The merging of power and financial reward in sport brings a heady mix of hedonistic fame and fortune and with it the temptation to cheat and corrupt your way to the top. This is nothing new but with the increasing monetary gain that all sports people can achieve the temptation is that much greater. It […]

Set down in virtually any country in Europe and you’ll invariably find a slew of football teams and a passion that runs deep into the core of its sporting community. However, fly beyond the borders of Europe and you’ll quickly find that this love for football isn’t quite as feverish. […]

The Champions League is responsible for many things: a theme tune that nobody knows the words to but sings along anyway, never-ending talk of top two/three/four finishes, an ever-widening gap between the haves and the have-nots and, some would have you believe, the demise of domestic cup competitions. With its […]

A tale of 2 completely different days?  Yes it was. On Tuesday, -Real Madrid stayed true to their record of not beating Athletico Madrid within 90 minutes by drawing 0-0 at the Vicente Calderon. And yes, Gareth Bale lived up to his expectation of underperforming, although it’s wasn’t as bad […]

Since the inception of the Premier League in 1993/4 the title of Manager of the Year has almost exclusively been won by the manager who steers his team to the Premiership title. Only 4 managers, (George Burley 2000-01, Harry Redknapp 2009/10, Alan Pardew 2011/12 & Tony Pulis 2013-14) have received […]

So another weekend of Football just passed us by and boy it was… as expected, unsurprising. What do I mean? – It was the Manchester Derby and yes United won, as I predicted (actually as everybody predicted). And apart from the scoreline, the scripts was followed to the letter. Aguero’s goal […]

Another weekend of football is coming and it’s time to predict the outcome, based on our clubs recent form. Or just based on mean and unbiased comments? Which ever way you may see it, let’s dive in: -The game everybody is talking about this weekend is the Manchester derby. Now, if […]

I was looking through the archive on my laptop last night (as we were snowed in) and found this gem that I never published from a few years back. There are a few more like this that I’m editting up to post as well. Look for them. When I asked […]