The Footie Fool

The Globe and Mail has an article today that clarifies what is happening with EPL broadcast rights in Canada.
The Score will have first choice of the Sunday game.
Setanta will be launching a specialty channel before August 11th, the EPL season kick off.
Rogers Cable, Cogeco Cable and Bell ExpressVu will carry the channel immediately. Carriage [...]

Irish TV broadcaster Setanta, who has the broadcast rights for the EPL this season, will be announcing their EPL broadcast schedule on Monday. According to The Guardian article, Setanta will be carrying 46 EPL games live this season.
Now, Setanta is still not available on any cable package in Canada, but word is that The Score [...]

With Sportsnet dropping their Saturday morning EPL games this season (oh, how I’ll miss the Saturday triple header), it was looking like EPL fans were going to be outta luck for live EPL coverage this season. However, The Score has announced that they will pick up where they left off 2 years ago and be [...]

God bless ya, Stephen Colbert.

Just days after he ruled out a move to another Prem side, Freddie Ljungberg has gone to West Ham for £3m. His parting words seem like a real shot at Arsenal.
“Two years ago when I signed my last contract we talked a lot about the future and about bringing great players to the club,” Ljungberg [...]

No Italy. No England. No Germany. No France. No Netherlands. Why?
It’s a curious thing that none of the traditional European heavyweights qualified for the U-20 World Cup and now, thanks to a great post at Live Soccer TV, I know why. The U19 teams that end up competing at the U20 World Cup simply do [...]

The Beckham’s have arrived in LA.

Golden balls? Only Victoria knows that for sure. Speaking of which…

As a footbal….er soccer WAG, she surely must know that those shoes simply are not appropriate footwear for a pitch, unless you are moonlighting as a groundskeeper and trying to remain stylish whilst aerating the lawn.
In case you haven’t got [...]

Nothing official yet, but it looks like Freddie Ljungberg is in talks with other European clubs and will be leaving London. Ljungberg confirmed today that he isn’t interested in staying in the Prem. Serie A side Fiorentina looks to be the likely home for the 30 year old Swede.
As much as I love Freddie, I [...]