Today the Football Association confirmed that Uruguyuan Striker Luis Suarez is set to receive an 8 match ban for his racial comments towards Manchester United defender Patrice Evra during the clash at Anfield on 15th October. The 24 year old is also to pay a fine of £40,000. After that match Evra told French TV Suarez had racially abused him at least...

According to BBC Sport the Red Devils have made a formal complaint to the FA over the allocation of tickets for their match against local rivals Man City on 8th January. Man United are entitled to 15% of the capacity of the Etihad Stadium which boasts 47,805 seats. 15% would be around 7100 seats, but Man City have only offered 5,500, citing safety...

  Controversy No.1 – Woodgate Should Have Been Sent Off Full Name: Anthony Taylor Born: 20th October 1978 (33) Premier League Debut: 2010 Last week there was no controversy of the weekend article, as I was away in Cornwall to see my nan and my father. I didn’t have an internet connection over there and don’t get me started on...

Found this video on fair play in football that I thought I should share. The first bit is the most interesting part of the video as I’ve never seen another team get revenge like that before. Watch the video below to see what I’m talking about. You can also watch this video on our footballfairplay channel.    

Yesterday England got some good luck with the news that striker Wayne Rooney’s 3 match ban would be reduced to only 2 games. The FA’s appeal that the striker’s punishment was too harsh was accepted by UEFA. The FA and Fabio Capello would surely be delighted with the news, but this does set a poor example about UEFA’s authority and is indeed...

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...