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Soccer AM MAKE IT STOP!
LUKE CONSTABLE reckons it’s time to blow the whistle on Sky’s Saturday morning cringeworthy lad-fest ALLOW me to confess: I […]
GIVE VENKY’S A CHANCE. REMEMBER NEWCASTLE
CHRIS DUNLAVY makes a case in defence of Blackburn’s owners MUGS don’t make millions. They may be sharp, wide and […]
CRYING FOWL
Since chicken farmers Venky’s took control, it’s been a clucking mess at Ewood Park. But TIM ALDRED says there’s still […]
WHO,S BETTER? WHO,S BEST? WHO CARES?
PAUL WILKES reckons the continual clamour to separate Messi and Ronaldo is pointless RonaldoFOR ONCE it seemed as though he […]
NEW BOSS? HE WON,T LAST 10 MINUTES
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the managers who were out the door before they’d had a chance to meet their new […]
GETTING SHIRTY ABOUT RACISM
STEPHEN TUDOR reckons it’s up to fans to keep the focus on the real issues in our game Rio warming […]
THE BEST OF THE WORST DIVERS
Jurgen klinsmann THE original and still the best. Pelting down the right wing during the 1990 World Cup final , Germany […]
Diving Bored
GARETH ROBERTS RANTSGARETH ROBERTS is sick of the outpouring of mock outrage every time a player takes a tumble WHAT […]
FROM NAZI TO HERO
COLIN PERRY details the amazing transformation of Bert Trautmann from hate figure to idol at Manchester City Leaving Wembley holding […]
CHEER UP LAWRO!
IF you’ve watched Match Of The Day, you’ve surely asked yourself the question: Why is Mark Lawrenson still on there? […]
IN GOOD KOMPANY
STEVEN GREEN on the Belgian invasion – and how The Red Devils could soon be international dark horses ON transfer […]
IS BRENDAN GETTING RODGERED
GARETH ROBERTS on more baffling boardroom battles at Anfield IT WAS supposed to be the wind of change that Liverpool […]
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 the […]
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 EmersonKevin DaviesAH, […]
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 […]
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