Yea, they no longer wear black, but you can tell that to my bigoted memory of what they use to look like when I was a child. I just can't see a different color and that is not even my grudge. The men in black are by a galactic distance the new show in town. With the likes of Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney reaching into their huge hats of tricks and pure soccer artistry weekly, we, I mean everyone of you out there, could be forgiven for assuming for so long, almost an… Continue

As Arsenal FC file out from the dugout at White Hart lane on Wednesday, the terse stroll across the short stretch of rug leading onto the soccer pitch must surely harbor the aura of a season about to be added onto the record books as another trophy-less endeavor. Worse still, Arsene Wenger, nick-named the Professor, not for his frame and mien but for this tactical astuteness, must be living in a rarefied edge of discomfort that encircles a soccer intellect who finds his knowledge cruelly…

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As the clock ticked away in the second half at the Bernabeu and Lyon trailing with only a lone goal (scored in the 6th minute) that sickening feeling of déjà vu was inevitable. You could touch the feeling that Lyon was going to score and Madrid knocked out for the sixth consecutive time in the round of sixteen. As Miralem Pjanic smashed home a 75th-minute equaliser for Lyon there was a post-climactic…

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A comment like this, "Sex is good, but why not in football?" coming from a certain JT would be understandable, but the wide condemnation that followed the Terry-Bridge episode was timely and

sends an aggressive message to the broader sporting world that soccer’s

moral standards will be defended staunchly from now onwards, WAG or no

WAG. Only good sex is good for the beautiful…

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It is true I was born with a weak frame, not for soccer, often stumbling more than I was upright. My uncles, most of whom could literally narrate the history of soccer joked I was tied to the bench as a kid, to keep my agitated playful antics from dribbling around with the soccer ball in the yard, on my knees! I may have exaggerated a bit, but if I was told years ago that I could endure the huddles and make this journey, I probably would have laughed at myself. But in the end I did it and… Continue

The mid week games provided results that have in no way harmed the renewed excitement surrounding the English premier league this season. Manchester United and Chelsea fc dropped crucial points against Aston Villa (1 - 1) and Everton (2 - 1) respectively, while Arsenal squeezed out a one goal win over…

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Wednesday's game at the Emirates has become a crucial point for Arsenal and Liverpool, a pivotal stage that could help define the season for either teams as they set out to capture "catch-up" points. With a single point from nine against the top four, Arsenal's prospect for the title is amounting to a mere mathematical possibility with a nine point gap standing between them and the leaders, Chelsea that may widen by tomorrow. A fews weeks ago, the excitement was centered…

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