Tonight’s sees Scott Parker leading England into their rearranged friendly against Netherlands. The Tottenham players has been made captain by stand-in England manager Stuart Pearce as they take on the 2010 World Cup finalists. You can get in touch on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments section below or by email ryan@thefootballproject.net.
Whitecaps off-season report
Guest writer Ashley Perry is back to guide us through the early weeks of the Major League Soccer off-season. As MLS gets ready for the 2012 season, Ashley runs the rule over the current Whitecap squad…
From the World Cup to the Whitecaps
Major League Soccer is currently in the process of gearing up for the 2012 season. Drafts and trades are happening and as guest author and Whitecaps blogger Ashley Perry explains, the Vancouver club have done very well with their most recent signing…
The land of the rising sons
Fourth week of our Footballing Pipelines sees us leaving European shores for the very first time. Two decades ago, there wasn’t a professional league in Japan. Now they rank among the dark horses for the 2014 World Cup in 30 months time and it’s down to a collective effort…
A great Belgian accident
Continuing our Footballing Pipelines series, Ryan Keaney looks at Belgium, where there must have been something in the water 20 years ago. There are fine players appearing all over, although it doesn’t appear to be down to any kind of masterplan…
Things football could learn from other sports… Respect for officials
Football is far from perfect. Kicking off a new series, Ryan Keaney looks around the world of sport to find things that can be adopted to improve the beautiful game…
A debut season to forget
The regular season in the MLS has finished. One team that won’t be taking part in the expanded Major League Play-Offs will be 2011 debutants, the Vancouvery Whitecaps. Guest author and Whitecaps blogger Ashley Perry takes you through a review of their first MLS season…
How Euro 2012 will reignite international football
The European Championships always seem to flatter to deceive. The promise of a small tournament with some of Europe’s finest players doing what they do best for three weeks sounds too good to be true; and then they struggle. Joe Hall has a feeling that will change with Euro 2012…
Ability or The Brand – Why clubs want David Beckham
David Beckham’s contract with LA Galaxy expires later this year and as Dale Why asks, there are two very different reasons why clubs would want his signature…
This week on The Football Project
Just in-case you were a little bit like our editor this week and lost a day thanks to a big hangover, we’ve only gone and recapped everything we did on The Football Project. Here our the last seven days in a single post, just in case you missed something.
