After Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat away to Sunderland in the Premiership this weekend, manager Arsene Wenger reaffirmed his stance that club should come before country. He declared:
“We do not pay players to go to the World Cup – we pay the players to do well for Arsenal. The first pride of a man is to do [...]

Greece have done it. Playing in a frozen Donetsk stadium filled to capacity by a very loud Ukrainian crowd, Greece defeated Ukraine 0-1 to claim one of a handful of remaining spots for South Africa’s 2010 World Cup.
The pace of the game was fierce. Ukraine came out of the gates attacking only to find themselves [...]

Today was held the first leg of the European playoffs for the 4 spots remaining for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Three of the four matches ended in a victory for one of the contestants while the fourth between Greece and Ukraine ended in a 0-0 tie.
The winners of the matches today were Portugal, France,and [...]

So after Saturday’s debacle against Finland I predicted Wales would crash and burn in the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday which they duly did. However there was some hope for Wales and Welsh football in general after their performance against the Euro 2008 runners-up. They lost 0-2 (and it could have been much worse) but were [...]

For anyone who didn’t watch the Wales v Finland World Cup Qualifier (Group 4) game on Saturday afternoon here’s a recap: Wales, lacking any kind of talisman in the midfield, floundered and were out passed by a superior Finnish outfit. Before the game all the talk was of Wales needing a victory to keep themselves [...]

Earlier this week Fabio Capello picked his England team for the friendly on Saturday against Slovakia at Wembley and the World Cup Qualifier against Ukraine on Wednesday, again at Wembley. The team basically picked itself, Ashley Young and Gabby Agbonlahor of Aston Villa were take out after their exclusion in the Spain friendly, most possibly [...]