With just under 48 hours to go before the big match I thought I’d take a look at some of the recent games between the two clubs at Camp Nou. Having come to live in Barcelona in 1989 I soon became used to Barça winning this fixture. Apart from a 1-1 draw in the 91/92 season […]

Barça go into Sunday’s clasico on an unbeaten run of seven games, having lost their last game on November 10th at Getafe. The performance at Getafe was quite awful and there were many suggestions that only a complete change in the management structure could save Barça, Jose Mourinho’s name was mentioned as the only one […]

Not a great deal of news today except the usual nonsense of who said what about the big game, so I thought I’d take a look at the opposition (or should I say enemy). Of course, some Culés will say that all Real Madrid players are rubbish and that Barça will win easily, but if Madrid […]

Apologies to anyone looking for the match report to tonight’s match, I usually try to get a report done an hour/an hour and a half after the final whistle. Unfortunately, this week the report will be late due to what is left of my social life (yeah, parties - what a drag, eh?). I have […]

Barça are almost back to full strength for the visit to Valencia. Deco, Toure Yaya and Eric Abidal are all included in the squad for the game, and Leo Messi and Gianluca Zambrotta also return. The only players on the injured list now are Thierry Henry and Oleguer Presas, who will both be out until the new year, […]

After weeks of speculation the LFP have finally put us out of our misery and announced the date and kick-off time for El Clasico. The game will take place on Sunday 23rd December at 7pm local time. This means the game will not be televised free and can only be seen on Pay-Per-View in Spain.

Barça play host tomorrow to Deportivo de la Coruña (kick off 9pm local time) with the more than welcome return of Samuel Eto’o and Deco. Also back in the squad after missing last week’s draw with Espanyol are Lilian Thuram, Sylvinho and Giovani dos Santos who have all recovered from their injuries. On the down side, […]

Despite being four points behind rivals Real Madrid, Barça are still the bookmakers favourite to win this season’s league title. The latest odds for Barça are a miserly 11/10 while you can still get 13/10 on Madrid winning. While I would never question the wisdom of the bookmaker I must say I am slightly surprised […]

Barça go into tomorrow night’s game at Espanyol (kick off 10pm) without eight first team players. Lilian Thuram today joined Deco, Edmilson, Eto’o, Giovani, Sylvinho, Oleguer and Thierry Henry on the injured list. Frank Rijkaard has been forced to call up two untried youngsters, 18-year-old defender Alberto Botia and 20-year-old midfielder Victor Sanchez.

With the customary short notice the kick off time has been announced for next week’s derby game with Espanyol on Montjuic. The game will take place on Saturday 1st December and will kick off at 10pm Spanish time. The game will be shown free in Spain on TV3 and La Sexta. Let’s hope Barça get […]