This is the second part of 3 articles which talks about the eleven values of UEFA. Here we will see whether have succeeded or failed in trying to uphold the values they claim to hold so dear in the game.   8. Financial Fair Play and Regularity of Competitions “UEFA supports fair play both on and off the pitch. Financial fair play means that clubs...

    Today FIFA President Sepp Blatter mentioned that goal-line technology could be in place for next season. He also said that the next world cup in Brazil would be the first international tournament to use the technology. Blatter confirmed that 9 systems are currently being tested, with two of them proving to match the strict criteria which...

Last night Luis Suarez was the victim of chanting from Fulham fans, who were calling the Uruguayan a “cheat”. The striker appeared to respond to the chants by giving the crowd the finger. Liverpool lost the match 1-0 to a late Clint Dempsey strike, but manager Kenny Dalglish was more concerned about the reaction of the crowd to Suarez, rather than...

Brazil legend and former captain Socrates has died from an intestinal infection aged only 57. Apparently Socrates was rushed to hospital on Thursday, where it was expected he was suffering from food poisoning. He was later pronounced dead on Sunday morning. After the death of Welsh favourite Gary Speed who also died at a young age of 42, the football...

Last weekend’s games had it all! All of the top teams had convincing wins, there were several controversial decisions, plenty of goals and Robin Van Persie scored again to record his 32nd league goal in the calendar year. He is now only 4 goals away from equally Alan Shearer’s long standing record.   Controversy No. 1 – David Luiz Foul On...

I came across this video of a match between Japan and China at the East Asian Football Championships in 2008. During the game there were several blatant fouls which the referee bizarrely didn’t think too much of. I understand that sometimes you need to get stuck in, but some of these fouls were way over the top. Maybe he couldn’t see most...

Today’s article is the first part of 3 articles which talk about the eleven values of UEFA. Here we will see whether UEFA have succeeded or failed in trying to uphold the values they claim to hold so dear in the game.   11. European Sports Model and Specifity of Sport  “UEFA is a European body and we remain totally committed to the European...

Yesterday I read an article on skysports which showed the amounts of money clubs in the premiership spent on player agents last season. The total amount came up to a whopping £71.8 million, all on greedy agent fees! Obviously Man City topped the chart spending almost £10 million. They were probably disappointed they couldn’t reach double figures...

Over on thefootballblog.co.uk (not really a blog now) I covered an interesting betting theory, that – as usual – seemed pretty full proof to me. Basically you select a team and also bet on a draw. If the bet loses you double your stake and bet again, on a draw. The biggest risk of this genius strategy is how quickly you’ll be betting large...

This has been a hot topic in football over the last few years, with the amount of games top European clubs are forced to participate in throughout the season (especially the premier league clubs). This has led to managers openly criticising the hectic schedule, but do they even have a right to complain? Today Roberto Mancini outlined exactly what he...