Betsafe’s Battle of Manchester brings together legends and ambassadors for a pre-Manchester Derby clash Paul Dickov, Nicky Weaver, Trevor Sinclair, Richard Dunne, Les ‘Chappy’ Chapman & Steven McInerney from Blue Moon Rising star for the City side David May, Anthony Crolla, Clayton Blackmore, Nick Culkin, Mark Cueto & Adam McKola from Full Time Devils represent […]
As football fans, I’d imagine you will all be familiar with that feeling you get when you watch a young player for the first time who seems destined for great things – it’s a weird feeling of inarguable self-certainty. You just know. It’s not a feeling you get all that often, but after just 45 […]
As you may know, I previously wrote an article exploring womenʼs roles in top level sport which pulled no punches. It went down a treat in some camps and not so well in others. I have been referred to as sexist and anti-feminist ever since. This may or may not be entirely true but in […]
In March of this year the world of Tennis was rocked with news that 5 time grand slam champion and former World Number 1 Maria Sharapova had tested positive for a banned substance. BBC tennis commentator Andrew Castle described the news as a hammer blow to the sport of tennis. Even that may be an […]
‘A picture paints a thousand words’ is probably the most idiotic idiom every verbalised. I’m not being facetious when I say it just never made any sense to me. What’s a picture without context? Without some background information? A picture/photograph wrangles and captures a split second from time times infinity. Why restrict and condense a […]
We’re in the middle of March, and that can only mean one thing, we’re also in the middle of Arsenal’s annual “season in crisis” patch of form. Knocked out of the FA at the weekend, on the verge of being knocked out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage yet again, and only […]
When Irish people (and probably European people in general) think of Colombia, thoughts tend to drift towards the stereotypical. With a less than subtle nod to popular culture, cocaine and violence immediately spring to mind as do broad accents, white suits, larey shirts and good coffee. Similarly, when folk ponder upon Colombia’s association with the […]
There is a new superpower coming in world football. Liverpool fans will still be in disbelief that their top transfer target Alex Teixeira shunned their advances in favour of a move to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning. The £38 million Jiangsu shelled out for the talented Brazillian was the third time the Chinese transfer […]
Andrei Kanchelskis is a Manchester United cult hero. The Ukrainian winger played a huge part in United’s marvellous mid nineties team – Ferguson’s first great United side. Alongside Giggs, Cantona, Hughes, Ince and the rest, Kanchelskis lightening quick, direct performances down the right flank ensured his place in United folklore. He even scored a derby […]
For two years I lived in the shadow of the Guus Hiddink Stadium in a tidy suburb called Pungam. My apartment in the city, around 2010, was situated on the fourth floor with a view from the living room straight down the hill of the 44,000 seater-stadium. My walk to work every morning took me […]
