Music Widget

I have just added a music widget on the right of the blog and I will try to keep it updated with the top 10 billboard. You may not like the songs on it but then just blame the people who chose the songs to be the top songs in America not me!

Many Surprises in this week's international fixtures

Many bets will have been lost this week due to the unpredictable results. Disappointing performances by both the world champion, Spain, and the runner-up, The Netherlands, as they could only pull up a draw against Mexico and Ukraine respectively. Some new faces also appeared as Brazil, Argentina and France, among others, have tried out new managers. Good results for Brazil and Argentina as they both managed a win against USA and Ireland but it seems as though France can not come out of their crisis losing their match to Norway. It seems morale within the French team is low as they started leading the match but then quickly lost it as Norway's Huseklepp scored 2 goals to crush new Laurent Blanc's "Les Bleus". Spain almost came to near defeat if it weren't for a master pass by Xavi and a precise placement of the ball by Silva. Spain still holds their record for not losing a friendly match under the management of Vicente Del Bosque. I think the reason for these surprises were the players's desire to go back to training with their clubs. What do you think?

This Week's International Results

This week has been host to many international friendlies with some surprises and disappointments as is expected from international football. Here are the results:

South Korea 2-1 Nigeria
Thailand 1-0 Singapore
China 1-1 Bahrain
Kazakhstan 3-1 Oman
Russia 1-0 Bulgaria
Lithuania 0-2 Belarus
Moldova 0-0 Georgia
Saudi Arabia 1-0 Togo
Albania 1-0 Uzbekistan
Armenia 1-3 Iran
Austria 0-1 Switzerland
Azerbaijan 1-1 Kuwait
Cyprus 1-0 Andorra
Czech Republic 4-1 Latvia
Denmark 2-2 Germany
England 2-1 Hungary
Finland 1-0 Belgium
Iceland 1-1 Liechtenstein
Ireland 0-1 Argentina
Malta 1-1 Macedonia
Montenegro 2-0 Northern Ireland
Norway 2-1 France
Poland 0-3 Cameroon
Serbia 0-1 Greece
Slovakia 1-1 Croatia
Slovenia 2-0 Australia
Sweden 3-0 Scotland
Turkey 2-0 Romania
Ukraine 1-1 Netherlands
Wales 5-1 Luxembourg
Mexico 1-1 Spain

Notable Recent Album Releases (August 2010)

According to billboard.com these albums are the ones to look for this month of August so far. Of course August still isn't over and I'll be updating this as more come out.


- "Drama Queen" (Ivy Queen)
- "/\/\ /\ Y /\" (M.I.A.)
- "The Final Frontier" (Iron Maiden)
- " Safe Upon the Shore" (Great Big Sea)
- "Street Songs of Love" (Alejandro Escovedo)
- "Intriguer" (Crowded House)
- "Admiral Fell Promises" (Sun Kil Moon)
- "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty" (Big Boi)
- "The Remix" (Lady Gaga)

Transfers Summer 2010

Here are the transfers for teams that I follow on this blog. As you can see football never rests, even when there are no matches.


FC Barcelona:
- Villa (Valencia)
- Hleb (Stuttgart)
- Martin Caceres (Juventus)
- Victor Sanchez (Xerez)
- Adriano (Sevilla)

Real Madrid
- Canales (Racing)
- Di Maria (Benfica)
- Pedro Leon (Getafe)
- Khedira (Stuttgart)
- Carvalho (Chelsea)

Chelsea
- Ramires (Benfica)
- Benayoun (Liverpool)

Manchester United
- Javier Hernandez (Chivas)
- Chris Smalling (Fulham)

Newcastle
- Sol Campbell (Arsenal)
- Dan Gosling (Everton)
- James Perch (Nottingham Forest)

Inter
- Jonathan Biabiany (Parma)
- Marco Davide Faraoni (Lazio)
- Luca Castellazzi (Sampdoria)

Liverpool
- Danny Wilson (Rangers)
- Joe Cole (Chelsea)
- Milan Jovanovic (Standard)
- Jonjo Shelvey (Charlton Athletic)

Inter set to equal Barca's record.

6 titles in one year, a challenge only been achieved once in the history of football. FC Barcelona under the guidance of Pep Guardiola managed to conquer 6 titles in the year 2009 which included the Spanish League, Spanish Cup, Champions League, Spanish Supercup, UEFA Supercup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

It seems a trend was started as in 2010, Internazionale managed to win the Italian league, Italian Cup and Champions League. Mourinho's Inter achieved this but now it is up to ex-liverpool manager, Rafa Benitez, to equal Guardiola's 6 titles. Can Benitez step in Mourinho's shoes and make Inter the second team to have achieved 6 titles in a year? First they will have to fight Roma for the Italian Super Cup, and then Atletico de Madrid for the UEFA Super Cup. A heavy pressure is put on Benitez's shoulders...

Summer 2010

Summer 2010 has been an action packed summer with the FIFA World Cup, an intense transfer market and the start of this blog! It's my first blog and hopefully after a lot of work into it will make it a success and a place you will visit regularly to check for updates on football and music! Now starts the journey of what will hopefully become a wonderful blog!


In this blog I will comment on 7 major football teams:
- FCBarcelona
- Real Madrid
- Inter Milan
- Manchester United
- Chelsea
- Liverpool FC
- Newcastle United


If you wish for me to follow any other team then please comment and I'll take it into consideration!