The Footie Fool

It has been confirmed by Arsenal: Thierry Henry will not play again this season. Henry damaged groin and stomach muscles in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with PSV Eindhoven and, as a consequence, will miss the next three months of domestic and international football. In terms of this season, while this is a blow, it isn’t as [...]

It’s the reoccurring theme of the Gunners season – beautiful ball, a dozen chances and can’t find the net. Add in a couple of mistakes and bang, you are out of the Champions League (losing to figgin PSV), out of the FA Cup and you’ve lost the Carling Cup. It has been a crappy couple [...]

Living in Victoria, Canada I am ecstatic about our draw for the 2007 U-20 World Cup. Scotland and Japan have large ex-pat communities here, Nigeria is always entertaining and Costa Rica is competitive. Add in the thought that we could see Argentina or Czech Republic in the round of 16 (depending, of course, on how [...]

The draw for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup happened in Toronto a few moments ago. Here are the groupings. Group A (Edmonton) A1-Canada A2-Chile A3-Congo A4-Austria Group B (Burnaby) B1-Spain B2-Uruguay B3-Jordan B4-Zambia Group C (Toronto) C1-Portugal C2-New Zealand C3-Gambia C4-Mexico Group D (Montreal) D1-Poland D2-Brazil D3-Korea Republic D4-USA Group E (Ottawa) E1-Argentina E2-Czech [...]

I had mixed feelings about Liverpool/ManU today. I really like Liverpool, so I was hoping they could pull out the victory. On the other hand, being an Arsenal fan and knowing the Reds and Gunners are in a neck and neck battle for Champions League positioning, part of me was hoping for a (gasp) United [...]

Some speculation around the blogsphere that Cesc Fabregas isn’t ruling out a move back to Spain, when the time is right. Perhaps the time may be sooner than we might think and barcelona might be the destination. Let’s look at some facts and speculation. First, the facts. Fabregas is from Barcelona. It’s his hometown. He [...]

A whole whack of developments in the ongoing saga around the Carling Cup final game between Chelsea and Arsenal last weekend. Eboue Out for 3 games After reviewing the video, the FA has found Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue guilty of violent conduct for slapping Wayne Bridge in the back of the head. Someone has to [...]

Former ManU/Celtic/Irish international Roy Keane continues his gracious ways off the field as Manager of Championship side Sunderland. Keane has been named Championship manager of the month for February and, with true Roy Keane class, says “the award will probably go in the garage…There’s no point getting an award halfway through the season, it kind [...]