Today, our tifo series swings to Asia for the first time.

We check out Japanese fans at the Nabisco Cup (also known as the J-League Cup) final between Kawasaki Frontale and FC Tokyo, held earlier this week.

This video is a little slow to get going, but there's some gorgeous colour, some impressive banners, and generally well choreographed displays from supporters of both teams.

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This week, our new tifo video series has shown displays from supporters in Australia, Northern Ireland and Sweden.

Now we make a short hop to Belgium to take a look at supporters of KV Mechelen, a team who have historically been close to becoming a dominant force in the Belgian league, but who have somehow often fallen short.

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There were a few continental milestones hit in 1988 with respect to the World Club Rankings annual rankings. One was a last, one was a first. The last was for CONMEBOL. Argentina's Newell's Old Boys became the final South American club to date to finish atop the World Club Rankings annual chart. Click to continue reading...

Steven Defour's name was in the news lately when Everton bid for the Stand Liege star. But the bid was turned down. Standard wanted 15 million euros.

At 16 years old, Defour started playing for KV Mechelen, a lower division club in Belgium. He then moved to Genk at age 17. Then on 2006, he signed a five year contract with Standard Liege.

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May is the dawning of the much-heralded ‘business end to the season', the fitting climax to the sweat, tears and bloodshed which have been sacrificed to guarantee a euphoric finale. It is the curtain-fall that differentiates the genuine victors from the once-threatening aspirants and creates an opportunity to watch mesmerising history unfold in front of our very own eyes. Click to continue reading...

On Saturday 25th April 2009, Bayern Munich fell to their third home defeat of the season to Schalke, keeping the vivacious German Bundesliga race ajar with five clubs still vying for the championship. In Belgium, Anderlecht and Standard de Liege are both running adjacently in the form guide with neither crumbling from the growing intensity at the zenith of the First Division. Click to continue reading...

The 27-year-old attacking midfielder scored Cercle Brugge's first goal in today's 2-1 victory over KV Mechelen. He has returned to Belgium, his native country, after playing in Holland and Scotland. From 2002-2005, he was a member of Feyenoord scoring 34 goals in 90 league matches.
He then moved to Scotland and competed at the Ibrox for Rangers. Click to continue reading...