Today there are general elections in Spain which will decide whether Mariano Rajoy’s right wing Partido Popular or Jose Luis Zapatero’s left wing PSOE will govern Spain for the next four years. I would never wish to use this site for political reasons especially as I find all politicians are either incompetent or corrupt, or both.

Barça entertain Villarreal tomorrow (kick off 9pm) with the need of a win and a good performance to restore belief that Barça can win without Leo Messi. Toure Yaya and Gabi Milito have both been named in the squad and both should make the starting lineup though Toure may need an injection before the game […]

Frank Rijkaard has continued with his policy of rotations by leaving out Toure Yaya for tomorrow evening’s game at Atletico Madrid (kick off 8pm). Rafa Marquez has still not recovered from his foot injury and Bojan Krkic is also out after picking up a knock against Valencia. There is a return to the squad for […]

Frank Rijkaard has decided to rest Thierry Henry and Deco for tomorrow’s game against bottom of the table Levante (kick off 7pm, local time). With Rafa Marquez also missing the game with a bruised foot, there is a return to the squad for Zambrotta, Edmilson and Bojan. There could be some big names starting on the […]

 
In a report from the Economics, Sports and Intangibles Research Group at the University of Navarra, Football Club Barcelona have been declared to have the highest “media value” of any football club. I have to admit that I wasn’t going to run this story after seeing the ten most valuable signings had Thierry Henry in […]

I couldn’t help laughing as El Sport made another fine mess in their attempt to understand the play on Leo Messi’s name in the British press yesterday. They claim that there are many possible ways to put a double meaning on our little striker’s surname based on the verb “to miss”. They then try to make […]

The city of Barcelona is organizing a meeting point for Celtic fans near the fountains on Montjuic close to Plaça Espanya. According to the organisers there will be bars and food stalls, football “activities”, a giant TV screen showing football, as well as luggage lockers. This is an obvious attempt to avoid the scenes caused by […]

The LFP have announced the kick off times for Jornada 26. Barça’s game at the Calderón with Atletico has been scheduled for Saturday 1st with an 8pm kick off. For the first time this season Barça and Real Madrid will play their matches at the same hour (Madrid are away to Recreativo), so you had […]

The LFP have announced the kick off times for next weekend’s 25th round of La Liga. Barça’s game at home to Levante has been set for Sunday 24th with a kick off time of 7pm. Real Madrid who are at home to Getafe kick off later at 9pm. There’s still time to organize that mad Saturday night […]

Frank Rijkaard has only fifteen first team players available after Deco and Sylvinho dropped out today. Deco took a knock on the ankle playing for Portugal on Wednesday and Sylvinho has a muscle strain in his right leg. They join Toure, Eto’o, Bojan, Zambrotta, Puyol, Ezquerro and Jorquera on the absentee list. Three players from Barça B (all […]