We could have done a lot worse, a loss would not have helped our cause. But the game against West-Brom yesterday which ended in an extremely boring 0-0 showed just how badly we need balls in the back of the net. The trotters were par with WBA in just about every category.

This brings me to a slightly more optimistic bit of news.

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By: Chris C.
Soccer City FC

At long last the new year of football is underway and all is right with the world, if only for 90 minutes at a time. Off the pitch, we've still got the normal events of the day with Dimitar Berbatov asking to leave Tottenham in favour of greener pastures with Manchester United. Click to continue reading...

Ricardo Fuller's injury time consolation header(photo: BBC Sport)Today was a Stoke City kind of day: the first team played their first game in the Premiership against Bolton Wanderers at The Reebok in Horwich, and their U18 Academy team played a friendly against the Rayados youth team at Town & Country here in Austin. Click to continue reading...

For everyone outside of Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal, success in the Premiership can be fickle. We saw it last year with Tottenham, who wound up an extremely disappointing 11th after two straight 5th-place finishes. We saw it last year with Reading, a club that was relegated a season after finishing comfortably in 8th place. Click to continue reading...

El Hadji Diouf
is gone. He has to pass his medical and then hes officially with Sunderland. I liked Dioufy over the years that he played for the Trotters. Even though he only scored an average of 5 goals a season, he was exciting. You never knew when he would blow up in someone's face and then have a moment of sheer brilliance from the wing.

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Senegalese star El Hadj Diouf today moved ever closer to his long-desired move away from the Reebok.

The 27 year old can play both in attack and on either wing, and will give Roy Keane an extra dimension in the final third.

Sunderland had tabled a mere £2.5million bid which Gary Megson duly accepted, having Diouf only a year left on his current deal at Bolton. Click to continue reading...

By: Chris C.
Soccer City FC

It's another interesting month in the world of football. Transfers are flying around at the typical blazing pace, players are making bigger money than even they know what to do with, and the little teams are trying their hardest to keep up. Many of the smaller teams out there have gone so far as to break their own transfer records to sign players that would previously have been relatively affordable. Click to continue reading...

Johan Elmander has completed his switch to Premier League side Bolton Wanderers. The Swedish international has been a transfer target for many other clubs including the Spurs. The Trotters have struck a deal with French club Toulose for an undisclosed fee to sign Johan Elmander. The Swedish striker has signed a contract which will see him [. Click to continue reading...