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IS BRENDAN GETTING RODGERED
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BEHIND THE ENEMY LINES
MARK SANDERSON on how a bitter rivalry is set aside every time Portsmouth pull on their training kit A15-MINUTE DRIVE […]
Is it time to say goodbye to the League Cup?
GARETH ROBERTS RANTS INTERNATIONAL breaks just weeks into the new campaign make little sense. But, if you’re like me and […]
SEE EVERY GOAL? NOT ON SKY YOU WON’T
Like fingernails down a chalkboard, Sky’s latest advert for its football coverage caused many of us to wince. ASHLEY GREB […]
EDUCATE MINDS AS WELL AS FEET
JONATHAN NORTH juggles being a university student with playing semi-pro for Wealdstone United. But previously he was a professional at […]
WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
I’VE written before about something I call ‘the football bubble’. It’s a simple concept – inside it anything goes. People […]
GIVE US JUSTICE FOR HEYSEL!
It’s a terrace shout too often aired just to score points but what are the facts of the matter? OLIVER […]
THE BIG DEBATE… CRISIS CLUB OR FRONT RUNNER
CAN a football club be in crisis with just 90 minutes of the season on the clock? It seems so […]
PEDIGREE PIGS IN A POKE…AND OTHER KINDS
CHRIS DUNLAVY charts some unseen big-money buys that came good…and some that didn’t WHEN Steve Kean announced that he hadn’t […]
THE MANAGER KNOWS ALL, FANS KNOW F*** ALL!
Managers come in for a lot of stick but PAUL CANTWELL says supporters get their fair share of flak as […]
Reasons to be thankful for Rafa
WALSH’S WORLD – Kristian walsh looks at the legacy of rafa benitez LIVERPOOL fans have a lot to thank Rafael Benítez […]
BOOZE, BIRDS AND A FIGHT EVERY WEEK
CHRIS DUNLAVY meets Roy McDonough, sent off 22 times in his career, after rejection cost him his chance of a […]
THE NUMBER ONE ONES OF NUMBERS
SAM HUGHES pays tribute to Lev Yashin, the goalkeeper known as The Black Spider “What kind of a goalkeeper is […]
RON OF THE BEST
Ron Atkinson’s reputation is permanently stained by the low point of his 2004 racist gaffe but PETER BATEMAN says it’s […]
FERGIE’S GLAZER GAFFE WAS AN OLYMPIC-SIZED MISTAKE
GARETH ROBERTS RANTS WITH all the fuss surrounding the Olympic Games, it was a good time to bury bad news […]
STAR SIGNINGS THAT CRASHED TO EARTH
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at some of the joyful early season arrivals who proved to be miserable flops instead Emerson Kevin […]
OH MAN, I LOVE AVB
Villas-Boas divides opinions – is he a football genius or a one-season wonder? For JACK HOWES there’s no fence-sitting. In […]
PSG-LEE
It’s not just Manchester City that are being bankrolled to success. DECLAN OLLEY reckons it’s only a matter of time […]
CHAMPION WHEEZERS OF WORLD
CHRIS DUNLAVY picks his top Xl from those who liked more than the occasional puff behind the bike sheds SMOKING, […]
FAREWELL FRIENDLIES – YOU WON’T BE MISSED
GARETH ROBERTS is glad the real action is back IT’S here. The big kick off. And thank goodness for that. […]
LAMBERT WAS A VERY MOVE S-MART FOR VILLA
JAMES LEYFIELD is predicting a welcome return to the days of O’Neill under the new boss at Villa Park Paul […]
GIVE THE REFEREE A CHANCE
A.E. GREB says it’s time to blow the whistle on the blame culture surrounding football officials “REEFFF?!” wailed the prone […]
FAIR PLAY IS NOT FAIR ENOUGH
MATTHEW BAZELL – author of Theatre of Silence: The Lost Soul of Football – believes UEFA’s cure-all ruling doesn’t go […]
YOU CALLED IT WHAT EXACTLY?
MARTIN ROBERTS on a naming rights deal with a difference “WHERE the heck’s Parkhouse, mate?” It was an all-too-common […]
YOU CAN ALL TWITTER ON WITHOUT ME
For many, Twitter has become as much of a part of football as a dodgy pie and a fat bloke […]
Welcome to late tackle
TEAM GB’s predictable penalty shoot-out exit from the men’s football at the Olympic Games seemed to sneak under the radar […]
LONG BALL PUT US BACK 30 YEARS
With TERRY CURRAN’S autobiography about to hit the shelves, KEITH MENARY met the Yorkshire maverick to talk old managers, new […]
LIGHT FANTASTIC
Midweek matches under the lights are now the stuff of legend. But it wasn’t always the case. PAUL BROWN looks back […]
WIN, LOSE OR SNORE
Critics of Spain’s tika-taka style have branded it boring. For ALEX KEBLE that’s tantamount to blasphemy… SO here are the […]
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