Southend broke their Orient jinx and exacted revenge for their Johnstone's Paint trophy defeat to their rivals earlier in the month, with a comprehensive victory at Roots Hall tonight.

The Blues went ahead after just 47 seconds when Lee Barnard scored his third goal of the season following a good move. Click to continue reading...

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El Real Madrid C.F ha decidido finalmente en la noche del lunes traspasar a su jugador Robson da Souza Robinho al Manchester City. A la vista de todos los datos disponibles con anterioridad, el Real Madrid había decidido no traspasar al Chelsea a su jugador. Pero los acontecimientos posteriores, como han sido las declaraciones del jugador, la opinión del entrenador y la formulación este lunes de una nueva oferta por parte del Manchester City han llevado a la directiva del club a decidir finalmente el traspaso de Robinho al citado club inglés. Click to continue reading...

Southend United slipped to a heavy defeat at the Banks's Stadium after too many defensive errors were punished by an efficient home side who thoroughly deserved the victory.

A terrible second half period saw the Blues collapse after going into the break level at 1-1.

Hal Robson-Kanu scored that equaliser and Lee Barnard got his first goal of the season - a consolation - to make it 5-2. Click to continue reading...

Another great article from former Republic of Ireland forward Tony Cascarino, where Tony questions the recent signings that Keane has made including Pascal Chimbonda, El Hadji Diouf, and Djibril Cisse. I disagree with Tony on his views though as I think Roy is doing the best he can within his resources to bring in players that can help make Sunderland a respectable team within the Premier League and keep them out of a relegation battle. Click to continue reading...

The Blues have re-signed Reading midfielder Hal Robson-Kanu on a one-month loan deal.

The 19-year-old spent three months at Roots Hall at the end of last season, scoring three goals in eight starts.

Steve Tilson told the club website: "He did well last season when he was fit and the fact he can play on the wing or upfront is a bonus. Click to continue reading...

Soccer is coming back in many of the leagues throughout Europe. The English Premier League had a rather slow start with the Charity Shield game between Manchester United and Portsmouth, which ended 0-0 and then went to penalty kicks where Man U won easily.

In France, Lyon got off the a strong start, with Karim Benzema scoring 2 goals to lead them to a 3-0 victory over Toulouse. Click to continue reading...