Chris Waddle's Finest Moment (Video)

It is interesting to note that when Chris Waddle moved from Tottenham to Marseille it was for a fee of £4.3m, making it the third highest fee paid for a player ever in 1989. 24 years later and Gareth Bale has been sold to Real Madrid for £85.6m. Bonkers.

Click to read more ...

A Closer Look At Arsenal Striker Yaya Sanogo

With the summer transfer window now firmly shut, it's a good time to reflect on the summer that Arsenal had - a reflection which could have been much, much worse had Wenger not splashed the cash on Mesut Ozil on deadline day. Arsenal only made three other signings this summer, spending £0 in the process - except the loan fee for Emiliano Viviano and the compensation that was paid to Auxerre for Yaya Sanogo.

Click to read more ...

A Closer Look At Nicolas Anelka

If you find yourself stumped on a football question in a pub quiz, the answer could well be Nicolas Anelka. One of the game’s most successful journeymen, let us take a look back at the Frenchman’s career. The list of top European clubs the striker has played for is almost endless: PSG, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester City, Fenerbahce, Chelsea, Juventus and Bolton. Okay, maybe not Bolton, although he did lead the Trotters into the UEFA Cup for only the second time in the club’s history.

Click to read more ...

International Friendlies – The Talking Points

With the Premier League season kicking into swing last weekend, the international friendlies seem long gone. However, before they disappear into the sunset completely, we take a look at the many points to come out of these games.

Click to read more ...

Can Hatem Ben Arfa Provide The Spark Newcastle Need?

Somewhere, somehow, it all went drastically wrong for Newcastle United last season. Things didn't improve over the summer with the controversial appointment of Joe Kinnear as the new director of football as well as the unnecessary drama that was caused by Papiss Cisse not wanting to wear Wonga but deciding to in the end anyway.

Click to read more ...

Newcastle's French revolution set to continue (Video)

Bafetimbi Gomis has been doing the business in Ligue 1 since 2007, but could he cut in the Premier League? Five years after their initial interest during his time at Saint-Etienne, Newcastle United have reportedly agreed a fee for the French striker with his current club Lyon.

Click to read more ...

Remembering the best - Zinedine Zidane (Video)

To continue my trend for today of remembering particular greats of the game, I will now turn my attention to Zinedine Zidane because I clearly didn't use enough adjectives in my Dennis Bergkamp piece. Regardless, I have chosen Zidane as my midfielder to reminisce in because he's an utter joy to watch. He was one of the reasons why I wanted to become a midfielder, he was my idol growing up and I think anyone looking for inspiration to pick up a football and go kick it around then he is a player that can do that. This video demonstrates exactly why.

Click to read more ...

Unbeatable Germans clinch another title

Few periods of dominance in sport can come close the German control over women’s European football, with Sunday’s win over Norway signifying a remarkable sixth straight crown – a run stretching all the way back to 1993.

Click to read more ...

Looking at the Women's European Championship (Video)

In a few days’ time the Euro 2013 tournament will get under way in Sweden and hopefully England can do better than their male counterparts in the recent U21 and U20 tournaments that have brought so much criticism of the youth football system in this country.

Click to read more ...

Women's European Championships - Preview

This month sees the biggest contest in European women’s football take place in Sweden. Many might be quick to knock it but the female game has improved beyond belief over the past decade and this tournament is likely to provide ample evidence of that.

Click to read more ...

Arsene Wenger signs an unknown Frenchman with dodgy knees (Video)

I wrote a blog a few weeks ago which addressed Joe Kinnear's madness but also included a joke about Arsene Wenger having a knack for buying unknown French players with dodgy knees.

Click to read more ...

Thierry Henry: the assists (Video)

We all know about the all time goal-scoring record that is accredited to Thierry Henry's name but he was also very adept at setting up goals too.

Click to read more ...

Monaco set for return to Ligue 1 (video)

AS Monaco currently head Ligue 2 in France with a return to the top flight looking imminent.

Click to read more ...

How Giroud of you! - France lack goals

There is no doubt about it, Les Bleus gave a damn good account of themselves when the reigning world champions came a-calling. Right up to the final whistle, which Spain captain Xavi Hernandez reliably hinted to the match official came an alarming 50 seconds after the indicated 3 minutes of stoppages, it was difficult to tell the two teams apart.

Click to read more ...

A Taste of France

National League France ( third tier )

Red Star 3, 0. SR Colmar

Attendance 780

'' Red Dragons drape almost every bar as the Celtic hordes from the land of perpetual darkness cunningly evade the sleet and snow in the city of light. ''

Click to read more ...