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Well, it is not often I open a column with the blaring statement of “thank goodness for Newcastle United”, I...

When the final whistle blew at the Emirates in the North London derby, it signalled the start of the predictable...

Well, folks - who had seven matches in the First Manager To Get Sacked This Season Sweepstake? Before the season...

Every now and then, the football gods like to remind us why we love this game so much. And in...

Oh, Thomas. You didn’t really think you could try the exact same approach four times in a row and Peppy...

Football woke up to some sad news on Sunday morning following the death of Jimmy Greaves, the former footballer-turned-broadcaster. As...

As managers up and down the country waited to see whether they could pick their non-Argentinian South American players, there...

Well, as we always say at this point in the season, there’s nothing like an international break to kill a...

As paradoxes go, it’s not quite up there with Schrödinger’s Cat, but it’s close. How is a sport that is...

Kosovo. Yugoslavia. Milošević. Exotic, intriguing, but ultimately historic clash of titans, a very recent conflict that eventually led to the...

You lot should be grateful this week, you really should. The newspaper that publishes this rubbish every week asked me...

And in a flash, it has gone - the second week of Premier League action disappears as quickly as it...

On the rather plain Qatar Sports Investment (QSI) website, there is not much to see for the scale of the...

Well, would you look at that - a new Premier League season. Not a lot has changed, really - Mo...

I am sure many of us involved in the game of football savour those precious moments in a game when...

To be fair, I was tempted to ‘do a Harry Kane’ and not show up today but then I realised...

Can you smell it, folks? That’s the sweet scent of the Premier League season closing in and money being burned...

“Some of these trips we made last a week, it was a holiday. It was different. Different places, different food,...

Right then, folks - get comfortable because we have a lot to get through today. All the rumour-creators are back...

With his back to goal and hand over his mouth, Bukayo Saka stood alone. Even though he was isolated, he...

A week without actual football has now passed us by because, as ever, we do not count preseason friendlies as...

February 2011 and Ian Holloway brings his Blackpool side to the home of Bristol City. Holloway is pretty much Mr...

Well, there goes England’s 100% record in major finals on home turf then. The Euro 2020 adventure is over -...

This article was originally written by Darren Butler for Tale of Two Halves. Play up Pompey It’s May 2008, the...

Only nine players have ever won the European Cup and European Championship in the same summer. The first player to...

There's a party goin' on right here A celebration to last throughout the years So bring your good times and...

Unless you were lucky enough or old enough to be around when the English football team last won something (1966,...

If there’s one thing that you can’t beat in football, it’s a goalkeeper scoring a goal. It’s such a relatively...

This Euro 2020 thing only really gets going on Tuesday, right? The small matter of England, oh so conveniently at...

Ah, the joys of England at a major football tournament - how I have missed it. Hot off the heels...

So, in Gareth in we trust, right? It didn’t look quite like that after England’s starting XI was leaked online...

England, England, England - we’ve been here before, haven’t we? Not quite good enough to convince me we might win...

I used to play clips of 1990s Arsenal players on a loop when I got anxious, when the ghosts in...

Well, it wasn’t a bad weekend for west London, was it? A week, let alone a weekend, is a long...

On 15th April 1989, a set of Liverpool of Liverpool Football Club fans went to a match at Hillsborough stadium...

You have to applaud Tottenham Hotspur FC, really. They had us going there, I almost thought they were going to...

Ah, the business end of the season where we start searching for some remaining business to make the footballing weekends...

So, you’ve coached, guided and nurtured your team through the season, with a vast catalogue of highs and lows, perhaps...

Oh, Sergio. No. No, no, no, no. As Gary Lineker’s media team succinctly tweeted, what kind of idiot tries to...

It is easy to imagine what the “dirty dozen” thought they were achieving when they officially announced that they were...

An extract from the new book, "Red Card to Racism". “I am not going to get up to show pride...

Well, you have to applaud the Manchester United fans. The players have been unable to stop City winning the title...

Editor: “Don’t forget to keep the word count to around 1250 words, please. You know the readers don’t want too...

It’s hard to deny it was a funny old week of association football. Just as we were settling down to...

With Black Lives Matter banners adorning the otherwise empty stands of Premier League football grounds, you could be mistaken for...

One thing, OK one of many things, we’ve been a little bit slack on this season is covering the Champions...

‘Well one ex-follower certainly showed their true colours tonight. You f***ing Judas c**t.'   This Twitter comment, made on 18th March...

Today’s mad ramblings will take the form of an Erling Haaland-shaped beauty parade and head all over the Premier League...

The role of midfielder is certainly the position on the football pitch that offers the most variety. It encompasses tough...

As ever, the International break was completely worth it - no? Wasn’t it great to see our national teams play...