So here we go again. The European football season is upon us and every single club has a dream. Some will attain it, most will fall short, but all of them are aiming to exceed expectations and win some kind of silverware.
Last weekend saw the European football season really kick into gear with the English Premier League and the German Bundeslia both getting under way.
With the English Premier League kicking off on Saturday, Team Limey took some time out to discuss the 2008-09 season with Arsenal and England legend Martin Keown.
Mark Hughes' Manchester City suffered an embarrassing UEFA Cup qualifying round defeat to a Danish side on the eve of the Premier League season.
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has insisted that he has no plans to relinquish his new post despite rumors this week amidst uncertainty about the future of club owner Thaksin Shinawatra and alleged disputes over transfers.
Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton has been charged with violent conduct by the English Football Association over an attack on a former Manchester City teammate.
Manchester City have completed the signing of utility defender Tal Ben Haim from Chelsea for an undisclosed fee.
Manchester City have confirmed the signing of Brazilian striker Jo from CSKA Moscow for a club record undisclosed fee -- believed to be in the region of $37 million.
Manchester City, under their new manager Mark Hughes, will make a low-key start to their UEFA Cup campaign this month, when they play the first leg of their first qualifying round tie away to EB/Streymur, of the Faroe Islands.
You find Team Limey in good mood this week. As we write, relaxing in the fustiest of fustian armchairs, watching Croatia beat Germany 2-1 at the European Championship, it makes England's failure to qualify ahead of the Croats seem a little less embarrassing.
So here we go again. The European football season is upon us and every single club has a dream. Some will attain it, most will fall short, but all of them are aiming to exceed expectations and win some kind of silverware.
Last weekend saw the European football season really kick into gear with the English Premier League and the German Bundeslia both getting under way.
With the English Premier League kicking off on Saturday, Team Limey took some time out to discuss the 2008-09 season with Arsenal and England legend Martin Keown.
Mark Hughes' Manchester City suffered an embarrassing UEFA Cup qualifying round defeat to a Danish side on the eve of the Premier League season.
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has insisted that he has no plans to relinquish his new post despite rumors this week amidst uncertainty about the future of club owner Thaksin Shinawatra and alleged disputes over transfers.
Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton has been charged with violent conduct by the English Football Association over an attack on a former Manchester City teammate.
Manchester City have completed the signing of utility defender Tal Ben Haim from Chelsea for an undisclosed fee.
Manchester City have confirmed the signing of Brazilian striker Jo from CSKA Moscow for a club record undisclosed fee -- believed to be in the region of $37 million.
Manchester City, under their new manager Mark Hughes, will make a low-key start to their UEFA Cup campaign this month, when they play the first leg of their first qualifying round tie away to EB/Streymur, of the Faroe Islands.
You find Team Limey in good mood this week. As we write, relaxing in the fustiest of fustian armchairs, watching Croatia beat Germany 2-1 at the European Championship, it makes England's failure to qualify ahead of the Croats seem a little less embarrassing.
Manchester City have sent representatives to Brazil in the hope of persuading Ronaldinho to sign for them.
Premier League Manchester City have appointed Mark Hughes as their new manager in succession to Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been appointed Mexico's national soccer coach.
Sven-Goran Eriksson left Manchester City on Monday and jetted into Mexico primed to secure the national job -- with Blackburn boss Mark Hughes top of the list to replace him.
Mexico's football chief is claiming that Sven-Goran Eriksson will be the next coach of their national team.
Manchester City have claimed a place in the UEFA Cup next season after holding off fellow Premier League side Fulham in the English Fair Play table.
Sven-Goran Eriksson's future as Manchester City manager should become clearer when he meets club owner Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand this week.
Manchester City are set to land a place in next season's UEFA Cup after the award of an extra place to English Premier League sides.
Chelsea vs. Manchester United: They're now in a two-horse race to be both English and European champions. With only two games left in the Premier League season, they're tied on points and, once that's resolved, they'll contest the small matter of the European Cup final on May 21 in Moscow.
Speculation is growing about the future of Manchester City manager Sven Goran Eriksson after the English club canceled his regular pre-match news conference ahead of Sunday's Premier League trip to Liverpool.
Sven-Goran Eriksson's agent insists the Swede has no intention of quitting as Manchester City manager, although he concedes the former England manager is "unlikely" to be at the club next season.
John Carew and Ashley Young grabbed two goals apiece to keep Aston Villa in the hunt for a European place and leave local rivals Birmingham deep in relegation trouble.
After eight months and 32 games, the destination of this season's English Premier League title has been decided in the space of five days.
Had the news broken a week earlier, it is fair to assume that news of Manchester City's interest in Ronaldinho would have been dismissed by most football fans as a rather too obvious April Fool's Day prank.
