The Laws of Revival written by Sheffield Wednesday

After recording their worst ever start to a season, Brian Laws’ Sheffield Wednesday are finally starting to recapture the form that led them to the brink of the play-offs last season.
Pointless after their opening six games, the Owls have collected 19 points from a possible 30 to haul themselves clear of the danger zone.
Having ended [...]

River Plate 2-0 Boca Juniors

Match: River Plate 2v0 Boca Juniors
Date: Sunday 7th October 2007
Stadium: El Monumental (River), Buenos Aires
Competition: League
Attendence: 60,000
Often described worldwide as the most passionate football rivalry on the planet – meetings between Argentina’s super-clubs never fails to cook up an explosive ninety-minutes of hot-blooded action.
It’s an occasion that brings the whole of Argentina to a standstill [...]

Boca Fancy Some Románce

Argentine superstar Juan Román Riquelme admits he is so desperate to re-join Boca Juniors that he’s offered to play a whole season without wages.
The 29-year-old, who has recently been linked with moves to Atlético Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur was the catalyst as Boca won the Copa Libertadores last season.
The former Barcelona player was sent on loan to his boyhood club [...]

Argentine football: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Sam Dobniewski explores the unique and always controversial world of football in Argentina, with the fun and fireworks mixed with riots and violence.
It is a tough world for clubs in South America. A lack of finance and facilities are just two of the reasons football on the continent fails to progress onto new and more [...]

The story of Arsenal de Sarandí, Boca & Argentina’s fervent passion for the game

Fecha: Domingo 13 de Mayo 2007
El Partido: Club Atlético Boca Juniors 1y1 Arsenal de Sarandí
Torneo: Clausura
Cancha: de Boca (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Publico: 50,000

Inspired by Arsenal back home in 1957, Arsenal de Sarandí are the smallest of three clubs sharing the location of Avellenda, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
Having spent many years in the [...]