It's taken me a little while to catch up on the goings on this week as I was away over the weekend. My wife and I took a camping trip and got away from the hustle and bustle of the city for a while. We ended up with some rainy weather but made the best [...] Click to continue reading...

So, the transfer deadline (August 31) has passed and the football market is now closed. Closed? Not quite. Indeed, while transfers from one club to another will have to wait until January to resume, teams may still sign players as free agents (and that until March 31, 2009). So, inspired from this Top 11 Serie A [. Click to continue reading...

Middlesbrough's Tony McMahon continued his good start to a loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday after helping the Owls battle to a 1-1 draw with Swansea. Click to continue reading...

Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday's race to the finish seems to support his argument. Prior to Monday, Robinho had been settling in nicely at for another season at Real Madrid, Kevin Keegan was sorting out his first proper [. Click to continue reading...

The Premiership woke up this morning to a lot of excitement. Everton fans were celebrating breaking their transfer record, West Ham fans were incredulous that they had sold half their defence without replacing them, Liverpool fans were "overjoyed" at signing two foreign 18 year olds to add to their increasing collection of foreign 18 year olds, [. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Lee Cattermole (Middlesbrough), Amr Zaki (Loan), Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City), Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham City), Maynor Figueroa. Notable departures: Antoine Sibierski (Norwich, loan), Carlo Nash (Everton), Rachid Bouaouzan (NEC Nijmegen, loan), Marlon King (Hull City, loan), David Cotterill. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Justin Hoyte (Arsenal), Marvin Emnes (Sparta Rotterdam), Didier Digard (PSG) Notable departures: Jonathan Grounds (Norwich, loan), Luke Young (Aston Villa), Mark Schwarzer (Fulham), George Boateng (Hull City), Lee Cattermole (Wigan) What grade do you give them for this... Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Daniel Cousin (Rangers), Anthony Gardner (Tottenham), Marlon King (Wigan, loan), Craig Fagan (Derby County), Geovanni (Manchester City), Bernard Mendy (PSG), George Boateng (Middlesbrough), Peter Halmosi (Plymouth), Tony Warner (Fulham), Mark Oxley (Rotherham United). Notable departures: Fraizer Campbell (Manchester. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Andy Johnson (Everton), Fredrik Stoor (Rosenborg), Bobby Zamora (West Ham), John Pantsil (West Ham), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Zoltan Gera (West Brom), David Stockdale (Darlington). Notable departures: Collins John (NEC Nijmegen), Gabriel Zakuani (Peterborough), Steven Davis (Rangers), Eddie Johnson. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: James Milner (Newcastle United), Carlos Cuellar (Rangers), Luke Young, (Middlesbrough), Nickey Shorey (Reading), Brad Friedel (Blackburn), Steve Sidwell (Chelsea), Curtis Davies (West Brom), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA). Notable departures: Shaun Maloney (Celtic), Patrik Berger (Sparta Prague), Olof Mellberg. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Lee Cattermole (Middlesbrough), Amr Zaki (Loan), Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City), Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham City), Maynor Figueroa. Notable departures: Rachid Bouaouzan (NEC Nijmegen, loan), Marlon King (Hull City, loan), David Cotterill (Sheffield United), Andreas Granqvist (Gronigen), Marcus Bent. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Justin Hoyte (Arsenal), Marvin Emnes (Sparta Rotterdam), Didier Digard (PSG) Notable departures: Luke Young (Aston Villa), Mark Schwarzer (Fulham), George Boateng (Hull City), Lee Cattermole (Wigan) A slow day on Riverside. Mido not going anywhere http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_soccerblog/2008/09/carling-cup-dra. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Anthony Gardner (Tottenham), Marlon King (Wigan, loan), Craig Fagan (Derby County), Geovanni (Manchester City), Bernard Mendy (PSG), George Boateng (Middlesbrough), Peter Halmosi (Plymouth), Tony Warner (Fulham), Mark Oxley (Rotherham United). Notable departures: Fraizer Campbell (Manchester United) Baggies defender. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Andy Johnson (Everton), Fredrik Stoor (Rosenborg), Bobby Zamora (West Ham), John Pantsil (West Ham), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Zoltan Gera (West Brom), David Stockdale (Darlington). Notable departures: Steven Davis (Rangers), Eddie Johnson (Cardiff, loan), David Healy (Sunderland), The club. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: James Milner (Newcastle United), Carlos Cuellar (Rangers), Luke Young, (Middlesbrough), Nickey Shorey (Reading), Brad Friedel (Blackburn), Steve Sidwell (Chelsea), Curtis Davies (West Brom), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA). Notable departures: Shaun Maloney (Celtic), Patrik Berger (Sparta Prague), Olof Mellberg. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Lee Cattermole (Middlesbrough), Amr Zaki (Loan), Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City), Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham City), Maynor Figueroa. Notable departures: Marlon King (Hull City, loan), David Cotterill (Sheffield United), Andreas Granqvist (Gronigen), Marcus Bent (Charlton). Heskey not leaving for. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Justin Hoyte (Arsenal), Marvin Emnes (Sparta Rotterdam), Didier Digard (PSG) Notable departures: Luke Young (Aston Villa), Mark Schwarzer (Fulham), George Boateng (Hull City), Lee Cattermole (Wigan) Mido not going anywhere Carling Cup third round draw Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Anthony Gardner (Tottenham), Marlon King (Wigan, loan), Craig Fagan (Derby County), Geovanni (Manchester City), Bernard Mendy (PSG), George Boateng (Middlesbrough), Peter Halmosi (Plymouth), Tony Warner (Fulham), Mark Oxley (Rotherham United). Notable departures: Fraizer Campbell (Manchester United) Defender joins. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Andy Johnson (Everton), Fredrik Stoor (Rosenborg), Bobby Zamora (West Ham), John Pantsil (West Ham), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Zoltan Gera (West Brom), David Stockdale (Darlington). Notable departures: Steven Davis (Rangers), Eddie Johnson (Cardiff, loan), David Healy (Sunderland), The club. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: James Milner (Newcastle United), Carlos Cuellar (Rangers), Luke Young, (Middlesbrough), Nickey Shorey (Reading), Brad Friedel (Blackburn), Steve Sidwell (Chelsea), Curtis Davies (West Brom), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA). Notable departures: Shaun Maloney (Celtic), Patrik Berger (Sparta Prague), Olof Mellberg. Click to continue reading...

