Livorno back in Serie A ! A Year in Review

After a heartbreaking drop to Serie B last season Livorno are finally back in Serie A after only one season. Promotion to Serie A for ...

Livorno returns to Serie A and all the other promotion verdicts in Italy plus where all the Serie A teams will be spending their summer

Livorno ended their one year stay in Serie B on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Brescia in the promotion play-off final second leg (first ...

Serie B Promotion Final Decided

Going into the Promotion semi-final second leg, all 4 teams had a chance to advance. Empoli and Brescia played to a 1-1 draw in the ...

Promotion Profiles - Birmingham City

Sorry for the delay with the second of these but it's been a long time since I was so disappointed as I was after Wednesday ...

Serie B ends, verdicts are out

The long Serie B season finally came to an end today. While some things had already been decided (Bari and Parma automatically promoted; Brescia, Livorno, ...

Promotion Profiles - Wolverhampton Wanderers

During another of my many moments of having little to do, I had the idea that it wouldn't hurt profiling each promoted side that will ...

The sudden rise and deep decline of Hull City

So big story of last night was that Newcastle thumped Boro after a shakey start which moves them out of the relegation zone on goal ...

Who Do You Think Will Cope Best If Promoted? Vote!

Okay, so if you're being exact, I am talking about the Championship here, but by August it'll all be very very relevant. Basically, we all know ...

Wolves Promotion 2009 - In Pictures

Coming Up...Who'll be in the Prem next season?

So the International break gives us a week to rest. Unless you're not in the top division, in which case, you gotta keep going. So ...

Offside Rewind: Spread 'Em

Clive Owen guns down MGP #10 vs #10 in Argentina Referees now protected by Ray Winstone Any of these things could change football forever Was it 35 or 37 ...

MLS Expansion: An Opportunity for Promotion/Relegation in 2011?

Word on the grapevine is that MLS has made a decision on it's next two expansion teams. Vancouver has called a press conference for tomorrow, ...

Wolves Vs Sheffield Wednesday - Match Preview

So it’s off the Hillsborough stadium with a record of one win in one (sounds a bit better eh?) as Wolves look to get that ...

Millwall Climbs Towards Promotion

Moving up the table to 4th place after "Terrific Tuesday" for Millwall fans around the world, the Lions are in perfect position to challenge for ...

Reports of Match-Fixing Rock Spain

Match fixing in football is, unfortunately, nothing new. Some may even say it's par for the course, particularly if we're talking about Eastern European football ...

Only 7 Years-Old, Barueri Moves to First Division

The last club to join the first division will be Barueri (Dear American reader, I'd love to hear you trying to pronounce this name!). The ...

Santo André is Another Club Moving to First Division

The third club promoted to the first division in 2009 is Santo André. On the Friday, the club visited and beat Ceará 3-2 (interesting how ...

Let's be honest....

I felt it necessary to reply to anybody still claiming that Steven Gerrard's offside goal should have stood and that it is for this ...

The Verdict

Did anyone catch the Championship preview in the Observer’s sport section yesterday? ‘The Verdict’ was essentially a forum for Championship fans to give their predictions ...

Bari up for sale. Who has 15 million euro?

Yes, as the title reads, A.S. Bari is up for sale. For whoever does not know, Bari is a port city in Southern Italy and ...

Who will win on Saturday?

Town of 3200 Sends a Team to the Bundesliga

When you get promoted into the Bundesliga, you apparently don't get showered with champagne. You get showered with beer. How...German. Beer showers were the ...

We're on our way to Wembley

Thoughts on the Palace tie: Where did City's form go for most of the run-in? Over the two matches Bristol played some great football and fully ...

Stoke City promotion parade video

An amateur video of Stoke City's promotion parade around the city.

Five lessons City must learn if they're to beat the Eagles

Keep your concentration. In the 2 v 0 defeat at Selhurst Park, City conceded in the first five minutes and the last five minutes. Better ...

Video: Promotion Ecstasy for Stoke City

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=t7b-1ojmoaI[/youtube] There are pitch invasions, and then there are Pitch Invasions. This one qualifies for the capitals. Stoke City last played in the Premier ...

All About Promotion: Who's Coming Up in Europe?

The other day we talked about the rather depressing subject of relegation. Today though? The sun is shining, so let's move on to ...

Episode 19: Blatant Abuse of the 4-3-3

The podcast family widens a little as we welcome a new member to the crew. Red Bull New York Offsider Dave Martinez joins us ...

Will the Alonso brothers face off in the Prem?

Footballers' brothers often find a way to wriggle their way into the news. I don't think there are enough stories about famous players' sisters ...

Derby and the History of Prem Relegation

It has finally happened. Derby County's relegation from the Premier League has moved from merely inevitable to official, and they will be headed ...