Prepare for sightings of Roberto de Assis, the brother and agent of Ronaldinho, all over Europe in the coming weeks.
Chelsea strengthened their bid to regain the Premier League title by winning 2-0 at Manchester City, while Arsenal squandered two more home points when they were held 1-1 by Liverpool.
Ayegbeni Yakubu took his tally for the season to 16 goals as Everton triumphed 2-0 at Manchester City to go fourth in the Premier League above Merseyside rivals Liverpool.
Former German international midfielder Dietmar Hamann has been rewarded for his role in Manchester City's revival under Sven-Goran Eriksson this season with a new one-year deal at the Premier League club.
Welcome to the Fabio Capello era. England's players got their first taste of the new headmaster's regime leading up to Wednesday's friendly with Switzerland in a situation reminiscent of the opening half of Full Metal Jacket.
Manchester City completed their first double over neighbors Manchester United for 38 years thanks to a debut goal by new signing Benjani Mwaruwari, which gave them a 2-1 win at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Manchester City's England defender Micah Richards has signed a new five-and-a-half year contract with the club.
Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has urged their supporters to respect the minute's silence at Sunday's derby with United.
Benjani Mwaruwari has finally completed his transfer from Portsmouth to Manchester City for an initial fee of $7.5 million.
Jermain Defoe moved to Portsmouth from Tottenham on the final day of the transfer window but Benjani Mwaruwari's switch to Manchester City fell through.
Jermain Defoe was poised for a deadline-beating move from Tottenham to Portsmouth after the clubs agreed a fee for the striker who earlier on Thursday was omitted from Fabio Capello's first England squad.
Rolando Bianchi has joined Lazio on loan from Manchester City until the end of the season with a view to a permanent move.
Manchester United will adhere to their plan to mark the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster with a minute's silence before next month's derby match against rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford.
Two goals in three minutes just before half-time enabled Everton to win 2-1 at Wigan and move into the top four in the English Premier League on Sunday.
Like most English Premier League managers, Team Limey has been working off the excesses of Christmas and New Year to battle with a horde of like-minded bargain-hungry individuals perusing the January sales.
Liverpool lost ground in the Premier League title race as they were held to a goalless draw at Manchester City on Sunday.
Gather round the fire and nestle close, dear readers, for here in the great hall of Castle Limey, amidst faded portraits and moth-eaten antlers, wise Team Limey has salutary holiday messages for you to contemplate. And some banter, too.
Newcastle and England midfielder Joey Barton will spend the start of the New Year in jail after being refused bail when he appeared in court in Liverpool on Friday on charges of common assault and affray.
Manchester City's perfect Premier League home record bit the dust amid huge controversy as Roque Santa Cruz scored twice to earn Blackburn a 2-2 draw at Eastlands.
After spending his entire career in relative obscurity, Nery Castillo showed Mexico fans what he could offer El Tri when he turned in a series of stellar performances last summer at the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Copa América.
Steed Malbranque swept 10-man Tottenham into the Carling Cup semifinals with a 2-0 triumph as Manchester City lost their 100 percent home record under former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Manchester City have signed Mexican international striker Nery Castillo from Shakhtar Donetsk on a year-long loan deal.
Earlier this month, many Englishmen believe a savior arrived. And the savior was shepherded into a $1.5 billion stadium in the land of Wembley by three kingmakers from the Football Association. And later the kingmakers announced that a star had come to us from the south and swaddled only in his trademark multi-colored ZeroRH+ glasses and an expensive designer suit. Then we were told that Fabio Capello would be the next England manager.
Sven-Goran Eriksson's Manchester City maintained their perfect home record with a 4-2 win over struggling north-west neighbors Bolton to move into fourth place in the Premier League.
Manchester United will travel to Aston Villa in one of four all-Premier League clashes to take place in the third round of the English FA Cup next month.
Elano capped a man-of-the-match performance with a stunning goal as Manchester City continued to be among the pacesetters in England's Premier League with a 3-1 victory against Newcastle on Saturday.
Emmanuel Adebayor scored a hat-trick as English Premier League leaders Arsenal gave strugglers Derby County a 5-0 trouncing at the Emirates Stadium.
Chelsea went top of the English Premier League on a fine Saturday for the leading contenders for Manchester United's crown.
Veteran striker Andy Cole has signed a one-year deal with Sunderland, making the promoted north-east team his eighth professional club.
Having seen off Alex Ferguson last week, Sven-Goran Eriksson faces the second major test of his managerial reign at Manchester City on Saturday when his table-topping side visit Arsene Wenger's Arsenal.
OK, no more messing around. With this weekend's Spanish and Italian kickoffs, all the big boys will be in action. So this is the final Power Rankings in which we're allowed to have some early-season fun.
How about a quick straw poll? How many of you have seen Kaká play in the flesh? How about Ronaldinho? Alexandre Pato? Wayne Rooney?
