When you think about the ridiculous presence of the riot police at last weekend's A-League fixture between Melbourne Victory and Newcastle at Telstra Dome it really makes you think.Are the authorities/people in power here so deluded that they feel a minor incident such as banter between rival fans needs to be controlled with extreme measures such as closing off an entire section of the stadium

Richard Porta finished the recent Uruguayan Apertura season with 18 goals in 15 games for River Plate (don't confuse them with the Argentine team of the same name). Who cares?Well, it turns out that the record-breaking 24 year-old was born in Australia. He left Sydney at the mature* age of 12 months (*if you go by how some big European clubs are recruiting their academy kids these days) for

Real Zaragoza's technical director Miguel Pardeza stated overnight that Zaragoza are going to "finish the season with the players we have" meaning Andres D'Alessandro will not be allowed to join Diego Simeone's River Plate for the Argentine Clausura.Simeone wanted the playmaker to return to Los Millionarios to help them in a bid for the Clausura title after their horrific showing in this year's

Important news has emerged from Argentina. The following is from the blog "Hasta el Gol Siempre""In the last hour or so, it’s been confirmed that Miguel Angel Russo has parted company with Boca Juniors, leaving the club’s managerial post vacant. Earlier in the day, the Boca board had taken the decision to sack Russo’s two assistants, Marcelo Trobbiani and Guillermo Cinquetti (assistant coach and

Saudi Arabia's Yasser Al Qahtani has recently been invited to trial at Manchester City. He will join another great, yet unknown Asian player in Thai right wing-back Suree Sukha who was signed by City several months ago (no doubt influenced by City's rich Thai owner Thaksin Shinawatra) along with another two Thai players.Hopefully the Asian Cup top scorer (joint top scorer) does well during his