The Rugby Zone has just been launched in conjunction with The Soccer Store.
The Rugby Zone will be offering the same excellent customer service as the existing Soccer Store.
The store will focus on Rugby Training Equipment as well as match day equipment. This will include fitness equipment for all levels of players from schools rugby to club rugby. The majority of the training equipment has been field tested over the last five years by football players, so customers can rest assured that they are buying quality products.
As well as training equipment there is rugby match and training balls, bibs and tags, player protection and supports, first aid kits and rugby posts.
The store will offer a next day delivery service ensuring that all goods are delivered within 1 to 2 working days. Delivery is free for orders over £50.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has voiced concern over wealthy foreign business men investing in English Premier League football clubs. He has tasked Uefa president Michel Platini with enforcing tighter licensing rules on perspective club owners.
Nine English Premier League Football clubs are currently under foreign ownership.
His concerns are that the owner’s don’t always have the clubs best interest at heart and could walk away at any time without any a care, especially in current economic climate. Clubs with the for sale sign up need better protection.
“We must ask ourselves about what motivates these owners and are they really interested in the game or just making money”

Terry Venables has confirmed that he is talks with troubled Newcastle United Football Club.
Venables 65, who has previously managed Crystal Palace, QPR, Barcelona, Spurs, England, Middlesbrough and Leeds held talks on Wednesday and is the latest person to be linked with the club since Kevin Keegan left and Mike Ashley put the club up for sale. His last job was as assistant to former England boss Steve McClaren.
Newcastle’s departure from the Carling Cup at the hands of Tottenham was their fourth successive defeat played in front of a sparse crowd of 20,577.

The premier football league is looking at the possibility of introducing a rule next season whereby 2 of the now 7 substitutes are to be home reared U21 year old academy players. The plan is being introduced to give players graduating from academies a chance of getting a foothold in the premier league against foreign imported players.
The rule would need the backing of 14 of the 20 teams in the premier league.
The main problem is that clubs would just name academy player as substitutes and leave them unused. Leaving the player with no first team football or academy football!

England face their toughest test in tonight’s football against Croatia in Zagreb’s Maksimir stadium where Croatia are yet to lose a game. Capello has stated that his men prefer the away games where there is less pressure on his players.
The new Wembley stadium sometimes lacks atmosphere but surely this is partly down to the football being played. Fans certainly shell out a lot of money these days to watch a football match. Their expectations from today’s game are a lot higher. They want to see skills, goals, blood, sweat and tears and who can blame them.
The England players must wear the shirt and the badge with pride and play their football with passion. I am sure that if this happens the fans will return the compliment with vociferous support.

New Football Series on BBC 2: The Cup
BBC 2 kicked off a new series last night. The Cup is filmed in the style of a documentary, in  a similar fashion to The Office.
It follows the fortunes of an U11s football team and there over ambitious parents trying to relive their own youth through their children.
Excited parents screaming at young children, coaches and referees, there are certainly some familiar scenes in this first episode!
The plot revolved around a Bolton football team called Ashburn United. If they win the league they qualify for the North and Midlands cup final in Birmingham.
The main character Terry McConnell, a failed footballer for Bolton reserves leads us through the story. Terry dreams of his son Malky playing for Bolton and pulls out all the stops to get him a trial. Malky is less bothered and would prefer to be in the kitchen cooking his Mediterranean dishes.
There are some familiar scenes played out, which I am sure that we have all seen at our local youth football grounds on a Saturday.
Although mildly amusing I am sure that a real life documentary on this subject would be funnier.
Come on Louis Theroux get the film rolling.

The start of the new football season is here and it seems to be an endless wait without our national team involved in any competitive competitions. The, is he staying is he going saga has gone on forever and a bit more, but now the action on the field has begun. You placed all of those rediculous bets with your mates, your team has just signed the latest Rooney and the sun is shining, well sort of.
After 90 minutes your either heralding your team as the champions of your league or condeming them to the relagtion battle zone. Have faith, things will change.
Is it me or are there a lot more wingeing fans around these days. Why do they alway plonk themselves next to me and why do they look like they have never kicked a football in their lives yet proclaim to be experts, until they open their mouths of course?
Anyway, enjoy the football, enjoy the goals, and remember there are other things in life….. or are there?

Earn an extra 10% discount on our website, just by adding a link to us on your football related site.
All you need to do to earn the extra discount on our already low prices is add a link to The Soccer Store Website, email us the the URL where the link sits, and we will give you a promotional code to alow you to use the discount on any of our football equipment.
Its that simple, you can add the link to your football club website, school website or any other related site.