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 ...

Full Prem Preview - Week 2

So after the initial rush of excitement that was Week One in the Prem, and then the crushing expeirence that was watching England in midweek, ...

First Impression on the sides after Weekend One

The first weekend of Premier League football is now finished, and the season is well underway. Everybody has now played, so here are how I'm ...

Aston Villa match review

In review of the match, the two goal deficit to Aston Villa was somewhat flattering given that once Martin O’Neill's squad understand how to attack ...

West Ham 2-1 Wigan

Well perhaps that should read Dean Ashton 2-1 Wigan but I'm not picky as to how we win, barring major breaches of international law, ...

Big start for Hull and Nasri as the Prem kicks off

The season kicked off in earnest today, and the biggest result was for Hull City, who despite predictions from us at the Offside that they ...

Prem 08-09: Fearless Predictions

And with the season upon us, it's time for more predictions which will almost certainly not come true because my crystal ball is dirty and ...

Preview to the Season IV - (Sunderland-Wigan)

Tomorrow at midday, the season, finnally, gets underway. The prepetual groundhog day of waking up wondering of Gareth Barry is going to Liverpool, or whether ...

Premier League Prediction: Final Standings 2008/9

The Premier League gets underway tomorrow, and I'm feeling brave. So brave that I've taken a (likely woefully inaccurate) guess at how the 2008/9 Premier ...

Aruna Dindane coming to City?

On the heels of the Ronaldinho situation collapsing, Mark Hughes, from media accounts, has turned his attention to RC Lens Striker Aruna Dindane. The Cote ...

Daily Dose 07.20.08

Something to read while you make 70,000 people laugh... Remember Footballitis? (The Beautiful Game) Hallo 3. Bundesliga (Pitch Invasion) Hleb has a big mouth (Soccer Weblog) What a week ...

Amr zaki leaves to wigan athletic

good bye and good luck

Where did Chelsea blow the Premiership?

There were a slew of questionable performances -- and results -- from Chelsea this season. Many of these could be seen as reasoning as to ...

Episode 22: Superclásico, Ligue 1 and Premiership Roundup

It's that time of the week again, and after a week of technical glitches that made me very nearly give up on the computer altogether, ...

Zamalek 5 - Aluminium 1: nice and easy

5-1...i have to admit i haven't seen zamalek achieve such a score line since very very long time and what makes it feel good is ...

Ternent Leaves...

The happiest man in football has moved on... To be fair, if I was on the management team at Derby I wouldn't smile a lot ...

Insipid, boring stuff -- Chelsea-Wigan in pictures

You're welcome United

If you didn't see that coming, I don't know what to tell you. A gift from our home to yours, enjoy it Fergie Fergie.

Prem Preview: Masked Men

So Arsenal did us no favors Sunday, dropping the balls in a loss to United. Not that that should really affect our approach against ...

Paul Jewell Gets on the Other End of a Spanking

When you hear "kinky sex scandal" you don't immediately think "Paul Jewel" do you? Or at least you didn't use to. But Jewell's face was ...

Blackburn 3-1 Wigan: 10-man Rovers Prevail (with highlights)

A strong, solid performance at Ewood Park today has given the Blackburn Rovers all three points against Wigan. Rovers got on the scoreboard first with ...

EPL Round 26: Sunderland AFC vs Wigan Athletic FC

I managed to make it out of bed and to the bar by approximately 6:55am, and there I was waiting with the hobos for the ...

Wigan. Again.

Sunderland on Saturday will play Wigan Athletic for the third time this season. Both previous ties ended in 3-0 losses for the Black Cats ...

10 Things We Learned in the Premier League

1. The offside rule is very very confusing. First Everton's Andy Johnson was offside but inactive, then James Vaughan slide tackled Brad Friedel outside the box ...

Transer Window Winners and Losers in the Premier League, Pt. 2

We continue our Premier League January transfer window roundup by naming the winners and shaming the losers. Part One is here, Part Two is below, ...

Nadir

"A Sunderland fan said towards dug-out that we should be ashamed of ourselves and I can’t argue with that. I’m pretty ashamed today."

FA Cup Round 3: Sunderland AFC vs Wigan Athletic FC

Sunderland shows some lineup maneuvering as we expected: with the addition of on-loan defender Jonny Evans and the return of Nyron Nosworthy from injury, Dean ...

Evans in (loan), Kenwyne out (injury)

And Sunderland's first move of the January transfer window is: Defender Jonny Evans on loan from Manchester United for the rest of the season. ...