During the UEFA Champions League Group Stage draw this evening, Rio Ferdinand was once again upstaged by John Terry, this time, for the European Club Defender of the Year award. Nemanja Vidic was also in the running. Then there was Petr Cech beating Edwin Van der Sar to the goalkeeping award, followed by Frank Lampard scooping [. Click to continue reading...

So our thin squad got even thinner yesterday with the news that Philippe Senderos has joined AC Milan on loan for the season with an option for a permanent move.

While some people thought the signing of Silvestre (out injured until mid-September, you know! Hurrah!) added some depth and experience to the squad it turns out he was brought in to replace the big Swiss.

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Admit it. There are some players in the Premier League who get under your skin. The type of players you love to hate. But who are they and why do you hate them so much? Names of players who often get fans irate include: Ashley Cole (Chelsea) John Terry (Chelsea) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland) Lee Bowyer (West Ham [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea broke in its newest addition today with the official opening of the new academy at Cobham. Among those on hand for the shindig included Sir Trevor Brooking, John Terry, Uncle Phil and Romes himself nice, dude!

The ceremony came prior to the Cobham Cup kickoff, a subject I'll tackle in my next transcendent blog post.

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Rio Ferdinand lost out on the England captaincy to John Terry, with England's first game under Capello's choice producing the usual dire football. Terry was caught out for the first goal, pulling Baros' shirt not being enough to stop his opponent from scoring, with nothing but negative reviews for the Chelsea man the following day. Click to continue reading...

After being given the armband for the friendly against France, the press tipped Rio Ferdinand to be the man to lead out Fabio Capello's England. However, John Terry was Capello's choice for captain, an 8 month decision process that Scolari, Chelsea's new manager, took all of 2 minutes to make. Capello couldn't seem to give [. Click to continue reading...

Alright I'm back. Went to Tampa for the past like five days for the girlfriend's 21st birthday, and I've come back to quite a shocker...Arsenal have signed Mikael Silvestre from Manchester United. Yes, I'm serious. And I'm frankly astonished. Yes, I've been saying we need a new defender all summer, but this wasn't what I had in mind. Click to continue reading...

England manager Fabio Capello  must have been channeling the" Wally With The Brolly" aka Steve McClaren. That can be the only logical answer for his decisions this week. First of all the decision to name John Terry as England captain was the wrong one. Terry is a great club captain. He rallies the troops and is [. Click to continue reading...

England plays the Czech Republic in a friendly today at 3pm ET/8pm UK time. The game will be shown live on Fox Soccer Channel for U.S. viewers, while U.K. viewers can find the match on Setanta Sports. It should be interesting to see how Fabio Capello's side does at Wembley on a night when Emile Heskey [. Click to continue reading...

Eight months after succeeding Steve McLaren as England manager, Fabio Capello has announced that Chelsea defender John Terry will retain the captain's armband. Capello took his time to make the decision, having given Steven Gerrard, Rio Ferdinand, Terry, David Beckham and Gareth Barry the chance to impress him in previous international friendlies. Click to continue reading...

Why John Terry is OK by F-Cap 1. Misses penalties An essential attribute for a true England leader. How can you fully command respect if you are coolly slotting your spot-kick home when all those around you are missing theirs? Click to continue reading...

Old-new England captain John Terry looks like he has got a chance of competing in the Olympics even if a Great Britain side do not enter the football tournament. The Chelsea man's post-Moscow penalty shootout trauma does make him look uncannily like a synchronised diver. For all his flaws on the field, we never thought JT could be accused of being a diver. Click to continue reading...

Old-new England captain John Terry looks like he has got a chance of competing in the Olympics even if a Great Britain side do not enter the football tournament. The Chelsea man's post-Moscow penalty shootout trauma does make him look uncannily like a synchronised diver. For all his flaws on the field, we never thought JT could be accused of being a diver. Click to continue reading...

Fabio Capello made the wrong decision in awarding John Terry the captaincy, not that it is much of my concern. Seems like I'm not the only one though, with the chief football writer for The Times holding a new soft spot for Rio. If someone had proposed Rio Ferdinand as England captain three or even two [. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you call the cops for a noise disturbance at a kindergarten....... Argentina's women's team pays tribute to the Spanish men's basketball team. (The Spoiler) Everton has peaked, for now. (Reuters Soccer Blogs) Captaincy is the least of England's worries. (Guardian Unlimited) Mutu thinks FIFA are guilty of human rights violations. Click to continue reading...

Couldn't have picked a better man.  Sportsmanship, maturity, respect for authority -- natch.  "England's Brave John Terry" has got it all. As usual, the Fiver nails it when comparing Ferdinand to Terry: Capello, like the Fiver, was obviously impressed at the way [Terry's] alter ego Mr Chelsea performed during the penalty shootout at this year's Big Cup [. Click to continue reading...

I'm sure you've all heard it by now: England manager Fabio Capello named John Terry captain of the Three Lions today. If you believe the numerous media reports, the strong favorite to be handed the armband on a permanent basis was Manchester United center back Rio Ferdinand, whose steady, and at times fantastic, play tends [. Click to continue reading...

I'm sure you've all heard it by now: England manager Fabio Capello named John Terry captain of the Three Lions today.

If you believe the numerous media reports, the strong favorite to be handed the armband on a permanent basis was Manchester United center back Rio Ferdinand, whose steady, and at times fantastic, play tends to greatly overshadow his off-field transgressions over the years in the minds of many England fans. Click to continue reading...

A big congratulations goes out to our boy JT, Johnny Terry, for being named permanent England national team captain. Terry beat out a host of fine candidates to regain his captaincy. And, at 5-2, JT was a bargain (hope you got your bets in). Up & up for the Blues.

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A few unexpected things have happened today.

There was of course the appointment of John Terry as England captain, which was a surprise since virtually all the predictions I had heard were that Rio Ferdinand would be the preferred choice.

Then there was the announcement that Emmanuel Adebayor will be staying at the Arse after all, despite the summer-long speculation that he would be leaving. Click to continue reading...

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Good afternoon folks. If you are at work trying to catch up on everything you were supposed to be doing when you were watching Argentina-Brazil, don't worry. We will catch you up on some of the other news in the soccer world.

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Fabio Capello has named John Terry as England captain - and this appointment is expected to last at least till the end of the World Cup qualifiers, and most like through to the end of John Terry's career / Capello's reign as manager). I'm not happy - of course not - but I can take [...] Click to continue reading...

John Terry's appointment as England captain has got me thinking about what a 'good captain' should be. The man who famously dropped David Beckham, before realising the errors of his ways (albeit, too late) and lost his job because of it, has made yet another controversial decision on awarding the captaincy to Terry. Click to continue reading...

Fabio Capello has officially announced that John Terry will be the new captain of the English National team. Most people figured that Rio Ferdinand would get the honor, but he was instead named vice-captain. At the press conference Terry said, "I think everybody realizes it means the world to me. Click to continue reading...

  John Terry has been handed the Captain's armband once more by Fabio Capello but this time on a permanent basis. Terry was England's skipped under Steve McLaren leading England to a 3-0 thrashing of Russia at Wembley and also scoring a critical goal in a near famous victory over Brazil to open the new Wembley. Click to continue reading...