O'Neill's been getting the overtime in!

Villa last night completed the second deal of the day by securing the signature of Middlesbrough and England right-back, Luke Young. Luke Young has been quoted ...

Shorey deal completed

Nicky Shorey has tonight completed his signing from Reading to Aston Villa, for a reported £3.5million, solving Villa's crisis brought about by Bouma's recent ankle ...

Defensive duo fees agreed

Aston Villa have silenced the critics who claimed they'd gone 'all quiet on the transfer front', by agreeing fees with Middlesbrough for Luke Young and ...

Malaysia to Kick Out All Foreign Footballers

While we debate the legal and ethical implications of 6+5, Malaysian football has gone ahead and implemented 11+0. That means all foreigners will be booted out ...

The Continuing Story Of Bareth Garry (9th July update)

The whole saga of Gareth Barry's future continues to wrangle on, with Villa and Liverpool still unable to reach an agreement and Barry still banned ...

Why the Premier League Needs Deco More Than Cristiano Ronaldo

Hear me out. I'm not necessarily saying Deco is a better player than Cristiano Ronaldo. Both are fantastic footballers. But Chelsea signing Deco for £7.9million will ...

We're Sorry, This Video is no Longer Available

Don't worry, that's not a real video. But I'm sure you've seen that message more than once before here on The Offside and elsewhere, and ...

Goals of the 2007/8 Season in La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, the Bundesliga and the Premier League

The nice people at French television channel Canal+ have put together their favourite goals (or "buts") of the season from five different European leagues. There's ...

The Top 10 2007/8 Premier League Goals of the Season?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIyGrv52uAc[/youtube] Here's what someone, somewhere decided were the 10 best goals in the Premier League this season. In descending order: #10 Luke Young for Middlesbrough vs Spurs #9 Sebastian ...

English Premier League Manager Rankings for 2007/8

A total of 27 managers (excluding caretakers) were in charge of English Premier League clubs during the 2007/8 season. Some were better at their jobs ...

The Most Generous Player in the Premier League

OK, so he's not technically in the Premier League anymore as Birmingham City were relegated last weekend. But Olivier Kapo is still pretty generous. Some ...

Season over

And that's the end of that. A pretty ho-hum victory over Sunderland. The only goal game from Theo Walcott, who was played in by Gilberto. ...

10 Things We Learned in the Premier League

1. Ryan Giggs has more Premier League medals than Andriy Shevchenko has goals Giggs scored the decisive second for Man Utd against Wigan to earn himself ...

Photo of the Day: Sheva

Sure, we didn't win the Premiership. But Sheva gave us a little something to cheer. Thanks for the professionalism & commitment Andriy. Good luck in whatever ...

Speak On It: The Prem's final day

Come in, have a laugh (at United's expense). Got something to say, say it here as Chelsea attempts to pull off a miracle. Is Chelsea about ...

Vote: Should there be a playoff for the Prem title?

Avram the Great thinks the Premiership title should be decided by a playoff. "You play a playoff if you're level (on points) and it is decided ...

The Offside Fantasy League: Value for Money

It's the final day of Premiership action on Sunday. And so it's the final day of The Offside Fantasy League too. Unfortunately, it doesn't look ...

The Offside Podcast, Episdode 22

They say it's all donwnhill once you hit 22. And that proved right as technical glitches mean The Offside Podcast is a little late this ...

Scudamore Running Scared of Blatter's 6+5

Seems unfair to blame one man for everything that's wrong with an entire league. But I'm going to do it anyway, because chief exec Richard ...

Man Utd vs Chelsea, and Barack Obama vs Hillary Clinton

We don't do politics on The Offside, but we love a good analogy. And it was recently suggested to me that the Premier League title ...

"2 Good 2 Bad" 2007/8 Premier League Highlights

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghiyzrG9UTI[/youtube] For those unfamiliar, Match of the Day is a BBC institution. A Saturday night highlight show that's been around for as long as most people ...

Is the Premier League Top Four Unbreakable?

As Newcastle's unbeaten run came to an end against Chelsea yesterday, Kevin Keegan looked at Avram Grant's bench and saw Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and ...

Gallery: Chelsea 2, Newcastle 0

Joleon Lescott Has A Large Forehead

And thank God he does, because otherwise I would have had nothing to talk about while watching the game yesterday. Because really, nothing happened. It was ...

Photo of the Day: Maloudacriss

Florent finishes off Newcastle, and keeps the Premier League race alive. ... LOUDA!

10 Things We Learned in the Premier League

1. Nani isn't much of an actor No doubt that Lucas Neill provoked him. But the poor man's Cristiano Ronaldo was stupid to headbutt the Aussie, ...

Auf wiedersehen Jens, Arsenal win

With the news of Flamini leaving now coming from the foremost news source, Arsenal took care of business in a particular unconvincing fashion. It was ...

Arsenal v Everton for what it's worth

Well, Man United won so the Gunners are mathematically eliminated from the title race - although no one said they were still in it. ...

Title Watch: Pray for Victory

There are title races all over Europe this weekend. Some will get decided over the next two days, others are going to take a little ...

Defeating Derby

If only we could play Derby ever week. The boss had nothing but praise, saying "we are now back to our real level." A 6-2 ...