The Footie Fool

Word this morning that Real Madrid have given Arsenal the thumbs up to sign Julio Baptista. It’s speculated Arsenal are willing to pay £15 million to sign The Beast permanently. The 25 year old Brazilian has impressed so far, especially in the Carling Cup where he scored 6 times helping the Gunners make it to [...]

With three of the last eight teams in the Champions League quarterfinals from England (Liverpool, Chelsea and ManU), and none of them drawing each other in the quarterfinal round, we face the possibility of an all English final in Athens in May. It’s not difficult to conceive that all three could make it to the [...]

The Canadian Soccer Association has narrowed the field down to 4 candidates for coach of the senior men’s national soccer team. One of the front runners under consideration to replace Frank Yallop (who left to coach David Beckham and the L.A. Galaxy of the MLS) is 54-year-old Brazilian Renê Simões, who led Jamaica to the [...]

Completely useless post #47. The words Arsenal and Liverpool are among the top 10 most common computer passwords used. Liverpool finished at #3 behind ‘password’ and ’123′, while Arsenal finished at #9 between ‘thomas’ and ‘monkey’. Hey, don’t blame me for wasting your time. I warned you it was completely useless post.

Holy crap. Just when you thought that being ranked #87 and tied with the likes of Albania and the U.A.E. was bad enough, out comes the new FIFA rankings that shows the Canadian senior men’s team has plummeted 16 places to #103, beating our previous low of #101 in December 1998. Whoohoo! We are number [...]

I’ve been watching for this for a few weeks, and it has finally made it to the shelves. And it looks good, too! It’s the new kit for Toronto FC, and if you are a soon to be fan and want to show your support to both Toronto FC AND the Footie Fool, order your [...]

The 2007 U-20 World Cup in Canada this summer will be the 16th time this tournament has been played. Here are 11 things you may or may not know about the competition. After the World Cup, the U-20 World Cup is the second biggest soccer tournament in the world. The tournament was born in 1974 [...]

Just listening to BBC’s 606 podcast with Spoony. Man City’s Stuart Pearce is getting raked over the coals by City fans. Granted, there is lots to be upset at. Pearce’s side have lost their last four Premiership games and were dumped out of the FA Cup by Blackburn (I feel your pain City fans). They [...]