Here’s something you don’t see every day. As Spartak Moscow lined up to take a penalty this past weekend, an over-enthusiastic member of the home crowd stormed the pitch and nicked in with his own coolly taken spot-kick Powerful strike. Perfectly placed. Keeper had no chance. (Sign this boy...

Eager to find the perfect foil for promising target man Carlton Cole, Gianfranco Zola has returned to his homeland to secure the services of the hottest, unknown talent in Italian football, Alessandro Diamanti. Determined to make up for lost time, the former non-league veteran will be looking to bang...

Since his return to the Galaxy from Milan, David Beckham’s MLS highlights include two much publicized altercations with fans, 1 red card and 1 assist in 6 league matches. Not quite the stuff of football legend. But no one knows how to bounce back better than Becks. Golden Balls did it again Saturday...

Horrendous scenes of football hooliganism returned to Upton Park last night as West Ham and Millwall supporters got to grips with each other on and off the pitch. In scenes reminsicent of the dark days of crowd violence from the 1980s, one man was stabbed in the chest outside the ground and 10 arrests...

Looks like Gianfranco Zola isn’t the only one who’s getting fed-up with Carlton Cole’s deficiencies in attack. As another sitter fails to hit the back of the net against rivals Spurs, a particularly perturbed West Ham fan lets her feelings be known. We’re no lip readers but it...

Back when I was a wee boy, my grandfather used to sit me on his knee and fill my head with his sage advice.  One such golden nugget was that “when one door closes… another opens.” And so it is for Everton Football Club.  Manager David Moyes’s decision to banish Manchester City-target Jolean...

Every so often shouts of conspiracy thrust the debate for goal line technology back into the football spotlight. Today those shouts emanated from Championship club Crystal Palace. When it comes to incorrect goal decisions, this one’s a real howler. Usually it’s a case of a 20-yard bullet...

When Theo Walcott was thrust into the spotlight during the buildup to the World Cup in 2006, the young teenager was saddled with the burden of being England’s next great hope.  Now with World Cup 2010 on the horizon, the English are once again searching for a golden child and it could well be newly-minted...

Here’s something you don’t see everyday:  Shot on location by one of our FootyFactor correspondents prior to Sunday’s Community Shield between Chelsea and Man Utd, this dramatic clip captures what appears to be Wembley Stadium on fire! With an eerie Avram Grant interview playing in the background...

Chelsea Charge Wembley Before the Community Shield. FootyFactor got an unbelievable position on the pitch before the kick off to the 2009 Community Shield at Wembley. One of the best Community Shield’s in ages. Chelsea beat Manchester United on penalties after the game was tied 2-2 after 90 minutes....