Author: David Marsden

  • Bah! Hamburg!

    This Christmas, Hamburg find themselves in almost exactly the same position as at the same stage last season – one game to go, and just about to miss out on the playoffs. Which got me to thinking about the posts…

  • Youth Cup and Shield Finals Previews

    Tonight sees the first legs of the culmination of a long, hard season of Youth Cup and Shield games for the four remaining teams, Bayern Munich and Juventus in the Youth Cup Final, and Flamengo and Sevilla in the Youth…

  • One Night in Turin: Youth Cup Semi-Finals

    The semi-finals of this season’s Youth Cup produced spectacular and unprecedented drama both on and off the pitch last night. Well, one of the games did. Tournament favourites Benfica could manage only a draw at home to Bayern, crashing out…

  • Youth Shield Quarter Finals Review

    There were eight teams who, due to their original seeding at the start of the competition, we might have expected to be competing at least in the Youth Shield knockout rounds, if not the Youth Cup itself. Poor group performances…

  • Mony a mickle maks a muckle at Christmas

    Liege Christmas Market (Genuinely) Twas the minutes before market, when all through the square, Not a creature was stirring, not even a bear. The stalls were set up, goods placed down in rows, In hopes that the shoppers would appear…

  • Rebuild and Reload: FC Basel Transfer Review S6

    Rebuild and Reload! The date: October 30th, 2017. England’s Matt “Chopper” Morris was appointed as manager of FC Basel in Switzerland. A bold move to bring a new manager into the great league of Top 100. An ambitious hiring, with…

  • Youth Cup Quarter Finals Review

    Of the top eight rated teams at the start of the season, just Barcelona (3rd) and Everton (8th) failed to make it to the Quarter Finals as expected. Barcelona lost 1-0 at pre-season tournament favourites Real Madrid in the previous…

  • Youth Cup Groups Final Standings and Knockout Round Fixtures

    The big news form the Youth Cup this week is that all the matches have finally been played and we can now get on with the business end of the competition. But before we do, in a Top 100 Blog…

  • A New Era Begins: Chopper Morris’ Introductory Press Statement

    A New Era Begins!  This week it was announced in the press that the managerial position at FC Basel had become vacant, due to the suprising resignation of the previous manager, Fred Dodger. It would not be long before the…

  • Youth Cup Tables Round 9 and Final Round Preview

    Here are the results from last night’s fixtures in the Youth Cup, along with updated tables, and what it means for the final round of group matches before the knockout Cup and Shield stages. Plus any manager updates and pre-…