The Footie Fool

The BBC is reporting that Columbia has pulled out of the running to host the 2014 World Cup, leaving Brazil as the leading country to host the event. Brazil turned over their bid document to FIFA today. They have until June to finalize the plan. Brazil’s last (and only) turn as host for the event [...]

The CBC has put together a very good analysis of the groups involved in the 2007 U-20 World Cup. Included in the analysis are some players to watch. Group A (Canada, Austria, Chile, Congo) CBC says: Forward Alexis Sanchez of Chile. Nicknamed El Nino Maravilla (the Wonder Boy), Sanchez is a marvel with the ball [...]

World Soccer Shop is having a sale on selected t-shirts right now and one caught my eye – the Official Serbia & Montenegro National Soccer Team T-Shirt. An otherwise unremarkable t-shirt except for one small fact – Serbia-Montenegro does not exist anymore and the only major tournament they ever played in as a united country [...]

I think this may be a publicity stunt by Sportsnet, but they are reporting that Soccercentral Analyst (and former West Ham & Canadian keeper) Craig Forrest may be contemplating a comeback with Toronto FC. Forrest was the tournament MVP for Canada at the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, when Canada won the tourny. Forrest allowed only [...]

It looks like the end of the road for Sportsnet’s Super Soccer Saturday, the weekly triple header of EPL games hosted by Craig Forest and Gerry Dobson. According to the Globe and Mail, a new specialty channel, Setanta Sports, will be broadcasting the bulk of EPL games next season, with The Score picking up one [...]

It was inevitable that Arsenal would eventually lose a game at the Emirates, but who would have guessed it would be to West Ham? Earlier this week, Wenger spoke on ArsenalTV about the need to motivate his players and they certainly showed that they had their motivation mojo in high gear as the ran circles [...]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is remaining non committal when it comes to the status of three key Arsenal players; Jens Lehmann, Julio Baptista and Mathieu Flamini. Lehmann’s contract is up this summer, Baptista is on loan from Real Madrid and Flamini has stated that he wishes to play elsewhere. In an interview on ArsenalTV, Wenger [...]

Mathieu Flamini has announced that he wants to leave Arsenal this summer. “It is a difficult moment to experience and in such a situation any player asks himself some questions. The Arsenal team is young and has qualities, but I play rarely at the moment. My next three years will be important. I want to [...]