The FIFA sponsorship row between Mastercard and Visa may have to be decided by penalty kicks.

Sid Lowe writing just prior to England recalling David Beckham.  While Joe Lovejoy writes of the return post-recall.

Simon Barnes with the significant role of luck in football. 

Jim White tells you how you can own a team or at least part of one. I heard Will Brooks being interviewed on the Australian Broadcasting Service two weeks ago and meant to post a link…… but didn’t get around to it.

An article on Jack Warner's best buddy -not -  investigative sport journalist Andrew Jennings.

Conrad Leach on the new-look strike force that Brazil may field against England.

An audio story from Stefan Fatsis, sportswriter for The Wall Street Journal, that was on National Public Radio.

And finally one of the blog's regular readers is looking for some help and is hoping that some of you might take a couple of minutes to complete a fan survey that will be used for classwork.

The Times says that Wenger has been given more transfer money than he says he needs this summer.

 Alan Campbell describes an outbreak of sanity at Tynecastle. Unfortunately for Hearts' fans it didn't help them to qualify for the UEFA Cup as Aberdeen ensured their spot on the final day of the Scottish season.

Gabriele Marcotti on Milan’s revival.

Joe Lovejoy looks at the Champions League Final.

For those who were wondering why Milan had points deducted.

Amy Lawrence takes a look at the player who is the heart of Milan - Gennaro Gattuso.

Ian Bell on the pressure of football management.

Another excellent article by Eastern European football expert Jonathan Wilson. The most dangerous job in football.

Ian Hawkey takes a look at Real Madrid’s run at the 2007 La Liga title.

Nominations for game of the week and the dog of the week (or should I just assume that the Cup Final wil be a unanimous selection for the latter?)

A China Crisis? China is not progressing as quickly as most expected.

Joe Lovejoy on loan players making an impact.

David Lacey on the Football League’s penalty proposal.

Daniel Finkelstein shows how unlikely it is that Chelsea can achieve the quadruple as well as who the stats say is Manchester United’s most valuable player – it may surprise you.

Alan Hansen with an early preview of England’s task in Israel.

Rob Hughes contends that it is the middle years of a player’s career that provide pain and sel####oubt.

The Hawk-Eye system used to judge line calls in tennis looks like it will become the system of choice to decide whether or not the ball has crossed the line - in football that is.

The first two are a couple of articles from earlier this week.

Kevin Eason describes how the new Premiership television deal that kicks in next year will see the “richest-clubs” list being dominated by English teams.

Another insightful piece by Daniel Finkelstein – this time on Arsenal’s up and down season.

Rob Hughes on last weeks international friendlies.

A Steve Coppell interview with Amy Lawrence.

Former Germany and Scotland coach Berti Vogts surfaces as the new man in charge of Nigeria.

Joe Lovejoy on Steve McClaren – or Sven Mark II.

Rob Hughes describes how on Saturday against Liverpool Celestine Babayaro played through the pain of losing his brother less than 24 hours before. 

Grahame L. Jones on 800 potential teammates of David Beckham. 

This weekend I was thinking how difficult it is to come up with greatr trivia questions in the age of the internet and goggle. I would interested to see if anyone has a trivia question that can go unanswered for 24 hours - soccer related of course.