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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Trevor Brooking thinks that the talent pool in England is so shallow that thinking about semi-finals is the stuff of fantasy - England players and fans must buckle down and focus on qualifying for South Africa first. The FA have (ambitiously) aimed for the semi-finals of either the World Cup or Euro 2012. Click to continue reading...

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As every QPR fan knows - and it's a sign of how football-hungry we become during the Summer "Wasteland" (ignoring the fact that there's some sort of minor European competition going on right now) - the First Round of the Carling Cup is made today and being announced at 10:00 am. However one snippet: The clubs actually receive the draw at 9:45 am. Click to continue reading...

PFA chief Gordon Taylor has sprung to the defence of Steven Gerrard, stating that he fears England players like the Liverpool skipper will suffer because of burn-out. There's too many games we are being told.

For the record, Gerrard has played six times for either club or country in 18 days during October. Taylor says that too many players are suffering with foot injuries. Click to continue reading...