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Reuters news agency are reporting that NATO have authorised a “shock and awe” attack on FIFA headquarters in Zurich. This amazing development comes in the midst of accusations of corruption and misappropriation of funds at the highest level of world football’s governing body. It is understood that the UN Security Council are keen to bring about regime change at the organisation which has been ruled with an iron fist by Swiss overlord Sepp Blatter since 1998.

FIFA has been at the centre ...

This is the inaugural Foot.ie Advert / Short Film Competition and below are the entries to it. The inception of it was a bit rough and ready, with the guidelines and rules being conceived within a very short time frame. It was a good bench mark though and it should give people a good idea of what to expect every November and even give them a whole season to gather footage and content for an entry into the 2012 Competition.

So, enjoy the clips and watch this space !!!
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Admitting you’re a football fan that likes statistics used to be akin to an admission that you were quite partial to a bit of weekend train spotting. To many people, statistics will always be an irrelevance and something which can be disregarded by studio analysis. Whilst those pundits throw out the argument that they have “played the game at the highest level”, to disregard statistical analysis appears to be nothing more than laziness.

Arrigo Sacchi enjoyed plenty of success with ...

The common theme through the first week of the World Cup is that the media, and by extension the great unwashed, were waiting for the World Cup to "explode into life". I ask myself why?

The majority of football fans know that if you follow a team home and away in a season, there will be a number of games that will be completely forgettable. That goes without saying. The expectation of a raft of "classic games" is built on a generation who have grown up watching ...