An old article but it provides an excellent analysis of the impact of the Bosman ruling and some historical survey data on how the fans of English Premiership teams felt initially about foreign players.

Barbados – possible World Cup opponents for the USA – is looking for new recruits.

Nick Harris takes stock of the loans secured against the operations of Liverpool Football Club.

A post-mortem on Everton’s Carling Cup loss to Chelsea.

Ian Bell poses some questions for cheerleaders of the self-proclaimed “best league in the world”.

A quiz - and who doesn't enjoy that?

Simon Kuper takes a look at some of the changes that Fabio Capello will ring in. First squd will be announced later this week.

Berti Vogts is close to adding “former Nigeria coach,” to his resume.

John Roberts recalls how half a century ago Jimmy Murphy patched together a Manchester United side and led them to the final of the FA Cup.

George or Ronaldo - who is BEST? A measured analysis. The one thing that could have been mentioned was that George Best almost singlehandidly kept a couple of poor United teams afloat after the European Cup win in 1968. Eventually without Best they were relegated.

The transfer window closes this week and I think we can expect a flurry of moves.