Let the games begin!

How can an only slightly above average striker cost the same as a vacuum cleaner man’s earnings (albeit a rather trendy and revolutionary cleaner). The ridiculous amount that bought Keane and the ludicrous offers still being bandied about for everyone from Kaka to Ronaldo show all is well at the top of the game. Or does it?

It’s potty time again

So with only 19 days to go till the start of the new season, overpaid primadonnas all over the country are packing their family’s up and moving to the other end of this glorious land, and placing their orders for their new Mazzeratti’s with leather trim and 25″ alloys……

Are Spurs an even bigger laughing stock than Newcastle?

The cries of “Dimitar Berbatov” coming from the Fart Hart Lane crowd are slowly fading… The chants of “Keano” have already shifted 200 miles north to Liverpool… And for some bizarre reason Ramos spent £16.5 Million on Modric from Dinamo Zagreb, a team that in all fairness would have taken £6 million for him.

Transfer special

There are just under three weeks to go until the new Premier League season gets underway and we are all still waiting for some earth shattering transfer deals to go through.

Scottish and Irish FAs have every right to pour scorn on the idea on the prospect on a Team GB squad for the Olympics; it is an unfortunate setup in sport that when we have a kickabout, we’re our own independent country, but when we’re scooping whatever medals are going at the Games, we have link arms and be all happy-clappy under the Great Britain banner.

Let the war of words commence

Fergie just can’t resist a bit of cerebral gymnastics. Mind you, he hasn’t exactly been at the top of his game in recent times. Mainly because his toughest sparring partner Arsene hasn’t been identified as his prime rival in the hunt for the Premiership crown. In the meantime, the great Scot refused to indulge in psyche-outs while he continued his love-in with Jose Mourinho – maybe there was something in the wine. And he couldn’t really try any mind games on Avram Grant. It would’ve been like trying to pull some psychological tricks on Herman Munster, it’s just a waste of time.

It’s that time of year again when your team heads out to the most remote of locations to play out a meaningless goalless draw against the local non league pub side. So what’s the point pf the pre-season friendly? Is it worth parting with a fiver to watch your whole squad take on Kettering Town?

With the start of the season now just three weeks away, it’s time to dust off the memory bank and delve into some classic encounters from the opening day of the season. Relive some great, and not so great, names of years gone by and add your own memories as I present ten stunning openings to the Premier League season…

It’s girls week at UK Football Finder

Just to prove it’s not all about us guys here at UKFF we interviewed Kerry Oldham of Billericay Town Ladies FC about womans football, the lifestyle, social scene and what it means to be a female footballer in todays society, she’s also a little cutie!

Is it coming back home?

Joseph S Blatter said last week that 3 other countries have been contacted over the possibility of staging the next World Cup in 2010 if South Africa is suddenly hit by some nasty natural disaster or if they encounter problems which will make it necessary for them to have it moved.