Howard Webb isn't very popular in the blue part of London right now. The burly referee, a policeman, had a hand in awarding Manchester United two penalties in the second half of their clash with Chelsea on Sunday, with Wayne Rooney obliging. United t...
The Gini coefficient was developed in 1912 by Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini as a means of measuring inequality. Its application is diverse but its most common use is as a means of showing inequality of income within the borders of...
So King Kenny goes back to Anfield and gees up the troops to pull fingers from Scouse (and international) arse and get going.
And what happens next? Chelsea reminds them of their place in the 2011 pecking order. A cheeky cash up-front offer for th...
It's the end of August, and the English Premier League (EPL -- not to be confused with the IPL. Bloody acronyms) has only after two weeks swung into full swing. What should we expect? More goals, excitement, controversy and unpredictability? There ha...
Various football leagues around the world kicked off this weekend, and isn't this just happening at the right time? People were just getting over their World Cup hangovers, and now we face another 10 months or so of top soccer all the way ...
By Millington Gumbo
A couple of things intrigue me in life. Politics is one, history is another, but it is football which trumps them all.
Football is the ultimate meritocracy wherein skills and teamwork and not money or privilege determine th...
This past decade has been one of the most exciting in soccer but it also had some sad moments. Controversy also wasn't far off, I will try to cover as much for what happened this past decade.
The decade was kicked off and closed by Real...
It is funny how where you are affects the way you see things.
Like my viewing of the Chelsea-Manchester United clash on Sunday, for instance. Instead of the normal, lofty armchair, I found myself in the altogether more dodgy surrounds of a dingy D...
So Sepp Blatter and company have finally decided to stop worrying about crime statistics in South Africa and do their job as governors of the game.
About time, too.
Last week's bolt from the blue may have left Chelsea feeling well, slightly bl...
Is their success at luring talent and the financial success of the English Premier League turning English clubs into victims? Fifa recently gave Chelsea a 12-month ban on any transfer activity for "tapping" or inducing Gael Kakuta from French club Le...
