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Blackpool F.C. right winger Michael D'Agostino kindly spoke with Soccer City FC prior to leaving for England to kick off preseason training with the club.

On loan for most of last season with Cheltenham Town F.C., the Canadian youth international spoke about his experience with the Robins as well as his outlook with the Seasiders for the 2008-2009 campaign. Click to continue reading...

What is it about being English that means that we hype up the ability and chances of our team and players until the expectation is much more than they are actually capable of, criticise them remorselessly when they achieve what they are able to achieve (nothing) and then happily sit back and accept second best? Click to continue reading...

Cancelling games, it's not nice... After the excitement of the fixture lists coming out for next season, the inevitable change of dates has occured with England game taking precedence over some of the football league calendar. Click to continue reading...

David Villa won't be coming to England. The Euro 2008 leading scorer has been linked with Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham but it sounds like the Spanish striker has no intention of leaving La Liga this summer. The 26-year-old wants to... Click to continue reading...

Really bad news for our young striker Andy Carroll, as he will now miss out on further England honors with the strong England Under-19 team this month, because he has suffered a heel injury. Andy Carroll - has a heel injury Click to continue reading...

While one of the greatest European Championships just wrapped up, UEFA is doing their best to make sure the next couples are a disaster. The executive committees of soccer's European governing body have decided to expand the field from 16 to 24 teams by the 2018 event. By doing this UEFA is going to water down the tournament.

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I must say, I quite like the simplicity of the design. Seems like a fitting tribute to the 1968 European Cup winners.

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Could ankle surgery ruin Ronaldo's dream move? Is he even going to have said surgery? How much more of this endless speculation can we reasonably be expected to endure?

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Arsenal and England starts Lianne Sanderson, 20, and Anita Asante, 23, announced yesterday that they will be playing at Chelsea next season. Chelsea Ladies' new manager, Steve Jones, is also ex-Arsenal; until recently he was coach of the gunners' reserve team. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham keeper Paul Robinson has been linked with Aston Villa all summer, but the Guardian is reporting that West Brom are actually the only club to officially contact Spurs about signing the former number one for England. Robinson is said... Click to continue reading...

Looks like Harry Redknapp could finally have his man as Portsmouth are said to be ready to bring in Liverpool striker Peter Crouch ahead of Tottenham. The lanky England striker (and yes that's my trademarked description for him) has reportedly... Click to continue reading...

Sometimes athletes keep their families to close to them and with the two biggest sports stories of the summer season that is no different. During the last couple of weeks the families of former Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre and Manchester United's Ronaldo have kept their gums from flapping about both players situations. Click to continue reading...

Aye aye all, fit like! Well, it's been another roller-coaster week in the world of Scottish football. In the same week the SPL signs a record £125m deal with Setanta Sports to broadcast Scottish games, we've finally figured out who the new team in the league will be, and England are now just one place [. Click to continue reading...