It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

IT is just being the usual board bore, the history has nothing to do with it.

The word soccer has and is now associated with gun nutter land (and all that goes on in that mess of a country) and for that reason is an inappropriate word to describe "Football" which is and has been the correct word...only urgumental bods like some of you lot would disagree.

This is Stan on the flybridge leaving you to discuss it amongst yourselves 🙂

No need to jump off it Stan. You could always move from Burnley and improve your life. ;)

How many more times IT, I don't live there... your dementia is getting worst 🤣

Might be getting a base near you in Liverpool though.

Chris Wood: Burnley sign Leeds United striker for club record fee.


Not sure this is a good signing:

http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41001685http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41001685

Could get a dozen a season at Prem Level

Suppose so but not sure what he offers that Volks and Barnes don't, time will tell.

Unlucky Everton!! But hey, would have taken that result at 8pm, some team City :0)

Mr Madeley is not very good.

Good soccer game....I always expect the blues to do well against City. Been the case for years. Irony was that it was Sterling that scored the equaliser, 99 times out of a 100 he will fluff it.

Burnley Reserves scored twice before the break to ease 0-2 into the EFL Cup third round with victory over their Lancashire 3rd Division rivals Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park last night.

Burnley reserves now meet "Dirty" Leeds in the next round at the Fortress.

Come on Burnley

The Fortress. So who left the drawbridge down and allowed Pulis in? Was that you Stanley?

Irrelevant IT as I said before the match, WBA are our bogey team like all teams have...please keep up.

OK, but deep down Stanley is hurting.

Great first goal by Sigurdsson. I thought Everton played within themselves tonight.

Who or what are Everton?

Not bitter are you Stanley? LOL!!! Pickford and Keane ring a bell? Playing for a proper club now.

Are yes MK I remember him... we taught him all he knows 😀

Ronald Koeman hailed the ingenuity of Gylfi Sigurdsson after the Icelander’s “incredible” 40-yard strike helped Everton secure their place in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.

The Blues, who headed to Hajduk Split’s Stadion Poljud with a 2-0 lead after the first leg, fell behind on the night when Josip Radosevic struck on the stroke of half-time to halve the deficit.

But, just 13 seconds into the second period, Sigurdsson marked his full Toffees debut with a sensational long-range strike that ensured Koeman’s side progression with a 3-1 aggregate victory.

It was an effort that understandably left manager Koeman purring after the full-time whistle.

"I saw the goal, yes, but I don't think everyone on the bench did!” said Koeman. “It was just incredible. I don't have any other word for it. You need to be really clever to see that possibility and, even after two or three weeks of the season, maybe it is the goal of the season. It was really important to be level so quickly in the second half.

“I haven’t seen him yet as he was doing interviews straight after the final whistle but when I do see him, I’ll tell him it wasn’t a bad goal.”

When asked whether or not he’d scored a similar goal during his playing days, Koeman responded: “My goals were a little bit closer to the box… but they were also nice ones!”

Europa League draw: Arsenal and Everton handed tough group stage opponents

ARSENAL and Everton have learnt their Europa League group stage opponents after today’s draw.


Arsenal will face BATE Borisov, Cologne and Red Star Belgrade, while Everton take on Lyon, Atalanta and Apollon Limassol.

Both English sides face difficult tasks to advance to the knockout stages when the group phase begins on September 14.

It is the first time in 20 years that Arsenal have started a European campaign in the Europa League.

The Gunners had advanced to the knockout stages of the Champions League but lost in the first knock-out round in the last seven seasons and failed to qualify for the tournament through the Premier League in 2016-17.

Everton, who completed their play-off victory over Hajduk Split of Croatia on Thursday, are in Europe for the first time since 2009-10.
Europa League draw in full

Group A: Villarreal, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Astana, Slavia Prague

Group B: Dynamo Kiev, Young Boys, Partizan Belgrade, Skenderbeu

Group C: Braga, Ludogorets, Hoffenheim, Istanbul Basaksehir

Group D: AC Milan, Austria Vienna, NK Rijeka, AEK Athens

Group E: Lyon, Everton,Atalanta, Apollon Limassol

Group F: FC Copenhagen, Lokomotiv Moscow, Sheriff Tiraspol, FC Zlin

Group G: Viktoria Plzen, Steaua Bucharest, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, FC Lugano

Group H: Arsenal, BATE Borisov, Cologne, Red Star Belgrade

Group I: Salzburg, Marseille, Vitoria Guimaraes, Konyaspor

Group J: Athletic Bilbao, Hertha Berlin, Zorya Luhansk, Ostersunds

Group K: Lazio, Nice, Zulte Waregem, Vitesse Arnhem.

Group L: Zenit, Real Sociedad, Rosenborg, Vardar Skopje