If your head is spinning like mine is from all of the Premier League news from the past 48 hours, maybe it's time to get back to reality and read some interesting posts about other football leagues other than the Premiership. Here are just a few of the excellent articles penned by the other bloggers [. Click to continue reading...

Borussia Dortmund's Bosnian-American Neven Subotic was named to La Gazzetta Dello Sport's European Best 11 today after another strong performance this weekend. For the second time in three weeks, he combined stout defending with offensive contributions, scoring the game winnner for the second in the young season, this time against Energie Cottbus. Click to continue reading...

Sierra Leone striker Sahr Senesie is currently on trial with the New York Red Bulls. The 23 year old striker began his career in the Borussia Dortmund youth ranks and has appeared in 24 Bundesliga matches with Dortmund. He was most recently on trial with English side Nottingham Forrest, prior to that he had a brief spell with Swiss club Grasshoppers. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Albert Riera (Espanyol), Peter Gulacsi (MTK Hungaria), Vitor Flora, Robbie Keane (Tottenham), David Ngog (PSG), Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Andrea Dossena (Udinese), Diego Cavalieri (Palmeiras), Vincent Lucas Weijl (AZ Alkmaar), Emmanuel Mendy (Murcia Deportivo). Notable departures: Andriy Voronin. Click to continue reading...

The week before the transfer window closes is always a busy one. This year it slammed shut on the evening of September 1. Clubs had to buy players before then or they are doomed to wait until January before they can add to their rosters. It can be frantic.

That wasn't the case for South Korean players until last week – it had been quiet, too quiet. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Vedran Corluka (Manchester City), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow), Cesar Sanchez (Real Zaragoza), David Bentley (Blackburn), Luka Modric (Dynamo Zagreb), Heurelho Gomes (PSV), Giovani dos Santos (Barcelona), John Bostock (Crystal Palace) Notable departures: Lee Young-Pyo (Borussia Dortmund), Anthony Gardner. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Vitor Flora, Robbie Keane (Tottenham), David Ngog (PSG), Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Andrea Dossena (Udinese), Diego Cavalieri (Palmeiras), Vincent Lucas Weijl (AZ Alkmaar), Emmanuel Mendy (Murcia Deportivo). Notable departures: Sebastian Leto (Olympiacos, loan), Harry Kewell (Galatasaray), John Arne. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Vedran Corluka (Manchester City), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow), Cesar Sanchez (Real Zaragoza), David Bentley (Blackburn), Luka Modric (Dynamo Zagreb), Heurelho Gomes (PSV), Giovani dos Santos (Barcelona), John Bostock (Crystal Palace) Notable departures: Lee Young-Pyo (Borussia Dortmund), Anthony Gardner. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Robbie Keane (Tottenham), David Ngog (PSG), Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Andrea Dossena (Udinese), Diego Cavalieri (Palmeiras), Vincent Lucas Weijl (AZ Alkmaar), Emmanuel Mendy (Murcia Deportivo). Notable departures: Sebastian Leto (Olympiacos, loan), Harry Kewell (Galatasaray), John Arne Riise (Roma),. Click to continue reading...

Lee Young-pyo is one of football's true gentlemen. The versatile defender is leaving Tottenham Hotspur for Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund after three good years at White Hart Lane and all who knew him, as well as those who benefitted from some of his unreported good deeds he did off the pitch in London, will wish him well at the former European champions. Click to continue reading...

One day after that of the Champions League, the draw for the First Round of the UEFA Cup 2008-09 took place in Monaco Friday. Lots of teams involved, but of course right now we're only concerned with the Serie A clubs, which didn't fare too badly to be quite honest. .   2008/09 UEFA CupFirst Roundto be played [. Click to continue reading...

29/08/2008

Karlsruhe - Colonia 0 - 2

30/08/2008

Schalke 04 - Bochum ore 15.30
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Werder Brema ore 15.30
Bayer Leverkusen - Hoffenheim ore 15.30
Energie Cottbus - Borussia Dortmund ore 15.30
Arminia Bielefeld - Amburgo ore 15. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Cup first-round draw was held on Friday and there are a number of interesting new faces in the competition. One of those teams is Dutch side FC Twente, who as we've detailed in previous posts, is now coached by former England boss Steve McClaren. Twente, who were entered into the UEFA Cup after [. Click to continue reading...

