EPL – English Premier League

If you cross back over to the Italian mainland from Venice and then take the freeway northeast for about half an hour, you’ll eventually arrive at Portogruaro.
The Stadio Piergiovanni Mecchia, home of local side Portogruaro-Summaga, stands as one of the first main sights you’ll see as you enter the town. However very few in [...]

Sydney FC’s penalty shootout hero Clint Bolton has admitted the difficulty of maintaining the focus which won his side the A-League grand final as the club ushered him to the exit door.
Bolton broke down in tears after playing his part in the shootout win over Melbourne Victory which secured the championship – admitting it was [...]

Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League on Sunday as South Korea midfielder Park Ji-Sung sealed a 2-1 victory over bitter rivals Liverpool, while spluttering Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw at Blackburn.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s team trailed to an early goal from Fernando Torres at Old Trafford, but Wayne Rooney equalised [...]

Chelsea captain John Terry has launched a scathing attacking on referees in the Champions League in the aftermath of his side’s exit against Inter Milan.
The Blues had two penalty appeals turned down by German referee Wolfgang Stark during Inter’s 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday and Terry claims his team are suffering more than [...]

With an A-League championship and man-of-the-match honours secured hours before, Sydney FC grand final hero Simon Colosimo jetted off on Sunday to make the biggest dream of his footballing life a reality.
Colosimo, outstanding in Sydney FC’s gripping penalty shootout grand final win over Melbourne Victory at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night, had no time to [...]

Sometimes the best nights turn out nothing like you’d planned. A chance happening, a change of circumstances, an unscripted turn of events can make what was going to be a quiet one into a belter – destined to be remembered for years and years.
And so it was for the A-League on Saturday night – the competition [...]

Melbourne Victory may be tempted into making a play for Socceroos striker Mark Viduka after their worst fears were confirmed with Archie Thompson’s A-League grand final knee injury.
Thompson is facing a full knee reconstruction and up to 12 months on the sidelines after scans on Sunday confirmed he had ruptured the anterior cruciate and medial [...]

Many of you will read the above title and think “what is this author saying?” It’s OK guys, I’ll explain it to you.
Sitting inside Etihad Stadium on Saturday night, an amazing sensation came over me. Whilst it took 80 minutes to happen, the “sensation” bit me quicker than you could say “Archie Thompson ACL Joint”.
The [...]

As the club football season for 2009/10 winds down, I’m putting in my team of the year for both the EPL and Europe.
The EPL side consists of:
Pepe Reina, Patrice Evra, John Terry, Kolo Toure, Daniel Agger, Cesc Fabregas, Frank Lampard, Luka Modric, Nani, Wayne Rooney and Didier Drogba.
The European side consists of:
Iker Casillias, Dani Alves, [...]

The A-League is ready to introduce a Supercup. The winner of the league the season before (home), versus the the winner of the grand final (away). If a team wins the double, then the losing grand final team would play.
It would be a great way to kick-off the season.
The game to be played one week before [...]