Brought to you by Budweiser John Barnes and Niall Quinn will be there, with tickets to the FA Cup Final also up for grabs! Hard to believe that the 2018/19 season is coming to a close, but we’ve officially reached the business end of things. This year’s FA Cup Final is a particularly spicy affair, […]
7 years ago
The afternoon not too long ago when Andrea Bocelli sang ‘Nessun Dorma’ to the new Premier League champions was one of the high points of not just Leicester City’s history, but in the history of the Premier League. It was a grace note to one of the most romantic and heroic feats in the […]
9 years ago
The more things change, the more they remain the same. For a few years now, I’ve sensed the Premier League has quietly doubted its self-professed claims on being the greatest league in the world. It might be the most exciting league, but when we looked to Spain or Germany and watched the elite teams racking […]
9 years ago
In one way the past seven days have been all about the most depressing aspects of the modern game. The tantrums thrown by Dimitri Payet and by Diego Costa in two corners of London were a reminder that the loyal footballer is an endangered species. Our Premier League was built on old traditions and new money, […]
9 years ago
We bury the great Bob Cass today up in lovely Durham. Bob was an old style football journalist who never took himself too seriously and his passing breaks another link with an almost forgotten era in the relationship between footballers and football writers. If I talk to young players now about the way things used to […]
9 years ago
When the cat was away, the mice went out to play. I have to admit I’m generally an optimist but I hadn’t got this Irish team down for 10 points out of 12 at this stage of the qualifying process. I thought we’d have our usual skin of the teeth end to the campaign. Instead, […]
10 years ago