The Footie Fool

Okay, so, you are about to embark on your first season following European soccer. You’ve picked your league and chosen your team, ordered your jersey (wait…you haven’t ordered any gear yet? I’ll wait while you go and grab a shirt). Okay, now you are ready to cheer them on to victory as they chase the [...]

Back to some Arsenal news today. The gunners have drawn Thomas Rosicky’s old team Sparta Prague in the second round qualifying draw for the Champions League. Arsenal’s European season starts on August 14th/15th. This will be the 4th time in 6 years Arsenal will play Sparta with the gunners winning each encounter. Whether Adebayor will [...]

So, the U20 World Cup got you excited and you decided to follow soccer this year, but don’t know where to begin? What is this crazy world of umpteen cups, competitions and leagues? Where do you possibly begin? Well, read on and I’ll try to shed some light on the basics of European footie and [...]

I’ve blogged this puppy to death I know, but just to confirm what I posted the other day about EPL coverage on Sportsnet and The Score, both Gerry Dobson (Sportsnet) and Joe Ross (The Score) have blogged about their networks EPL coverage this season. One new tidbit of info from Gerry’s blog is that Sportsnet [...]