Looks like I missed this one. Anyway better late than never. The LFP have announced the kick off times for the first games after the christmas break and Barça's game at home to Mallorca has been brought forward to Saturday 3rd January and the kick off time is 8pm. Last season we played Mallorca in the last home game of the season, we threw away a two goal lead to lose 2-3 and Samuel Eto'o was booed by the crowd. Happily it seems that things have changed a bit since then.

The kick off times for the last 16 of the Copa del Rey were announced earlier today. The first game with Atletico Madrid will take place at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on Tuesday 6th January at 8pm. The return at Camp Nou will be played eight days later on Wednesday 14th January with a kick off time of 10pm.

The LFP have confirmed the final kick off times of the year. Barça will finish this epic month with a trip to Villarreal on Sunday 21st December with a kick off time of 7pm. We now know the times of all the games this month: might just have time to organise a christmas party now. Barça play Valencia this Saturday (6th) at 10pm, we then receive Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday 9th, kick off 8.45pm. Having rested all our key players against Shakhtar we face Real Madrid at Camp Nou on Saturday 13th kick off 10pm, and the month finishes on...

According to the two local sports papers the date and time of this season's first clasico match with Real Madrid has been set for Saturday 13th December with a 10pm kick off time. However, the report has yet to be confirmed by the club's webpage or by the LFP. The reports also say the referee for the game will be Luis Medina Cantalejo. This is the guy who gave us a disputable injury time penalty against Espanyol earlier this season. But before you get too happy about his appointment you should remember he also ignored a foul on Victor Valdés for the Espanyol goal in that game. Here's what I...

The draw for the Copa del Rey was made today and Barça have been given a difficult task of playing Atletico Madrid in the last 16. The first game will take place at the Vicente Calderon stadium on January 7th with the return game at Camp Nou on January 14th. The last game between the two clubs ended in a 6-1 home victory for Barça at the start of October.

The draw was also made for the quarter finals and the semi finals. If Barça beat Atletico there is a big chance of a derby match against Espanyol in the quarter finals as Barça will face the winner of Espanyol - Poli Ejido, the first game would be away on January 21st with the return at Camp Nou on 28th January. In a possible semi final we would play whoever...

Sorry, I'm a bit late on this one. But for those of you who don't already know next weekend's league game with Valencia at Camp Nou has been set for Saturday 6th December with a kick off time of 10pm local time. Last season's league game ended in a 6-0 victory for Barça. With this year's team would should at least double that!

Tell your girlfriend, boyfriend, lover, husband, wife, parents, children, siblings, friends or whoever that next Saturday night you have a previous engagement. Yes, the first really big match of the season away at Sevilla has been set for Saturday 29th November with a kick off at 10pm local time. You could plan a real footballfest and watch the Getafe - Real Madrid game which starts earlier at 8pm.  

The LFP have announced the kick off times for next weekend's games and Barça's home game with Getafe has been set for Sunday 23rd November with a kick off time of 7pm (local time). Whenever we play Getafe it brings back memories of the amazing goal scored by Leo Messi in April 2007.

Click here to watch the goal again.

Barça's game next weekend in Huelva against Recreativo has been set for Sunday evening (November 16th) with a 9pm kick off time. Last season we only managed a 2-2 draw in the corresponding fixture. I was just looking back at this blog's report of the match and it is interesting to read the comments at the time. Last season's game was in April, just seven months ago, it shows how far we have come in a short time. Click here for the report and 100 comments on that game, it makes interesting reading. It is also worth checking the link to watch Samuel Eto'o's cracking 2nd goal.

Oh, and I believe I forgot to give the kick off time for the...

I don't know about you but I have to say I'm getting a bit fed up of so many Saturday night games. The LFP have announced that next week's game with Valladolid will take place at 10pm local time on Saturday night. Barça will start the game knowing the result of Real Madrid who play Malaga at the Bernabeu at 8pm. Last season Barça beat Valladolid 4-1 with two goals from Bojan Krkic in what was probably his best game for Barça. Click here for my report on last season's match.