Newcastle and England midfielder Joey Barton has been charged with assault after a training ground incident with a former team-mate.
Manchester City's frenetic summer spending under Sven-Goran Eriksson continued on Thursday with a triple swoop for Brazil midfielder Elano from Shakhtar Donesk and defenders Javier Garrido from Real Sociedad and Dinamo Zagreb's Vedran Corluka.
Sven-Goran Eriksson was officially unveiled as Manchester City manager on the day former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra took control of the Premier League club, CNN has confirmed.
Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has agreed in principle to take over as manager of Manchester City on a three-year contract, Sky Sports News reported on Tuesday.
Thailand's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra launched a formal takeover bid for English Premier League club Manchester City on Thursday.
Coach Claudio Ranieri has resigned as coach of Serie A club Parma.
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed on Tuesday that he has approached Manchester City about a possible takeover bid for the English Premier League club.
Inter Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has turned down a recall to the Sweden squad to face Egypt in a friendly next month while Henrik Larsson has refused to change his mind about retiring from the national side.
Ireland manager Steve Staunton has named seven uncapped players in a 24-man squad for the Euro 2008 Group D qualifier in San Marino on February 7.
Leaders Manchester United will meet promoted Reading in one of three all-Premier League clashes in the FA Cup fifth round drawn on Monday.
Manchester City's highly-rated defender Micah Richards has pledged his future to the Premier League club "for years to come."
Manchester City and Sheffield Wednesday served up an FA Cup classic on Tuesday but it was the Premier League side who advanced with a 2-1 home victory in an action-packed third round replay.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer struck in injury time to earn Manchester United a 2-1 home win over Aston Villa in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.
West Ham manager Alan Curbishley will have no illusions about the tasks facing him in 2007 after seeing his new side destroyed 6-0 by rampant Reading on Monday.
West Ham and Manchester City both appealed against the red cards shown to their players in Saturday's Premier League matches.
Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given is back in the Ireland squad for next week's Euro 2008 qualifier against San Marino having recovered from an internal injury.
Nicolas Anelka has signed a four-year deal with Bolton after the Premiership club agreed to pay Turkey's Fenerbahce eight million pounds ($15.11m) for the French striker.
England goalkeeper David James is poised to join Portsmouth from Premier League rivals Manchester City in a 1.2 million-pound ($2.28 million) deal on Friday.
Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton has signed a new four-year contract at the Premiership club, to end speculation about his future.
Manchester City will warm up for the new English premier league season in a four-team tournament in China.
Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce has cleared out 10 players, including several major international signings.
Aaron Lennon's first goal for Tottenham helped them to hold onto the important fourth place in the Premiership, with a 2-0 win at Birmingham.
New Ireland coach Steve Staunton has named five uncapped players in his first squad for the friendly against Sweden in Dublin next month.
Liverpool were drawn to play Manchester United at Anfield in the outstanding tie of the fifth round of the English FA Cup on Monday.
Leroy Lita cracked a hat-trick as promotion-chasing Reading reached the English FA Cup fourth round with a 3-2 extra time replay triumph over West Bromwich on Tuesday.
Alex Ferguson said his Manchester United players should be angry with themselves after they were thrashed 4-1 at Middlesbrough on Saturday.
Former England striker Andy Cole has completed his free transfer move to Manchester City from Premier League rivals Fulham.
Manchester City's injury-plagued midfielder Steve McManaman has hinted that he may retire if his problems do not clear up this summer.
Former England manager Kevin Keegan has left Manchester City after four years in charge and is set to walk away from football.
Ipswich Town manager Joe Royle must hand back damages worth more that 400,000 pounds ($768,000) to his former club Manchester City after an Appeal Court ruling in London on Tuesday.
The third round of the FA Cup produced a host of shock results, with four Premiership clubs losing to lower league opposition.
Norwich City lifted themselves off the bottom of the Premier League table with a 1-1 draw at Manchester City on Monday.
A rare goal from Ashley Cole fired Arsenal to a 1-0 win at Manchester City as the Gunners maintained their slender advantage over Chelsea at the top of the English Premier League.
The English FA have charged Leicester and Manchester City with "failing to ensure that their players conduct themselves in an orderly fashion" after a brawl during a Premier League match last month.
Manchester United's last hopes of retaining their Premier League title ended when Danny Murphy converted a second-half penalty to give Liverpool a 1-0 victory.
Relegation-threatened Leeds United beat Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday to give the club's new owners the perfect start.
Manchester City striker Nicolas Anelka has lost his appeal against the red card he received at Arsenal last weekend and must serve his three-match English FA ban.
Holders Arsenal will play London rivals Chelsea in the FA Cup for the fourth successive season following Monday's draw for the fifth round.
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