Portsmouth in the Premiership curtain raiser for both clubs. First-half Goals from Joe Cole, Nicolas Anelka and Frank Lampard insured three points for the Blues, while Deco's out-of-nothing scorcher in the 89th minute capped a memorable performance one which will have put the rest of the league, including Fergie's boys, on notice.

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Something funny to start our post. For this, we'll go to Nicolai V. Gogol and his story, Ivan Fyodorovich and His Aunt. The setting: how will a newcomer recognize Stepan Ivanovich? "You will recognize him at once for he is the only one to wear printed cotton trousers and a yellow cotton coat. And here is another sign by which you may recognize him: when he walks he always waves his arms about. Click to continue reading...

Premier League football is back, and the goals were flying into the net this opening weekend. Where to start?

Chelsea 4 - 0 Portsmouth
How about with Scolari's Blues as Chelsea thrashed Portsmouth 4-0. Joe Cole, Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard, and Deco all scored as Chelsea soared to the top of the table on goal difference.

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Steven Gerrard has been named in Fabio Capello's England squad for Wednesday's friendly clash with the Czech Republic at Wembley.

The 28-year-old showed no signs of a reaction to the thigh injury that he sustained in pre-season and will now take his place as the sole Liverpool representative in the pool of 23 players after featuring for the full 90 minutes in yesterday's 1-0 win at Sunderland. Click to continue reading...

The time has finally arrived. Word.

Chelsea begins a new era today as it opens the 2008-09 season against Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. The match marks the debut for Blues manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, who returns to club football for the first time in seven years.

The Blues are not only looking to extend their immaculate home unbeaten streak to 83 games, but also their 21-game Premiership unbeaten run.

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The 2007-08 season was an unprecedented one for Chelsea Football Club. The Blues reached their first-ever Champions League final. They also amassed an impressive 85 points in Premiership play. Regardless, Chelsea failed to acquire any hardware for the first time in three seasons. The Blues finished runners-up in three competitions Premiership, Champions League and Carling Cup their EPL tally of 85 points the most for a second-place team ever.

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Peter Crouch has been axed from the England squad for the friendly game against Czech Republic on Wednesday. The Portsmouth striker was an almost certainty to take the injured Dean Ashton's place in the 23-man squad, however Fabio Capello has decided to call up Emile Heskey instead.

Paul Robinson has surprisingly been included in the squad whilst Ashley Young also misses out. Click to continue reading...

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SKY -Football rich lists: Find out the wealthiest players and owners

Sky/Simon Ward- Football's Richest Club Owners
..1: Lakshmi Mittal (Queens Park Rangers)
No-one really expected the title of wealthiest club in Britain to shift a few miles across west London – certainly not to Loftus Road, anyway. Click to continue reading...

By Smoods, proper Brit.

Welcome to the first of many postings on Soccer Source dedicated to English Premier League. I'll be doing what I can to help our esteemed site host and bring a truly British flavor to the site. Without further ado, let's start the first part of our two-part review of the transfer business this summer. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to do while you pop out a human being on your front lawn...... Chatting up the always good Rafael Honigstein. (Bundesliga Talk) A glimpse at Frank's actual contract. (The Spoiler) Italian legends descend upon The Offside (Gianluigi Buffon Offside & Francesco Totti Offside) Oh, and look, another Italian blog. Click to continue reading...

It wasn't widely report at the time, but back in June FIFA decided that Adrian Mutu owed Chelsea €12 million (£9.6 million) compensation. Why? For putting some special Colombian powder up his nostrils, getting his contract terminated and then signing for Juventus on a free transfer before moving on to current club Fiorentina. Click to continue reading...

And so Frank Lampard has got himself the contract he wanted. To be fair to Frank, he only ever asked for one thing: loads of money every week for the next five years. My guess is that all the talk about moving to Inter Milan was half a veiled threat and half a Plan B [...] Click to continue reading...

Oh, how Robinho must be itching to join Chelsea. Where else would you get a 5-year, 130k / week contract that makes you 'set for life' by the time you retire at the ripe age of 34 before getting into coaching / playing a washed-up celebrity on TV / pretend to be a pundit while [...] Click to continue reading...

Chelsea promised a big revelation yesterday at 5pm and they didn't let down. Instead of a Brazillian holiding a Blues shirt with "Kaka" or "Robinho" on the back it was a big-signing of a different nature. Frank Lampard has finally committed the latter stages of his career to Chelsea, thus ending the possibility of reuniting with [. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you get robbed by Winnie the Pooh...... Stevie G's new £350,000 garden ornament. (The Spoiler) Franky Lamps is staying in London forever and ever. (Chelsea Offside) Once USSR's biggest rivalry resumes...and didn't go so well for the hosts. (Guardian Unlimited) How Not To Dress, by Mrs. Click to continue reading...

After arranging a press conference for 5 pm today, many people had hoped that Chelsea were to announce a new signing, like Robinho and Kaka. Chelsea claimed their was a major announcement, a press conference not to be missed but in truth it was just another contract signed by a overpaid Premier League star. Click to continue reading...

This summer Frank Lampard wanted one of two things to happen.  He either wanted a transfer to Inter Milan, or a new long term deal at Chelsea. Today, Lampard has confirmed that he has signed a new 5 year deal with Chelsea.  Lampard said, "I've just turned 30 and I see it as my final big contract, and I will play out my days at Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

Finally, we can rid our minds of the most annoying, tiresome saga of the past couple of years. Yes, Frank Lampard has commited to Chelsea for five more years.

Lamps' new contract will take him to age 35.

"I want to finish my career at Chelsea," Lampard said. It is something I've said many times and after signing this contract I am very happy and positive I will finish as a player here.

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Stamford Bridge must be a pretty dull place to be at the moment, perhaps thats the reason they stated that a major announcement was due at 5pm... simply to say that Lampard has signed his new contract, as everyone in the world expected. It was obvious that Frank was going to stay at Chelsea when Mourinho [. Click to continue reading...

Lampard signs new five year deal

Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce today (Wednesday, August 13) that Frank Lampard has signed a new five year contract.

The new deal will keep Lampard at the club until the end of the 2013-14 season.

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Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has put an end to the speculation linking him with a move away from Stamford Bridge by signing a new 5 year deal at current employers Chelsea. Rumours have been circulating all summer about a possible move from Lampard to Inter Milan where he would have linked up with former Chelsea favourite turned Inter boss Jose Mourinho. Click to continue reading...

England's stars may have been watching the European Championships from their living rooms in sadness and disbelief this past summer, but their pain could turn to gain when the new Premier League season gets underway this weekend. After woefully dismal failures against Russia, Macedonia and twice Croatia in their qualifying campaign, the nation's heroes had [. Click to continue reading...