With it being international week, it is only right that this week’s talking point takes on a more global flavour. On Friday night a bunch of young males took a day off work to take a day trip to London. Among this group was an accountant, teacher and olive oil factory worker, so how did they end up taking on ... Read More »

Looks like Beckham’s up to his old tricks again for LA Galaxy, this time scoring directly from a corner in a cup qualifying game. Poor defending/goalkeeping, as expected when you watch games from America, along with the stereotypical South American commentator shouting “Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal”… Check out the video below if you don’t believe me! Read More »

If you can put up with the 1970′s style commentary and the grainy footage to match then take a look at this video below (skip to about 1 minute 28 too if you’re in a rush) to see a bullet of a goal from Nacho of Newell’s Old Boys, in the Argentine top league. Read More »

    We may not have taken any golds yet at London 2012 but both the men and women’s GB football teams have quietly gone about their business and are in good shape to progress to the last 8. MEN A shock win for Senegal over Uruguay means Stuart Pearce’s men sit top of their group with one fixture to ... Read More »

Footage below showing the dirtier side of women’s football when in the USA vs Columbia Olympics match Lady Andrade seemingly punches American forward Abby Wambach which left her with a swollen eye come the end of the game. The USA managed to cruise to a 3-0 win, but Wambach is understandably unhappy at her treatment by Andrade and wants action ... Read More »

Here’s some footage of the friendly between Team GB and Brazil in which Brazil won by 2 goals to nil in what was a quite dull affair, albeit the talent that was on show (especially by Brazil). Neymar looked good on occasion, but I’m hopeful that he stays in Brazil with this kind of diving/play-acting behaviour. And if he does ... Read More »

So the Olympic Games are nearly here already, and so here at the Footy Blog we’ve decided to preview the possible starting line up for Team GB and talk about our chances of winning the tournament in London. Much has been said already of the decision to leave David Beckham out of the team, with manager Stuart Pearce stating that ... Read More »

Video from Youtube below showing highlights of the Mexico vs Great Britain warm-up game in preparation for the Olympic Games. The game featured the likes of Bellamy, Giggs, Cleverley, Ramsay and co. Read More »

So here we are again, another Euro 2012 match with this one pivotal in deciding the fate of the trophy – the second Semi-Final match, with Germany facing Italy. The winner of this match will of course be heading through to a final against Spain, who overcome a valiant Portugal side last night eventually winning on penalties. Germany go into ... Read More »

England are out of the Euro’s so I’ve decided to take a look at which players might be featuring at the next big event, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. I’ve picked my selection of players, I’ve probably forgotten a few but I’m pretty confident of my choices. The only one I have slight doubt with is Adam Johnson – ... Read More »