29/08/2008

Karlsruhe - Colonia ore 20.30

30/08/2008

Schalke 04 - Bochum ore 15.30
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Werder Brema ore 15.30
Bayer Leverkusen - Hoffenheim ore 15.30
Energie Cottbus - Borussia Dortmund ore 15.30
Arminia Bielefeld - Amburgo ore 15. Click to continue reading...

The qualification rounds of this year's European competitions concluded yesterday. The good news is, that no Bundesliga team has been knocked out yet. The bad news is, that Schalke made the overcrowded UEFA Cup even more overcrowded, by losing to Atletico Madrid (1-0 / 0-4). I give them credit that they were missing five starting [. Click to continue reading...

After last night's excellent showing by Oguchi Onyewu in Standard's 1-0 Champion's League loss to Liverpool, his stock is peaking at just three days before the transfer deadline. Another American defender in Europe is also on the rise as young Neven Subotic continues to show he is a force to be reckoned with in the Bundesliga. Click to continue reading...

Croatia's coach Slaven Bilic announced a 22-man squad on Wednesday for their opening World Cup Group 6 qualifiers next month. Croatia play two matches in Zagreb, hosting Kazakhstan on Sept. 6 and England four days later. Goalkeepers Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Vedran Runje (RC Lens) Defenders Vedran Corluka (Manchester City), Dario Simic (Monaco), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Josip Simunic (Hertha [. Click to continue reading...

This is the Super Cup season and its coming to an end. They go by different names, e.g., Community Shield, Recopa Sudamericana, etc., and they tend to come in two forms – domestic and continental. In the domestic versions, they usually take place a week or so before the beginning of the regular season and serve as a tune-up for the upcoming season. Click to continue reading...

Young-Pyo Lee has joined Dortmund after the club agreed to terms with Tottenham Hotspur for the South Korean fullback. Lee's survival at Spurs this long has been something of a oddity for us Lilywhites as he had fallen behind Gareth Bale, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Jamie O'Hara and Gilberto in Juande Ramos' estimation. Click to continue reading...

I have just returned from my summer holidays, where I had a lovely respite from footie.  However, here we are with the season two weeks deep and I am behind.  But I am afforded the luxury of making my tactical analysis on two games rather than one, which can be useful. I decided to spend the [...] Click to continue reading...

Welcome back to Bundesliga Statistics for week two. Standing alone at the head of the table? Newly promoted TSG 1899 Hoffenheim with two wins from their first two games. Astounding stuff, but we're here to talk numbers not newcomers. Last week five categories were featured, this week it's been expanded to [. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Robbie Keane (Tottenham), David Ngog (PSG), Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Andrea Dossena (Udinese), Diego Cavalieri (Palmeiras), Vincent Lucas Weijl (AZ Alkmaar), Emmanuel Mendy (Murcia Deportivo). Notable departures: Sebastian Leto (Olympiacos, loan), Harry Kewell (Galatasaray), John Arne Riise (Roma),. Click to continue reading...

Während der HSV regelmäßig Spieler verliert, verliert der BVB mal wieder Geld. Der Fußballverein Borussia Dortmund hat das vergangene Geschäftsjahr mit roten Zahlen abgeschlossen. Der Konzernverlust in dem Ende Juni abgeschlossenen Jahr 2007/08 betrug nach vorläufigen Zahlen 3,9 Millionen Euro, berichtete die Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. Click to continue reading...

So much for posting the predictions earlier this year. Ahem. I have been in London with the child, in my defence....

Blackburn 2-0 Hull
Fulham 0-1 Arsenal
Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough
Newcastle 2-1 Bolton
Stoke 0-2 Aston Villa
Tottenham 2-1 Sunderland
West Brom 1-1 Everton
Man City 2-1 West Ham
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Chelsea
Portsmouth 1-1 Man Utd

wildcards from the second week of the Bundesliga:

Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Bayern Munich
TSG Hoffenheim 2-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
Stuttgart 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen Click to continue reading...

If you're anything like me, you love reveling in statistics. While in isolation, especially at the beginning of the Bundesliga season, they don't reveal much. But as time goes on it should be possible to discern patterns between some of these statistics and how the table shakes out. Here are some of the [. Click to continue reading...