Jack Collison shines for West Ham
Jack Collison’s development continues for West Ham as the academy product scored a brilliant goal for the Hammers today in their 3-1 defeat to Everton. Wales skipper Craig Bellamy fed him a slick pass just past the hour mark before the twenty year-old struck a perfect curling drive to the top right-hand corner of the Everton goal. A great sign of the future for a fixture in Wales lineup.

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Craig Bellamy’s scoring touch is back
Is it time to call the long scoring drought of Wales striker Craig Bellamy over? Certainly anyone who saw his brilliant goal for West Ham past Newcastle’s Shay Given can testify his touch is still there as after latching onto a Scott Parker through-ball he delicately lifted the ball over one of ... [read more]
friendly against Poland announced
The Football Association of Wales has announced that the upcoming Poland v Wales friendly on Wednesday 11th February 2009 will be at the Vila Real De Santo Antonio Sports Complex, in the Algarve. While further details will be provided after New Years, the match will be held in the evening.
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Euro 2016?
The Scottish Football Association revealed today that it is considering opening talks with Wales about co-hosting Euro 2016. The Republic of Ireland and Scotland were unsuccessful in their attempt to attract the Euro 2008 which were co-hosted by Switzerland and Austria. Please note this is in the earliest stages and hasn’t moved towards more formal considerations.
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Is John Toshack sending his resume out?
With John Toshack’s contract expiring at the end of the World Cup qualifying run, he sounds interested in returning to the club side. In a BBC interview when asked if he would rule out returning to management of a club the fifty-nine year-old Welsh leader responded:
“Certainly not. People say this will probably be my last job but I’m not so ... [read more]
Wales defeats Denmark 1-0
Hull City’s Boaz Myhill kept the Danes at bay and Craig Bellamy scored with thirteen minutes remaining to give John Toshack’s youthful Wales squad a 1-0 victory over Denmark in in Brøndby. Although the match was played in rainy conditions it was a spirited affair with a number of respectable scoring chances ... [read more]
a tricky affair in Brøndby
Heading into this evenings friendly against Denmark in Brøndby, Wales boss John Toshack has a series of interesting decisions to make. Clearly as a “friendly” this match allows for him to experiment with the extraordinary development younger players and in-essence Dragon supporters are possibly watching a golden-age of Welsh Football to-come. This of-course makes for shaky going with a teen-beat ... [read more]
Club Football News
Daily Dose: February 9th, 2010 - Kasabian Model the New England Away Kit
Something to read after you watch England's World Cup 2010 away kit unveiled. By Kasabian's lead singer. In Paris. Is it me or are England's kit launches getting weirder and weirder? What the Premier League could learn from the NFL (Early Doors) Not everyone cares about John Terry's private life (Reuters Soccer Blog) Diagnosing ...
Ramon Calderon Says Cristiano Ronaldo Rejected Barcelona to Join Real Madrid
Thanks to ex-Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon's wonderful inability to keep quiet, we're slowly but surely learning more and more about Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer from Old Traffod to the Bernabéu last summer. Remember how someone at Real Madrid claimed the transfer was arranged a year in advance, in the summer ...
Manfield Town Are The Future
It's going to be impossible to do this without referencing Radiohead's album In Rainbows, which has sort of paved the mainstream way for "pay what you want" retail. From Wiki, for those in the blue: Days after announcing the album's completion, Radiohead released In Rainbows as a digital download that customers ...
Charge Your Cell Phone With a Soccer Ball
I don't know much about green technology, but I know what I like. So when I heard about the sOccket - a soccer ball that stores the energy generated through playing the beautiful game - I wanted to know more. The sOccket is the brainchild of four ladies at Harvard University. ...
Daily Dose: February 8th, 2010.
The Belgian goals of the week. Finding hope in people who touch themselves on the internet. (Sid Lowe) The status of Polkraine 2012. (ESPN) Things you can get for free in Italy. (Calciomercato Offside) The David Beckham Academy's unceremonious end. (Unprofessional Foul) The West Brom Blog - no, this space has not been hijacked - ...
Robinho's Second Santos Debut, and Neymar's Paradinha Penalty
Robinho didn't disappoint on his second Santos debut, coming off the bench to score a Zola-esque near post flick of a winner vs São Paulo. Whatever you might think of the man who rides the Pelécopter, it's good to see such an entertaining footballer looking happy again. But don't worry, there's ...
Soccer and the Super Bowl, or: Football vs Football, or: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
As I'm sure most of our American readers will know, today is Super Bowl XLIV (or Super Bowl 44, if you don't speak Roman numeral). Super Bowl Sunday is an easy excuse for us soccer fans to indulge ourselves by bashing the "other" football, reminding fans of said sport that ...
The Premier League takes an all-too-familiar turn
One of the nice things about this season in the Premier League has been that there has been a bit of a shift at the top. Partly due to Liverpool having a really bad first half of the season, and partly due to the clubs slightly ...
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Wales World Cup hopes dim
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