Sorry so late on this one; here’s a good story by František Bouc of the Prague Post on the would-be salary cap about to be twisted onto the ČMFS.
An excerpt:
In a move to counter the rising salary demands coming from the league’s players, the Czech Football Association (ČMFS) is considering the introduction of salary [...]

Managed to catch Eurosport’s abbreviated version of Poland v. Czech Republic in Cyprus, for the best, perhaps, given the result.
Roll the highlight clips (such as it was, given the tepid first-half lackadaisicality you’d expect from a game played in lovely Larnaca in February)!
6th minute. A full-capacity crowd of an estimated 600 thrills to see Wojciech [...]

On a night of friendlies, our Czech Republic takes on regional compadres Poland, a team on quite a roll after taking top spot in their Euro Cup qualifying group over Finland, Portugal and Serbia.
PUP (or “physically unable to perform”), as they say in that other football tonight for our guys are Martin Jiranek, Tomas Rosicky, [...]

The biggest story this week outta the ‘Republic: defender “King” David Rozehnal. Sneaking in a deal just under the 31 January transfer deadline, S.S. Lazio bagged Rozehnal a mere seven months after joining Newcastle United from Paris Saint-Germain FC.
A little jockspeak from Rozehnal was made retroactively hilarious. Over at SportingLife.com, there’s reportage of a visit [...]

The most media attracted by a Czech footballer today? Easy: That’d be Milan Baros, who is widely expected to play tomorrow night for Portsmouth at Manchester United since his transfer from Olympique Lyon was completed on Monday.
Those of y’all lucky enough to be able to see it (Here in Magyarország, some hyper-expensive cable company [...]

Over at the day job, this writer/editor-depending-on-which-week-you-catch-me was tasked with doing up a piece on the economics of Euro 2008. Lotsa stats for numbers junkies ensue.
Which games will have the individual greatest impact on Europe in general? What knockout-round games are moneymakers from all countries secretly hoping for? See below.
In Austria, 2008 is all about [...]

To all readers out there,
Please accept my apologies for the recent hiatus in this blog. Busy life, three kids, etc., and plus i’ve been caught up in that other football and my 18-win boys.
But no excuse is good enough, not even life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans, really. [...]

Thanks to Thursday’s edition of The Daily Dose (”A little later than usual”), the e-trail to the Football Kits Blog is easily found.
What can this enthusiast add to the blogger’s perfect five out of five score given the Czechs’ away unis? Blogger Brad Barnett praises “one of the nicest kits to be worn by any [...]

Anyone else following the all-time great player nominations going on at UEFA.com? For each nation runs a photo and bio of that country’s top player ever, as determined by local governing bodies. “To help mark UEFA’s jubilee, each national association was asked to nominate its most outstanding player of the last 50 years.”
I figure I’d [...]

For those of you who have read Bill Simmons over at The Worldwide Leader in [American] Sports’ electronic version – a.k.a. espn.com – recently and for the 53,051 already aboard, MyFootballClub.co.uk is old news.
Believe it or not, this virtual project is exactly what it sounds like. My Football Club has attained controlling share in British [...]