MAN UTD ARE CHAMPIONS RECORD-HOLDER Ryan Giggs marked a lifetime's loyalty with the best present possible as he delivered another Premier League title to Manchester United. United were in front but needing calming despite Cristiano Ronaldo's first-half penalty when Giggs...
YOU'RE NOT AV-ING THE TITLE THE afternoon began in hope but ended in despair for Chelsea as Manchester United retained the Barclays Premier League title. Substitute Andriy Shevchenko's second-half strike was cancelled out by Kevin Davies' added-time leveller but the...
THE GREAT ESCAPE FULHAM fans danced with delight after Danny Murphy's header 14 minutes from time kept them in the Barclays Premier League with an amazing third away win in a row. Midfielder Murphy was left virtually unchallenged to nod...
READING GO DOWN! READING were relegated from the Barclays Premier League despite a convincing victory over Derby at Pride Park. The Royals put in a performance to be proud of as they swept the Rams aside with relative ease. James...
BLUES TAKE A TUMBLE BIRMINGHAM fans turned on chairman David Gold and co-owner David Sullivan as their side's relegation from the Barclays Premier League was confirmed despite substitute Cameron Jerome's late double against Blackburn. Chants of the "the board must...
YAKUBU IS EUR HERO RECORD signing Ayegbeni Yakubu struck twice to send Everton back into Europe for the third time in four seasons. The 11million that boss David Moyes paid for Yakubu has clearly paid off, with fifth place now...
GARETH'S GOODBYE GOAL ASTON Villa's last-ditch push to secure a UEFA Cup place ended in failure as they concluded their season with a draw at Upton Park. Skipper Gareth Barry appeared to have fired a second-half winner when he expertly...
TORRES HITS RECORD LIVERPOOL striker Fernando Torres wrapped up victory at Tottenham to set a record for goals scored by a foreigner in his first season in the Premier League. Torres' goal was his 24th since arriving from Atletico Madrid,...
SVEN'S FINAL HUMILIATION SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON'S anticipated final match in charge of Manchester City ended in humiliating fashion as his 10-man side lost 8-1 at Middlesbrough. The former England boss has guided the club to ninth in the Barclays Premier League...
THIRD-CLASS GUNNERS THEO Walcott handed Arsene Wenger a wining finish to the season with the only goal at Sunderland. The England Under-21 international fired home from Gilberto's 24th-minute pass to claim the points as the Black Cats fought them all...
Chelsea's German ace piles pressure back on United BLUE-TIFUL FOR BALLACK By FRED BATES MICHAEL BALLACK piled the pressure back on Manchester United as he inspired Chelsea to victory over Newcastle. The German, whose double against United last week took...
JUST TORRIFIC AT ANFIELD TIM NIGHTINGALE at Anfield FERNANDO TORRES wrote another piece of history for himself with his 32nd goal of a stunning first season in English football. Only Cristiano Ronaldo has stood between Torres and the PFA and...
BULLET FROM BENDTNER ADAM CROWHURST at The Emirates ARSENAL kept alive hopes of snatching runners-up spot in the Barclays Premier League from Chelsea with 1-0 win over Everton at Emirates Stadium. After leaders Manchester United ended any slim mathematical title...
FERGIE'S TITLE TOAST ANDY DUNN at Old Trafford AT LEAST they didn't hug, kiss or high-five. Just a half-embarrassed hand-shake and minimal eye contact. No doubt Sir Alex Ferguson and Alan Curbishley made up for it with a bottle of...
BRI AND MIGHTY! ROB SHEPHERD at Craven Cottage IF Fulham retain their Premier League status next week then Roy Hodgson will be hailed as a miracle man. No doubt, there will be few Roy of the Rovers or Houdini Hodgson...
COPP TO BOTTOM GEOFF SWEET at Madejski Stadium IT seems harsh to criticise a good guy who stood up for all that is morally correct by suspending two players who turned their back on Reading in an hour of need....
ONE EL OF A FINISH! CHRIS BASCOMBE at Reebok Stadium EL-HADJI DIOUF presented Bolton with the ideal parting gift by helping secure their Premier League status. The Senegal winger intends to quit Wanderers at the end of the season but...
BRUCE IS A BARGAIN! DAVID HARRISON at Villa Park STEVE BRUCE had £1million worth of reasons to be cheerful. That was the Brucie bonus for keeping his Wigan team in the Premier League.
CHRIS OF LIFE DAVID ALEXANDER at The Riverside BETTER late than never. Beating Pompey at The Riverside for the first time in nine attempts was enough to book Boro another season in the Premier League. Like last year, it was...
FANCY PANTS! AIDAN MAGEE at Ewood Park DERBY fans turned up in fancy dress — but it was quite appropriate that their team wore all black. Paul Jewell's side are officially the worst in Premier League history. This horrific season...
The European domestic leagues are coming to a close, but the US Men’s National Team players based on the continent are just getting warmed up. This summer will be an important one for the USMNT in their run-up to qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. A series of testing friendlies precedes the [...]
You know how everyone says that Cesc Fabregas is the greatest thing since sliced bread?
I never bought that - I always had him pegged as a flash-in-the-pan, over-hyped kid who couldn’t cut it on the big stage.
But then, step by step, game by game, Fabregas has converted me. And now I’m wondering if [...]
Manchester City have qualified to play in the UEFA Cup next season through the Premier League’s fair play table.
The Premier League came top of UEFA’s fair play table (I guess fewer fouls are given in England than anywhere else?) and although Manchester City were 6th in the Premier League fair play table, the 5 [...]
The 07/08 Premier League season was the first in the new 3-year deal secured by Scudamore and co., one that promises to bring a crazy amount of money into football. While some people think that football is peaking in England, I respectfully disagree - the scramble for football dollars has just begun, with the [...]
John Stevanja (Keeper Skool) conducted a fan survey on ‘the best keepers in the Premier League‘.
While some of the voting patterns were quite predictable (no prizes for guessing #1) and made you wonder if press coverage influenced people’s opinions, some of the picks would surprise you (especially how one keeper beat several other [...]
Today’s transfer roundup starts and ends with rumors that may or may not have any merit.
Is there any chance at all that Cristiano Ronaldo could leave Manchester United for Real Madrid in the summer? The Daily Mail is looking to put a spin on some comments Ronaldo made in reference to his [...]
The EU and UEFA have launched an information campaign and helpline to advise fans travelling to Euro 2008 on their consumer rights and to provide support for those who run into problems.
The campaign deals with consumer issues ranging from fake match tickets to transferring tickets in the case of illness, to air travel, roaming [...]
All year long we’ve been bitching about refereeing decisions going against our clubs. Sometimes we resort to bitching about how refereeing decisions unfairly help other clubs (witness SAF’s comment on Arsenal’s late equaliser against Villa, or Grant’s whinge about referees helping United win the title).
Right Result, since the start of the 2006/2007, have been [...]
When Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood spoke about Kroenke last year, he played on the fans’ sentiments and stoked the fires of independence by claiming ‘we don’t want his sort’. Never mind that the man was a shareholder and a business partner - a Yank is a Yank is a Yank, and in the face [...]
Andrei Arshavin played a starring role in Zenit St. Petersburg’s UEFA Cup win over Rangers at City of Manchester Stadium, and it might not be the last time he steps foot on the pitch at Eastlands. Manchester City have reportedly put in a 10 million pound bid for the Russian playmaker, who has [...]
