It's not often that you come out of an international break with any talking points other than that of players who have been injured while playing for their respective countries. That certainly hasn't been the case for those who like to discuss the form of Wayne Rooney, which of course includes those who believe that they have some sort of say in the matter, I'm not only referring to United fans but those in the media and the England fans too. Click to continue reading...

(All times UK)

Friday 26 September

19.30 FC Koln v FC Schalke, Bundesliga, Setanta Sports 1
Top-of-the-shop Schalke will be looking to find more ways to enrage the demonstrative Koln Head Coach, Christophe Daum. If they can steal a march on their rivals while they're doing it, then that's a bonus. Click to continue reading...

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Monday 22 September

19:45 Kettering v Burton Albion, Blue Square Premier, Setanta Sports 1
A big week of Non League action kicks off with second placed Kettering against steady eddies Burton, managed by Nigel Clough (or Old Li'l 'ead as he likes to be called). Click to continue reading...

(All times UK)

Friday 19 September

19.30 Bayer Leverkusen v Hannover 96, Bundesliga, Setanta Sports 1
Last week, Bayer shipped three goals and Hannover scored five. These Friday night Bundesliga games have been largely disappointing, so lets hope they put on a good show.

Saturday 20 September

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Martin Samuel from the London Times writes about how England are lacking in quality forwards and I agree with him. Wayne Rooney can't carry the team upfront by himself, and he really does seem to be more of a setup man then an out and out finisher. With Michael Owen not being fit again, I think Fabio Capello needs to look at either Jermain Defoe or Darren Bent. Click to continue reading...

Gary Lineker played Football the way it was meant to be played  All of the reaction to the article about Wigan Athletic here the other day got me thinking. I personally have a soft spot for Wigan because they are a small town club that has achieved great things under a local owner. This is the [... Click to continue reading...

I don't know how he's done it but former Spurs hero Gary Lineker has landed himself basically the best life ever. On top of holding the honour of the joint-leading England goal-scorer of all-time, Lineker has managed to land himself not only a hot chick half his age, but also a working existence based purely on watching football and golf. Click to continue reading...

A few photos of Gary Lineker's WAG for your enjoyment Click on the image below to launch the gallery...... Click to continue reading...

La gran final esta a punto de empezar y el lema de los españoles era Podemos. La frase de Gary Lineker dice lo siguiente:
El futbol es un deporte de 11 vs 11 donde siempre gana Alemania, pero hoy la historia podría ser diferente, ¿ustedes que opina?

Vota ya.


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I can't make any particular excuses for the lack of biting analysis and stunning insight into Euro 2008 on this site of late. Such as that was likely, obviously.

The simple fact is that it is, as I predicted before the tournament began, the first World Cup/European Championships I haven't watched avidly in two decades. Click to continue reading...

Lineker, Hansen and co., more boring than ever The BBC has received complaints about the dress sense of its Euro 2008 football pundits. Viewers say Gary Lineker, Martin O'Neill, Alan Shearer and Alan Hansen look like they're in uniform, with... Click to continue reading...

As a football-loving American, I've often gone to great lengths to see broadcasts of live matches.  Justin.tv, Sopcast, various dodgy looking sites from China- I've scoured them all for English-speaking footy commentary at one time or another.   Though the Euro2008 matches are shown on ESPN, I would rather listen to vigorous elephant-on-pig action than hear [. Click to continue reading...

After concerns expressed by representatives from the BBC, (mainly "shining wit" Gary Lineker) that no-one would want to watch the, less than, glamorous Switzerland vs Turkey match, UEFA last night controversially decided to flood the pitch at the St Jakob-Park stadium in Basel with 1.2 million gallons of water in an effort to provide much needed encouragement for British TV viewers to tune in. Click to continue reading...

Following in the hallowed footsteps of Andy Gray, who turned down the Everton job, Alan Shearer declared on the BBC yesterday that he wasn't interested in the Blackburn manager's job after some gentle probing by Gary Lineker. Shearer said: "The situation is that I was very flattered to get a call off of Blackburn's [. Click to continue reading...

BBC's Director of Sport Roger Mosey wrote an eye-opening article on the BBC Sport blog this morning. In it, he describes how the ratings for BBC's Match of The Day (their highlights show, which features Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen and others) has risen this season and that the ratings for MOTD were much higher [. Click to continue reading...

Here at COS, we've just finished celebrating the news that Ian Wright has left his punditry job at the BBC. Now we can enjoy Euro 2008 without watching him trying to construct a sentence, talk about his son or bemoan Steve McClaren's inability to steer England through to the tournament finals. However, it appears that [. Click to continue reading...

- Maradona and his 1986 World Cup-winning Argentina teammates have agreed to an unofficial rematch with the English side that El Diego scored the 'Hand of God' goal against in the quarterfinals of that competition. Peter Reid, a member of the English squad, had this to say:"This is our chance to show what we can do and get a little bit of revenge." Sounds kind of sad to me, old men not being able to let bygones be bygones. Click to continue reading...