Do you change teams when the results go bad ? Poor old baldy, the tribulations of supporting Newcastle United. Nick was the talismanic epicenter of the LA Vale team that was unbelievably successful in 2007 - arguably the most successful football team in Los Angeles ever.
2009 and Nick is the talismanic epicenter of the FK Dinamo team, top scorer, captain, pre-match motivator and all round great bloke, basque anarchist, intellectual, debater, supporter, friend. Click to continue reading...

The Dynamo beat Chivas to get the second spot in the west, have to face Seattle in the first round.
Music from Robbie Williams, Pearl Jam, and Public Image Limited.
Episode 6 of The Zygo Soccer Report
The Zygo Soccer Report

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Port Vale 1 - 1 Cheltenham Town
I wonder if Robbie Williams was there? A Port Vale fan - does he bank roll the club?
Apparently Cheltenham could have gone in 3-0 down at half time. They rallied and dominated towards the end of the second half. Pook's goal was a scorcher but Bird and Hammond had good chances which were not put away. Click to continue reading...

Episode 2 of my podcast is now available. This episode has a focus on the Houston Dynamo, including the raw audio from Coach Dominic Kinnear's press conference following the 1-1 draw with Kansas City Wizards this past Sunday.
This week's music includes CapaRezza, Goldfrapp, and Robbie Williams. Click to continue reading...

In a week when the heavies of European football struggled to make any significant impact around the globe*, comes another surprising result straight out of the bowels of Ireland. Shamrock Rovers, a team whose name sounds more like a wrestling move or a Robbie Williams album title than a football team, made a good account of themselves and put up an almighty battle against the squillion-dollar boys of Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...

In a week when the heavies of European football struggled to make any significant impact around the globe*, comes another surprising result straight out of the bowels of Ireland. Shamrock Rovers, a team whose name sounds more like a wrestling move or a Robbie Williams album title than a football team, made a good account of themselves and put up an almighty battle against the squillion-dollar boys of Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...

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Yes, amigos, we spoke to Barça's Gerard Piqué on Monday! Well, it wasn't as bad as the Clarence Seedorf interview earlier this year where we had to wait up for his assistant to call us at 3AM. Piqué lived up to his reputation as the fun-loving and rubbish-talker based on our 13 minute conversation that the lovely folks at Barca arranged for us before the trip to Rome.

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Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it's not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the "50 [. Click to continue reading...

Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it's not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the "50 [. Click to continue reading...

Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it's not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the "50 [. Click to continue reading...

Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it's not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the "50 [. Click to continue reading...

David Beckham will give LA Vale club, who haven't played all season, a few pointers before he heads to Italy to join AC Milan. LA Vale´s founder is singer and Becks` pal Robbie Williams.
GA_googleFillSlot("DAVID-BECHKAM-NET-468X60"); Rob closed the team because he feared his team-mates were taking advantage of his good nature. Click to continue reading...

The show's creator and producer Marc Cherry has said he's trying to sign up the Galaxy player for a guest role on the show - but those Desperate women won't get their hands on him: Marc sees Beckham and Williams playing Wisteria Lane's new gay residents.
Marc is quoted as saying: "David and Robbie are perfect to star as the new neighbours' best friends - the gorgeous, eccentric couple flown over from Blighty. Click to continue reading...

David Beckham isn't the only famous Brit playing soccer in Los Angeles. There's also his good mate Robbie Williams. For the last couple of years Robbie has been playing in the Los Angeles Premier League, anchoring the defense for La Vale F.C., a team he founded in 2005 that's made up of Hollywood/Santa Monica [...] Click to continue reading...