Everton v Liverpool It has been a very strange start to the Premiership season for Everton. Over the previous two seasons Goodison has provided a solid base for their 6th and 5th place finish... Read More

Last Season – Finished 5th in the Premier League – 65ptsManager:  David MoyesOdds of Winning Title – 150-to-1INS:None as of August 11thOUTS:ST Andrew Johnson – 21m USDMF Lee Carsley GK Stefan WesselsDF Darren DennehyGK Jamie JonesPossibles:ST Vagner Love – CSKA MoscowMF Joao Moutinho – Sporting LisbonRW Aaron Lennon – TottenhamMF Dejan Stankovic – Inter MilanFW Alan Smith – NewcastleMF Michael Johnson – Manchester CityGK Guillermo Ochoa - Club AmericaMF Stephane M'bia - RennesWhat’s Left in the Kitty – 61m US (incl. Money from Johnson sale)What Lies Ahead:Aug 16    Blackburn (H)Aug 23   &n... Read More

The start of the new Premiership season is only days away and over the next five days I will have previews of all twenty clubs. It is an opportunity to stick your own neck out as well. Criticize my picks and the picks of others... Read More

Last Season – Finished 6th in the Premier League – 60ptsManager:  Martin O’Neill INS:RB Luke Young – 12m USLB Nicky Shorey – 7m USGK Brad Guzan – 1.5m USGK Brad Friedel – 5m USCMF Steve Sidwell – 10m USCB Curtis Davies – 16m US OUTS:GK Thoma... Read More

A first response to the news that Liverpool had signed Robbie Keane from Tottenham was what a good signing for the Reds. Regular viewers of the Fox Soccer Report will know that Keane is a long time favourite of mine. He ... Read More

Amid all this summer’s transfer talk one of the few big money moves to actually happen has been the $20M+ transfer of Peter Crouch from Liverpool to FA Cup holders Portsmouth. Taken at face value the intent would seem to be to play Crouch in attack alongside former West Ham ... Read More

Here is the original synopsis and predictions for 2007/08 revisited with the addition of the final finishes, the highs and the lows and a couple of semi interesting statistics. So here is an opportunity to share my gaffs and a couple of thoughts that were reasonably close. An... Read More

Foolishmoose - I have a tough one for you. Since the majority of my TV time is spent watching FSC, Setanta, GOL and ESPN Soccer programming, a... Read More

Simon Barnes on thinking right….or wrong. An article on Jimmy Gabriel – formerly of Dundee North End, Dundee, Everton, Southampton……... Read More

The North American disease strikes again. The hockey play-offs are on and the great North American tradition of rioting when you win gets und... Read More

Matt Johnston - Much has been made of the Diaby and Eduardo tackles and I have to voice my agreement that the two are indistinguishable except that Eduardo was unlucky to have had his foot planted.  The FA and FIFA have cracked down on such hard challenges, ordering referees to show the red ... Read More

Manchester United old boys. Problems over broadcasting rights and rules in Italy. The Times feature on Fulham’s away form. ... Read More

Ursusarctos - Since the '80s, I believe only First Division/ PL teams have won the FA Cup, even though several finals in that time featured one lower division team. In the '70s (most recently), several teams from the old Second Division won it by beating First Div... Read More

Sunday afternoon; again; this time at The Stadium Of Light.  The windy North East doesn’t trouble either set of fans who turn up in good numbers and good... Read More

Ringo - Chivas USA? Owned by bloody foreigners?Bobby – The answer was Chivas but for a different reason. The only team in the leagues listed that doesn’t have a part of its name a city, state or nickname ... Read More

Sunday afternoon at Goodison Park.  Hardly the proper time for football but nonetheless.  Tense game with some expansive a... Read More

The Swamp World Cup is being played in Scotland. With a bit of forward planning the old Baseball Ground in Derby could have been a permanent venue. ... Read More

Let’s talk La Viola, ACF Fiorentina, the Serie A side from Florence.  They play Everton in the last sixteen of the UEFA Cup and currently sit a lofty fourth in Se... Read More

Oop the East Lancs Road for a jaunt to the Eastlands Stadium.  Cra ppy weather in Manchester (no change there then really), and some pretty cra ppy footba... Read More

Traveling support loud and proud as the Blues win away from home in Europe again.  Less than brilliant but professional and mostly solid.    Brann Stadion in ... Read More