A rather surprising statistic is that 47% of teams of the current 92 ladder have played in the Premiership since its conception twenty years ago, the beauty of the competition and why it just gets stronger. You can't say that of cricket and rugby for flexibility. But football is in crisis and Portsmouth are the poster boys for that strife. They borrowed heavily and ran up debts to get success but evading huge tax bills in the process by all manner of loop-holes, the so-called image right payments for players the biggest dodge. When Sol Campbell took out a claim for £1.2 million pounds worth of those rights on Portsmouth the fans were in uproar. But it turns out most of ..  Read the complete review

In my opinion the English Premier League is the best league in the world in terms of quality throughout the league and enjoyment to watch. The football in this league is great to watch, because the speed of the game is very fast and referees are more leniant on hard tackles, but softer fouls are starting to creep into the game. Hopefully, this league doesn't turn into an almost non-contact league like some of the other major leagues. The strength in depth of the premiership is increasing every season, almost entirely down to the fact that there is now extremely vast amounts of money coming into the league from TV rights. Also, the number of foreign, ...  Read the complete review

There are 20 clubs in the Premier League or can also be called the premiership. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion. If points are equal, the goal difference and then goals scored determine the winner. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is .  Read the complete review

Rafael Benitez signed Luis Garcia in the summer of 2004 from F.C Barcelona, Garcia finished joint leading goal scorer with 13 goals and scored some simply fantastic goals (most noteable - against Juventus in the quarter final 2004/2005 CL). So what is it about Garcia? Luis Garcia for me is seen as a squad player, he might not be starting week in week out but he is a player, that at this moment in time remains our biggest threat in attack alongside Steven Gerrard. Luis Garcia has been quite a good addition, despite being quite frustrating he has scored some very important goals for Liverpool. Barcelona wanted to hang onto the little Spaniard but ...  Read the complete review

When Milan Baros burst into the Liverpool team last weekend (14/09/02) by scoring two goals against Bolton, not many people knew who he was. In fact, however, Baros had waited some time for his league debut. Baros was actually signed for around £3.4M from Czech side Banik Ostrava mid-way through last season. He’d already shown considerable promise in the Czech national side – scoring several times in the few games he’d played for the senior squad. Baros had made himself some reputation with those performances; he was dubbed the Ostravan Maradona and was already a target for Gerard Houllier. The presence of Baros’ Czech teammates Berger ...  Read the complete review