Transfer gossip

As January looms, the rumour mill is giving the world of football another fusion of both fantasy and genuine links between hundreds of players and clubs, here I'm going to give my thoughts on a couple flying around.

Falcao to Chelsea - Well, it's certainly been around for a while. The Colombian, and arguably the best striker in the world (excluding Messi), with an amazing record and such talent for finding the net, it would be hugely exciting to have him in the premier league and with recent poor performances from Torres who still is considerably lacklustre this doesn't look out of question. The rumour that Daniel Sturridge is leaving Stamford Bridge gives way for another place in the attacking line up, however, the blues will face fierce competition from many other clubs including Manchester City, so as speculation continues only time will tell if the £50 million rated Athletico Madrid player will move in January.

Demba Ba to Arsenal - With Arsenal still lacking some potency in front of the goal and the Newcastle front man seemingly interested in a move away from St Jame's park, the buy out clause in his contract should only bolster the chances of this transfer. An interesting one considering Newcastle's current position and strange to take him away from fellow Senegalese striker Cisse, but seemingly a bargain at £7 million.

Loic Remy - A number of clubs have been interested in the French international and with his contract ending fairly soon Marseille look set to cash in on Remy. Tottenham, QPR and Newcastle to name just 3 of the clubs in the running, but if the Ba deal goes through we could well see a knew all French speaking strike force in Tyneside. 

Other possibilities - A few names look likely to leave their current clubs in the current window, Fabio Coentrao is seemingly unhappy with a lack of footballing action in Madrid and a host of top clubs are interested in the Portuguese wing back. Another Portuguese player, Nani of Manchester United looks like he could be on his way, but he may come with a hefty price tag if his destination is another in England. David Villa is a stellar player who has such prestige in La Liga may be on his way out of the Nou Camp but will also cost a large sum, but nothing to put off some of the larger clubs around.

  

Dartford Fc

My last post was about my favourite club Chelsea, this time it's about another club I support, my local team, Dartford Fc.

It was back in 2006 when I first really started to notice this club, this may seem surprising but it's because before this time there wasn't even a stadium in Dartford, they played their home games in Gravesend (not actually anywhere near Dartford).
Alas in 2006 the new stadium was built, Princes park, and at the time it was one of the top stadiums in the Isthmian league division with a capacity of over 4000. Everything after this date seemed to fall into place, there was optimism in the air and great turnouts every week, the atmosphere is always good and I don't mean thousands of people just swearing and shouting at the other fans like in the premier league, no, the lower leagues may not provide stellar football 100% of the time but it's always a good laugh. There's also the fact that prices are a lot lower, but back to our little reign of success, in the 2007/08 season we were champions after a great season including a 21 match unbeaten run promoting us to the Isthmian premier league.

The 2008/09 season was one of consolidation for the club but it also saw Dartford play against their rivals Dover, I was lucky enough to witness one of these grudge matches ending in a 1-1 draw and thus started going to see the Darts every other week. It's a good place to go, especially for younger fans, and families.

The next season was another glorious one as we clinched the premier division title with 6 games to spare, 2011 was another consolidation year, but the next led to yet another promotion as we finished second in the league and having to go through Basingstoke, then another close rival Welling to grab promotion into the conference or Blue Square premier!

That brings us to the current season, and after such a great 5 years of success, Dartford sit in 5th after 20 games. Not bad at all, and we've come so far i'd love to see them hit the football league. So if you live in the area or anywhere with a lower league team, go and check it out, it really is worth it!