Tuncay's winner five minutes from time is all the difference as Middlesbrough win at the Riverside 2-1. First off it must be said that Middlesbrough were pushed to the limit. Despite being a man down for seventy minutes (if you add both first and second half stoppage time), Stoke City were resolute at the back, but [. Click to continue reading...

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Tuncay's winner five minutes from time is all the difference as Middlesbrough win at the Riverside 2-1.

First off it must be said that Middlesbrough were pushed to the limit. Despite being a man down for seventy minutes (if you add both first and second half stoppage time), Stoke City were resolute at the back, but two breakdowns proved to be all the difference in this one.

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England play Andorra in Barcelona's Olympic Stadium at 1900 BST on Saturday evening and then travel to Zagreb for their second qualifier against Croatia on Wednesday, 10 September at 2000 BST. Players out with injury include Steven Gerrard, Owen Hargreaves, Michael Carrick and Micah Richards, with Portsmouth's Glenn Johnson and Fulham's Jimmy Bullard brought into the [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal cruised past Newcastle United at the Emirates today with Robin Van Persie bagging two of the goals. The Gunners came into the game on the back of a defeat to Fulham last weekend and it was clear from the off they were keen to make-up for last weekend.

Arsene Wenger's men could have had a penalty as early as the two minute mark when Fabrico Collocini brought down Van Persie in the box only for Rob Styles to wave to appeals away. Click to continue reading...

Some of the biggest storylines from the opening two weeks of the new Premier League season have been the surprising displays by Hull, Stoke, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. All four teams are playing today in matches that will show whether their results from the first two weeks were a flash in the pan or not. Click to continue reading...