http://thesoccer-blog.com Everything Relating To The World Of Soccer / Football From The English Premier League To Soccer Fitness, Soccer Training & Soccer Skills. The World's Greatest Game. The Beautiful Game! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:42:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://thesoccer-blog.com http://thesoccer-blog.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/soccer.gif http://thesoccer-blog.com/soccer-general/the-soccer-blog-technical-issues-2/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/soccer-general/the-soccer-blog-technical-issues-2/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:50:28 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/soccer-general/the-soccer-blog-technical-issues-2/

Dear all Regular readers of The Soccer Blog will have noticed that the site has recently been down. Unfortunately we had a few issues that needed to be resolved as quickly as possible and therefore we had to pull the site for about 24 hours. However, everything is now back to normal and as you can [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/soccer-general/the-soccer-blog-technical-issues-2/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/soccer-fitness-training-skills/dramatically-improve-soccer-fitness/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/soccer-fitness-training-skills/dramatically-improve-soccer-fitness/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:00:16 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1834

To help prepare you to play soccer at your optimum level we have identified 10 key areas, encompassing a “fitness regime” that you need to concentrate on. Over the first four parts of your eCourse we are going to deal with these 10 key areas, as follows: You are going to need to build up [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/soccer-fitness-training-skills/dramatically-improve-soccer-fitness/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/soccer-fitness-training-skills/introduction-soccer-fitness-training/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/soccer-fitness-training-skills/introduction-soccer-fitness-training/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:49:41 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1835

Football or soccer, depending on where you come from, is The World’s Game, The People’s Game, The Beautiful Game! It is followed and played all over the world. All you need is a ball. And that “ball” can sometimes be just about anything you can kick about. But if you want [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/soccer-fitness-training-skills/introduction-soccer-fitness-training/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/fa-cup/fa-cup-4th-draw/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/fa-cup/fa-cup-4th-draw/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:15:46 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1832

Well it didn’t take too long for the 4th Round Draw of the FA Cup to conjure up one of those glamour ties that all fans and neutrals alike simply love.  Putting it bluntly, it doesn’t get too much better than Liverpool v Everton in the Cup.   Couple that with the fact that 2009 is [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/fa-cup/fa-cup-4th-draw/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/fa-cup/fa-cup-3rd-results/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/fa-cup/fa-cup-3rd-results/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:17:27 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1823

  Here are the results from the 3rd Round FA Cup. There are a few shocks in there. The 3rd round always seems to dig up some giant killing acts and this year is no different! Sunday 4th January The FA Cup Results Southampton 0 - 3 Man Utd Gillingham 1 - 2 Aston Villa Saturday 3rd January The FA Cup [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/fa-cup/fa-cup-3rd-results/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/fa-cup/fa-cup-3rd-stoke-city-crash/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/fa-cup/fa-cup-3rd-stoke-city-crash/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:52:52 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1818

The FA Cup hits the traditional 3rd Round stage which is when the big Premier League team come into the competition. This is when the “little” or lower league teams can meet the big boys and the giant killing can take place.  And over the years the spirit of the FA Cup has certainly produced some [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/fa-cup/fa-cup-3rd-stoke-city-crash/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/english-premier-league-january/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/english-premier-league-january/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:27:31 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1813

Well it’s that time of year again as the January transfer window is about to open and not even a global financial crisis has prevented the Premier League’s transfer rumour mill going into overdrive as what all the comings and going could be in the next few months. But despite the whirlwind of rumours, the harsh [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/english-premier-league-january/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/gerrard-hero-villain/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/gerrard-hero-villain/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:36:44 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1810

What a difference a few hours make.  One moment Steven Gerrard, the Liverpool captain and driving force behind the club’s quest for the elusive League title, was playing sublime football in the rout of Newcastle United, then a few hours later he’s caught up in some sort of fight in a bar in Southport whilst [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/gerrard-hero-villain/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/none-soccer/happy-holidays-everyone/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/none-soccer/happy-holidays-everyone/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:41:24 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1801

Hello everyone This is just a very short note whilst I’m on holidays taking a few days off from soccer and work, to wish everyone a fantastic time over the holidays. I’d also like to wish you all a very prosperous, but more importantly, a very healthy and happy 2009. Cheers Rik ]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/none-soccer/happy-holidays-everyone/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/champions-league/uefa-champions-league-16-draw/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/champions-league/uefa-champions-league-16-draw/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:39:40 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1781

The draw for the UEFA Champions League last 16 took place yesterday and it certainly produced some mouthwatering ties. The first games will take place the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February (24th & 25th) with the return legs taking place two weeks later (Mar 10th & 11th). Here is the full draw: Chelsea v Juventus Villarreal [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/champions-league/uefa-champions-league-16-draw/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/ince-sacked-keane-on-borrowed-time/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/ince-sacked-keane-on-borrowed-time/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:43:21 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/ince-sacked-keane-on-borrowed-time/

So Paul Ince’s short reign as Blackburn Rovers manager has finally come to an end. Ince was appointed as manager in the summer after more successful spells at Macclesfield and MK Dons. I feel a little sorry for Ince but it doesn’t really come as a great surprise and Rovers had to act quickly to try to [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/ince-sacked-keane-on-borrowed-time/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/champions-league/uefa-champions-league-final-group/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/champions-league/uefa-champions-league-final-group/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:30:21 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1759

So, the Group Stages of this season’s UEFA Champions League have come to an end and the final positions all decided.  16 teams move on into the knock stages of the competition that will resume in February next year, 8 further teams head to the UEFA Cup and the remaining 8 teams ride off into [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/champions-league/uefa-champions-league-final-group/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/english-premier-league-highlights/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/english-premier-league-highlights/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:18:04 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1752

Normal service was resumed by the top four clubs this weekend as they all earned maximum 3 points, although Man Utd did leave it very late against a battling and managerless Sunderland (more later). We start off this weekend’s action at the Emirates where Emmanuel Adebayor’s early first-half strike handed, what has to be said, a [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/england-premiership/english-premier-league-highlights/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/none-soccer/to-all-readers-of-the-soccer-blog/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/none-soccer/to-all-readers-of-the-soccer-blog/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:03:20 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1728

Hello everyone This is just a short message of apology to all readers of The Soccer Blog.  As you will have noticed the site has been offline since the weekend.  I’m afraid our server crashed on Saturday evening and it has only come back online a few minutes ago, Wednesday lunchtime. Even though the site is back [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/none-soccer/to-all-readers-of-the-soccer-blog/feed/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/champions-league/champions-league-wednesday-night/ http://thesoccer-blog.com/champions-league/champions-league-wednesday-night/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:27:51 +0000 The Soccer Blogger http://thesoccer-blog.com/?p=1720

Well, where shall we start?  Let’s head on over to Anfield shall we and get this one out of the way! Yes, Liverpool won, beating Marseille 1 - 0 and therefore secured their passage through to the last 16 of the Champions League come next February, but (and it’s a big but), this was anything but [...]]]> http://thesoccer-blog.com/champions-league/champions-league-wednesday-night/feed/