Being slightly fearful of numbers, I'm not sure how the old recipe for success of 'win at home and draw away' stands up in modern times, now we have this new-fangled three points for a win, but right now it will do for me. As against Man City, against the Pool we stood up to the considerable pressure exerted by our rivals near the top of the league, emerging with great credit and in this case a point too.

The beast from the North East

Prologue: Salvador, up in northern Brazil, is so unlike Rio and Sao Paulo, the rest of the country refers to Bahiaians rudely as "slow". As I trudged through the late afternoon sun looking for the Newcastle Man Utd game, it struck me that the heat may have something to do with it.

It was in the sweltering late afternoon heat of Dubai where Gavin Laws, Head of Corporate Affairs for Standard Chartered, watched the last group of children leave the football pitch at the end of the final soccer clinic of the calendar year.
With hundreds more kids having benefited from the chance to enjoy a game of football under the eyes of Liverpool's acclaimed community coaching team, it was a case of being another job very well done as Liverpool FC and our main club sponsors again came together to provide once in a lifetime opportunities for our faraway fans.

'It's been a fantastic year'

It was in the sweltering late afternoon heat of Dubai where Gavin Laws, Head of Corporate Affairs for Standard Chartered, watched the last group of children leave the football pitch at the end of the final soccer clinic of the calendar year.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was full of praise for midfielder Mikel Arteta after the Spaniard was again very solid, on Wednesday night. Speaking to Arsenal Player ahead of today's late-afternoon game against Fulham City at the ...

After a day spent eating food with enough butter to kill Lil' Sebastian, my Thanksgiving celebration has finally ended. On the plus side it means my late afternoon hangover's gone, but on the downside it means dealing with the repercussions of a meal I spent ridiculing my wife's aunt. Overall it was a push, at least until I realized Liverpool players need have a good attitude and that means you, Andy Carroll.

The majority of the players have arrived and the first day is winding down here on the outskirts of Paris. The treatment room is wrapping up for the night as players head to sleep ahead of two sessions tomorrow.
Most of the players were in by the late afternoon. They arrived at the hotel before going on a quick jog to loosen the legs.

Photo by Stephen Brashear/ISIphotos.com

By JASON MITCHELL

More than the usual smattering of Rave Green gear sprinkled the streets of downtown Seattle Wednesday. A plane circled high above Lake Union in the late afternoon, trailing a 3,000 square-foot Sounders FC scarf visible from downtown to the city of Bellevue across Lake Washington.

Chelsea Enjoy the Sun as Arsenal's Summer of Pain Continues - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The English weather summed up Saturday's football in its own unique style. Grey clouds and torrential rain for Arsenal, whilst Chelsea enjoyed late afternoon summer sun.

André Villas-Boas claimed his first three points of the season, as the title challengers saw off a determined West Brom at Stamford Bridge.

Late afternoon on Sunday saw developments of the kind of speed that one simply does not expect in the football close season. In one hurried moment, those who believed all was well behind the scenes like myself were shot down and the rumour-spreaders given some credence [...]

Game One
Date: Friday Mar 25 2011 19.45
Ground: Kinsley Playing Fields
Comp: Central Midlands League Supreme Division
Match: Kinsley Boys 1 Harworth Colliery Institute 0 HT: 0-0

ATT: 237
Additional: Entrance £3.00, Programme £1.00

Kinsley Playing Fields in pictures

Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 5, Structures/Terracing 3, Hospitality 5, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger stadiums 5
Total 18

This was my first official 'groundhopping' event.

Game One
Date: Friday Mar 25 2011 19.45
Ground: Kinsley Playing Fields
Comp: Central Midlands League Supreme Division
Match: Kinsley Boys 1 Harworth Colliery Institute 0 HT: 0-0

ATT: 237
Additional: Entrance £3.00, Programme £1.00

Kinsley Playing Fields in pictures

Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 5, Structures/Terracing 3, Hospitality 5, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger stadiums 5
Total 18

This was my first official 'groundhopping' event.

The Whitecaps will be playing the Dynamo for the first time ever tonight at 6 p.m. central on Galavision and KHOU in Houston. Luckily I will be watching it in Spanish, a language that I have yet to master. Also, the picture quality for Galavision on my T.V. is terrible. If that isn't dedication, then I don't know what is.

At yesterday's promo event for his new HE by MANGO venture, Gerard Pique detonated the footy gossip world's A-bomb equivalent as he gushed over his great life:

"I'm at a very happy point of my life. I don't know if its the happiest, but I'm having a very good time. I'm at the best club in the world, the best selección [translation: national team].

Unlucky 13, as the case may be. The morning (or, more accurately, the late afternoon) after the day before finds Inside Left with a footballing hangover that both shames and irritates in equal measures. Humble pie is on the menu. Humble pie with an extra helping of humble.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has cleared up any and all confusion regarding the misleading statements made about Ryan Babel earlier this week. Dalglish had told reporters that the Dutchman would be staying at Anfield, only for the player to secure a move away from the Premier League just hours later.