Editorials

It’s a proper weekend of football again, thank goodness. Last weekend was disastrous. International weekend. I hate them. No Premiership or Championship football. No decent games to watch on television. Last weekend was so wet in England that the game for the team I coach was called off due to a waterlogged pitch, my youngest […]

After the latest round of international matches I thought I would have a look at who’s hot and who’s not. I might be looking at the games with a warm glow after a certain team’s performance in Croatia but I don’t think I’ve let it affect my judgement! 🙂Hot teamI honestly never thought I would […]

Just when you thought that a decent England performance was impossible, they go and win at Croatia 4-1. It was a very good performance indeed.Well, that’s the international break finished with, thank goodness. Does anyone else find the suspension of the domestic leagues and the international matches being played to be a complete pain in […]

Early September, and all the European football leagues have kicked off with a few rounds. People with some insight in the game are already looking for trends to maybe predict the outcome of the season. However, if you ask me, a few rounds in the biggest leagues may give a few indicators for the new […]

Following the departure of Alan Curbishley from the West Ham managerial hot seat, it seems that the club have moved quickly and effectively to find a replacement.It is widely reported that former Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola will shortly be announced and unveiled as the new boss. It is reported that the West Ham board were […]

Scotland were fairly well beaten in Macedonia on Saturday. Despite George Burley claiming that his side had been ‘outstanding’, you could find few others who would have agreed with that view.The weather was incredibly hot, the pitch was not fantastic, but if Scotland have true ambition to qualify, they should have got something from this […]

Now that the dust has settled somewhat on the departure of Kevin Keegan from Newcastle I thought it would be an idea to look at exactly what has gone on at the club.The situation is still volatile with both Keegan and Newcastle making conflicting statements and accusations and the matter will certainly end up in […]

England picked up their expected three points last night against Andorra. It wasn’t pretty and the England fans, as has become the norm, booed the side from the field at half-time with the score standing at 0-0. It was by no means a good performance by England but the job was done and we should […]

Now that the transfer window has closed, there are many people feeling that such an unseemly mess cannot be allowed to happen again. There are also many others who have enjoyed the drama of it all and look forward to the next one.It does appear that something has got to be done to make the […]

What a week this has been! There can have been few more incident packed periods in the history of English football. So much to talk about and nobody has so much as kicked a ball!The arrival of Abu Dhabi United at Manchester City, Robinho surprising the world by turning down Chelsea and going to City, […]