Top 10 Football Sites to Watch

There isn’t a sport in the world that is loved more than football. Its truly a worldwide sport equally popular from Europe to Africa, Asia to America – all throughout the year. However, as the World Cup approaches, the excitement knows no bounds as fans are looking all over the internet for their favorite players and teams.

I am therefore delighted to post this guest list from ‘Goalazo’, a previous Twitter Person of the Day.

1. Goalazo.com – The expression Goalzo in Spanish refers to an outstanding goal. So Goalazo.com gives a flavor of that side of football calling itself “The poetry of football”. It is a perfect site for discussions about the World Cup 2010, English Premier League, Spanish La Liga and anything related to football. It brings you daily news, match videos and highlights, daily photos, which bringing you the fun of community discussions and gossips. The design is beautiful and also has a huge Twitter following at http://twitter.com/goalazo

2. Footymix.com - Footymix in its simplest form is a football social bookmarking website but in essence it’s much more. Footymix is a community of football fans that add there favorite football content everyday which results in a collection of popular football news, video’s and pictures. Members of the community are able to write their own football related blogs and follow like-minded community members who post content that they like.

3. worldcup2010fantasygame.com - This new and unique football fantasy prediction game, suitable for all ages, brings the excitement of the forthcoming World Cup 2010 Finals to your PC screen. From the group stages through to the final itself, can you predict who will win ? The game is a brilliant souvenir of what promises to be a fantastic football event.

4. soccer.tel - In their own words, Soccer.tel is gateway to the beautiful game of football. It keeps you update with the latest news, results, fixtures, highlights, reviews and previews from the World Cup to the MLS.

5. Fromthepressbox.co.uk is a blog which mainly focuses on the Premier League, which discusses  the topical issues of the day, as well as looking at the lower leagues which sometimes the press overlook. It’s written from a fans perspective, and has a focus on the exploits of Birmingham City FC. This summer it will include daily reports on the World Cup from an England fans view, and as well as traditional blogging, will introduce video blogging to the site.

6. Goal.com: Goal.com is one of the bigger names in Football bringing you with daily news, match analysis and player ratings from matches around the world. While the content is sometimes shallow and controversial, it definitely is one of the regularly updated news site out that.

7. Worldcupblog.org: This comes with a separate blog for each of the countries playing in the Worldcup. Some of the country’s blogs like that of Argentina’s is highly updated, while some may not be updated as much. Each blog caters to the country hardcore fanatics that like to discuss their team formation and strategies.

8. Footytube.com: This is one of the most popular sites for watching daily match videos. It has recently opened up its api too. There is a forum where users discuss about their teams and players and matches. If you missed a match on TV, this is a quick way to catch up with the results.

9. Guardian.com/football: As one of the leading newspaper in Europe, Guardian brings you all the daily news mostly about English and European football. The World Cup will definitely be a huge part of it. The match and player analysis are well written and thought of. Definitely one of the balanced and popular destination for some trying to get updated with daily news.

10. soccerfanatic.com: This is mainly a shopping site for Football related goods including shoes, ball, bags, jerseys and other equipments. You can shop by players, teams and countries.

Great list to get us warmed up for the World Cup, many thanks to Goalazo.

*Update! Watch out too for a new site 1-Leg On The Cup following the FA Cup competition from start to finish.