Gallery: Chelsea 2, Stoke 0

Photo of the Day: Sugar Ray a Stoke Fan?!?

Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard showed up at Stoke today -- seriously? The man supposedly gave the team a pep talk before the match with Chelsea. It ...

Premiership Predictions 2008/9 - Week 6

Saturday Arsenal v Hull City, 17:30 Can Hull's excellent run keep going. Against Arsenal? Away? No, it can't. Prediction: 2-1 to Arsenal. Not an easy win for the ...

Communication is Key in a Premier League Dressing Room

This is from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's informatively titled BBC sketch show Harry & Paul. For my money the above sketch is further evidence ...

Gallery: Chelsea 1, Manchester United 1

A special thank you goes out to ...

Salomon Kalou for preserving Chelsea's home unbeaten run. And for bailing out Nicolas "I have no business being here" Anelka and Joe "I don't pass" ...

Why Chelsea will defeat Manchester United -- Part 2

2. Cristiano Ronaldo's offseason training regimen... Step 1: Find Training Partner (that pays attention to detail) Step 2: Avoid Spotlight Step 3: Make Smart Decisions Step 3: ...

Poll: Ferguson or Scolari - Who's the More Successful Manager?

Two managerial greats meet for only the second time on Sunday when Big Phil and Fergie go head to head in the Premier League. The ...

Why Chelsea will defeat Manchester United -- Part 1

So, Chelsea's going to be nine points clear of Manchester United by the end of the weekend. You ask, how? I've got some answers for ...

Who is responsible for the Newcastle mess?

Let's be honest, Newcastle United are a club in turmoil. Keegan walked away after having no say in transfers, the club's fans retaliated with protests, ...

Will English Clubs Dominate the Champions League Again?

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge thinks so. Yesterday, the Bayern Munich chairman told Premiere TV: "The English are ahead of the rest of Europe. The Bundesliga is a long ...

Good Week/Bad Week

And so we arrive in our Saturday night slot, where I take a look at the day's football, and let you Offsiders know who has ...

Gallery: Chelsea 3, Manchester City 1

Prem Preview: A battle of wealth

and ego. I only have one thing to say about this fixture ... As if we need any more motivation.

International break = little action at Villa Park, but here's what is going down

There's bad news and there's good news: Sidwell's Premiership debut for the Villa has been delayed further by a new injury and Bouma has signed ...

Europe's 10 Biggest Transfer Window Bargains

Obviously the true bargains won't be known for some time, but there were a few transfers which caught the eye before the participants had even ...

Match Recap: Reason to worry?

A gift (from Frank Lampard) + dreadful second half + an opponent content to defend = a monotonous 1-1 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham at ...

Gallery: Chelsea 1, Tottenham 1

Villa vs Liverpool preview & predictons

The massive talking point in this game isn't going to be on the pitch, it'll be the Martin O'Neill (welterweight) vs Rafa Benitez (heavyweight) punch ...

Prem Preview: None of that

Spurs have recently been just that in the side of Chelsea. Last year, those bums were able to not only pry the Carling Cup from ...

Daily Dose 08.29.08

Something to read while you learn how to win free beers with geometry... Prem Preview - Week 3 (Premier League Offside) FA Cup preliminaries underway (EPL Talk) Who ...

Match recap: 3 points is 3 points

Well, that wasn't impressive now was it. Almost depressing really. At least we know Uncle Phil can win ugly. Chelsea flogged through a 1-0 win at Wigan ...

Gallery: Chelsea 1, Wigan 0

Prem Preview: Strike first ...

strike hard, no mercy Sir! The Cobra Kai were right, sometimes you just need to beat the hell out of someone. This week, for Chelsea, the ...

Premier League round-up (now with Sunday games)

Week two of the Premier League season is upon us, with the international game in midweek not causing too much excitement, and Villa won't get ...

Thaksin Offers To Step Down To Save City's Reputation

Human Rights specialist Thaksin Shinawatra has offered his resignation, from Manchester City while he tries to find a way to legally stay connected to the ...

Dimitar Berbatov is the New Rafael van der Vaart

(Pardon the mess on the photos, spilled some garbage on them this morning.) This is one of today's Shocking! News! Stories!. That's Dimitar Berbatov at an ...

The Shock Heard Round The Prem

Let's just say at this point in his career, the only way Mikael Silvestre could've generated more press attention is if he was found nude ...

Silvestre set to make Shock Arsenal Move

Manchester United left-back and bench warmer Mikael Silvestre appears to be close to a move to Arsenal. The Frenchman, who was expected to make a ...

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

The Good Brazilians in London: Yeah yeah, Portsmouth ain't exactly on their level, but Big Boss is going to be mighty pleased this season with Luiz ...