Liverpool 1-2 Blackpool: Black and Orange Leave Liverpool Red All Over
Ian Holloway’s Blackpool produced the result of this or any other season yesterday by beating Premiership giants Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield. It was all the newly promoted team deserved as…
Review: United’s Suspect September
When a team goes undefeated in all competitions through an entire month, as Manchester United did in September, most would think that they were firing on all cylinders. However, that…
Vaart-man Smokes Twente Before Dispatching Villains
In little over just one month, van der Vaart has almost become the most important player in the Tottenham Hotspur dressing room. An obvious bargain at just £8 million, the…
Bristol are the new whipping boys, Edgar Davids shouldn't have come back and Sven is a mistake
Trouble at Ashton Gate Today’s 3-0 defeat to Norwich confirms Bristol as the division’s whipping boys. They spent over the summer but they didn’t spend wisely – their squad lacks…
Transparent Troubles For Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson has made adjustments to correct the leaks in the Manchester United defense, but he obviously twisted his wrench a bit too far. After securing back-to-back shutouts away…
Samuel Eto’o back to what he knows best – scoring goals!
It was a wonderful sight this past Wednesday night as one of the world’s most gifted and clinical strikers gave yet another scintillating performance to add to his storied career…
United Finding New Ways To Drop Points
First United miss a penalty to go 3-1 up at Fulham and end up conceding in the last few minutes. Next United do go 3-1 up and throw it all…
Sunderland 0 United 0: Yet Another Away Draw
In their third consecutive away match, Manchester United endured a frustrating afternoon and could only manage a 0-0 draw against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. The goalless draw was…
Why on earth do countries want to host the FIFA World Cup?
It is a common misconception that a country’s economic situation is improved by hosting the FIFA World Cup. Sports economist Dennis Coates presented conclusive evidence in his recent paper “World…
Tottenham Hotspur’s Proposed Stadium Moves Are Aimed At The Champions League
Tottenham Hotspur, fresh from the exertions of a thrilling 4-1 victory over FC Twente at White Hart Lane, have signalled their intentions of moving towards the elite of English football…
How Juan Carlos Garrido Has Galavanised Villarreal
With talk of money, transfers and ‘Galaticos’ yet again dominating the Spanish press in the summer, few would have predicted that with the season five games old it would be…
Will FIFA’s New Transfer System Bring Transparency To Football’s Murky Underbelly?
FIFA are hoping that their new online Transfer Matching System (TMS) will shed some much-needed light on the dank, sh*t-strewn recesses of football’s murky underbelly i.e. the largely morality-bereft world…
Fergie Time: Chelsea v Arsenal will not feature Torres diving, and other true stories
Welcome to Fergie Time, a new roundup/newsletter type deal that delivers news, opinion and links directly to your screen, plus made-up quotes, knee-jerk reactions and awards that don’t really exist….
What If Footballers Were Poor?
In FIFA 10, EA Sports’ widely popular football game, the weekly salary of Wayne Rooney is set at £110,000 in Manager Mode. That is how rich a virtual edition of Wayne Rooney…
