An early posting this week as I am off to Baltimore to participate in the FSC show live on Thursday evening from the NSCAA annual convention. Steve McClaren and Gerard Houllier will in attendance although I am not sure when they are schedule... Read More

Mickey Thomas – a former FA Cup hero who went to jail for making big money. A look out club signings by nationality. Robert Philip manages to name check Mary Queen of ... Read More

England and Scotland are separated by only 96 miles of border but, as play ended in the Euro 2008 qualification rounds, the difference in attitude among soccer fans on either side of the line is light years apart. The Scots fell at the last hurdle, a controversial 2-1 loss to Italy that robbed them of qualifi... Read More

An article by Marcela Mora y Araujo on Javier Zanetti. It was a stunning decision to leave him out of the Argentine 2006 World Cup. Jonathan Wilson lo... Read More

Part 1 There was a comment on the previous blog from travel coach. “I've seen Bobby has no love for the England team -- though I do and support Wales, Scotland, a... Read More

Goodbye MLS for 2007 and other weekend football tidbits. First things first. Work came first for me this weekend so I watched no games ... Read More

Phils92001 - The point that I want to make is that of Newcastle. I think that If Big Sam cannot find the goal from Owen, he needs to drop him to the bench and play ... Read More

What do Shaun Wright-Phillips, Aaron Lennon, David Bentley, James Milner and Theo Walcott have in common? All of them play in the Barclays English Premier League, currently considered the best league in the world - all of them are under the age of twenty-six - all of them are amongst the brightest prospects in world football - all of them play on the right hand side of midfield – all of them wish they were England manager, Steve McClaren’s, best mate – and all of them have never been mistaken for David Beckham. Up until last week, the chances of Beckham being on the short list to make McClaren’s latest Eng... Read More

Dogs Of War are back, with just a touch of class this time around.  A defensive lapse gives Drogba the goal but Everton never give up and Cahill grabs a late eq... Read More

I’ll start off with a couple of questions that made it on to other blogs but were never answered. Nnogomes21 - I was wondering if you know/ have any idea's why Portugal's S.L. Benfica is strugg... Read More

Sam Wallace thinks that England’s blame goes beyond  Steve McClaren. Roddy Forsyth with a bit of a prelude to tonight’s (Monday)  BBC Panorama broadcast on the... Read More

England miss a sitter, fall apart at the back and Robinson drops another monumental clanger as Spartak Moscow’s Pavlyuchenko scores twice to give Russia a vital win, good England first half and a better Russian second; 2-1 home win.    A cold; but not desperately so; night in Moscow sees huge crowds amidst tight... Read More

Alan Smith on the man who may finally become Arsenal’s “fox-in-the-box”. As it was he didn't even set foot on the park against Spurs on Saturday. A couple pieces from a... Read More

An open letter to Steve McClaren, England Manager.   Dear Steve,   I’m being so informal; even though I’ve never met you or s... Read More

After saying on the Friday show that I thought it inconceivable that Manchester United could lose to City in the Manchester derby the inconceivable happened. I feel obliged to impose a one show suspension on myself and so I will not be appearing on the FSR ... Read More

DC United outplay and outshoot Galaxy for a solid home win, Beckham debut in the rain can’t save ten men LA from a 1-0 defeat.    A packed RKF; packed like an MLB game; saw the home, away and Beckham fans cre... Read More

Poised to end a turbulent time at Real Madrid by winning a championship, David Beckham prepares to depart the grand stage of European soccer in the best way possible - leaving them wanting more. It's a departure that will vastly overshadow the quieter and more dignified Bernabeu exit of tea... Read More

David Beckham will make he return to the England squad for the friendly against Brazil this Friday (on FSC at 3 p.m. ET) as a Real Madrid player. However, most of the speculation regarding his international fu... Read More

HELLO MR LALAS, WELCOME TO THE PERRENIAL CLUB VS COUNTRY DEBATE. Of course Mr. Beckham sign here please. The soft spoken ex-England International wa... Read More

The last time I saw David Beckham in an England shirt, the tears were streaming down his face. The captain had just hobbled to the bench in Gelsenkirchen, injured, substituted and unable to help... Read More