Manchester United’s Amazing Five-Year Run
Just how good have the last 5 years been for Manchester United? The emotional high of overtaking Liverpool in the league title stakes was soon tempered by the disappointment of…
The Best of 2011/2012 Premier League Fixtures: Part One
Watch the best of the 2011/2012 Premier League season with Sky Sports HD. The 2011/2012 Premier League season kicks off with a bang – a Manchester derby in the FA…
Modric v Nasri v Sneijder – who should Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea buy?
The hunt is on for creative midfielders this summer as managers across England look for the perfect solution to unlocking packed defences. With Paul Scholes retiring, Frank Lampard ageing and…
Football on Mars
How would you play football on Mars? A trio of University of Leicester undergraduates have studied just that, looking at how the reduced Martian gravity and light conditions would alter…
Why Arsenal should keep Fabregas for one more year
Today’s stories of ‘Arsenal likely to sell Fabregas to Barcelona’ are founded on this cute little exchange between Dan Roan (BBC) and his Arsenal source: When asked about Barcelona’s transfer…
United spend 50m before July 1st, but who will they sign for central midfield?
Manchester United have taken their spending to 50m in the close season as David De Gea flew in today to undergo his medical, making him the third player to be…
What Manchester United Must Do To Knock Barcelona Off Their Perch
The obituaries being written about Manchester United’s OAPs for the last five years are now finally relevant. Gary Neville and Edwin van der Sar have retired, Paul Scholes might have…
United In Character: The Good And Bad Of Ferguson’s Manchester Reign
As Manchester United parade their 19th league title, the rain-soaked celebrations are an appropriate metaphor for the 2010/2011 season. On one hand, they’ve won their 19th league title (12th under…
How much does it cost to attend the 2011 Champions League final?
The 2011 Champions League ticket prices caused an uproar amongst football fans but consider this – the casual fan is unlikely to get a ticket through either club (even regular…
Why FIFA cannot (and will not) tackle corruption
I was recently interviewed for a Polish newspaper as part of a feature on FIFA ahead of the 1 June elections. The Q&A is below, but as part of the…
Ryan Giggs, Imogen Thomas, the super-injunction and Twitter (Video & Opinion)
In the Ryan-Giggs-Imogen-Thomas-super-injunction comedy (the 3D version comes out this summer, but you can see a trailer below), public outrage (generated by the press) at the enforced censorship has muddled…
Can Liverpool and Tottenham catch up with Manchester City?
Kenny Dalglish was at pains to point out that Liverpool were no longer a 2-man team – but whether they are a club fit to play in Europe depends on…
Relegation Dogfight: Wigan v West Ham v Wolves v Blackpool. And the winner is…
Three matches to go, and three points separate the bottom four teams in the English Premier League. All evidence points to three out of the four teams at the bottom…
Castrol EPL Predictor: Arsenal to beat Manchester United
With just 4 games to go for the top three in the Premier League, Manchester United have a 90% chance of winning the title according to the Castrol EPL Predictor….
UEFA versus Real Madrid and Barcelona
Uefa have initiated disciplinary cased against both Real Madrid and Barcelona in the aftermath of their diving contest Champions League semi-final clash on Wednesday. UEFA’s case against Real Madrid: The…
