Pitch Invasion

Liverpool fans protest against American owners

What Glazer, Hicks and Gillett could learn from a quiet American.

Manchester United Chief Executive’s house “attacked” by angry anti-Glazer protesters.

Is the disbanding of the G14 a victory for anyone other than the self-serving elite of world football?

Why Man Utd’s record profits aren’t something supporters should celebrate.

In the world of football, it’s a sad truth that for every shimmy by Ronaldinho on the field, there’s a deceitful twist by an agent somewhere squeezing out a bung; for every stepover by Ronaldo, there’s a corrupt businessman trying to make a fast buck out of the beautiful game; for every unexpected pass by [...]

As The Offside comments, it’s tragic that Watford’s Alhassan Bangura faces deportation after his application to stay in the United Kingdom was turned down by the Asylum and Immigration Authorities. There is a petition here protesting the decision.

We hail the European Championships as a major tournament these days, but that hasn’t always been the case. In this series, we’ll look at each tournament held since it began in 1960, covering one roughly every two weeks until we get to Euro 2008 next June. As usual on Pitch Invasion, we’ll look at [...]

It began with a bang, back in 2004. When Carlos Tevez moved from Boca Juniors to Corinthians for a Brazilian-record $18m, their new owner MSI’s frontman Kia Joorabchian promised it hailed a new era for the club and even for Brazilian football as a whole.
“Our plan is to build Corinthians into a team of galácticos,” [...]