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Fri Nov 27 09:59AM
At this time of the year the remainder bins at HMV are full of them: cheap-cut DVDs of humorous collections of footballing errors. Generally presented by some over-excited comedian or that smug bloke off satellite television who claims an affiliation with Chelsea, they all follow the same format: cackling front…More
Wed Nov 25 11:50AM
Rafael Benitez will keep his job at Liverpool. It has been made clear that despite his failure to steer the club through the group stage of the Champions League, there is absolutely no thought of his departure at Anfield. Indeed it would be an act of folly to fire him...More
Fri Nov 20 09:53AM
Now it has become political. Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen has asked President Nicolas Sarkozy to step in to insist the World Cup qualifier between their two nations be replayed. Mr Cowen has talked of the moral imperative, of the need to demonstrate the primacy of the rule book, of...More
Wed Nov 18 11:58AM
It is an interesting assessment of their position that France are portrayed by many in the English media as a bunch of hopeless under-achievers. That would be the France who reached the last World Cup final and - while admittedly faring poorly in Portugal - at least qualified for Euro...More
Fri Nov 13 10:46AM
As team news goes, it was not an announcement that was likely to stir the blood of many a football follower. Apparently Mr A Suit has replaced Lord Blazer on the FA's World Cup advisory steering committee, while Sir Starched Collar has ceased to be an Executive Member of the...More
Wed Nov 11 12:56PM
Just as England arrive in Doha to play Brazil in a game Sir Alex Ferguson can hardly wait to watch, Manchester City are heading round the Gulf for a touch of Middle Eastern sun this week. They have a series of engagements in Abu Dhabi, where they are being feted...More
Fri Nov 06 09:37AM
Had he been around the American Midwest in the pioneering days of the nineteenth century, Bolton's chairman Phil Gartside would have no doubt appointed himself commander of any wagon trains heading towards the Californian gold rush. At the first hint of a problem - a wheel nut working loose, a horse going lame, a...More
Wed Nov 04 11:46AM
Last night Didier Drogba showed what an asset he is to Chelsea. Currently the second best centre-forward in the world after Fernando Torres, he was magnificent away at Atletico Madrid, personally securing Chelsea's qualification to the knock-out stage of the Champions League with two typically robust, muscular goals. It was...More
Fri Oct 30 11:27AM
Marlon King claimed in court this week that he hadn't assaulted a 20-year-old student in a night club, breaking her nose after she rejected his clumsy advances. It was, he said, a case of mistaken identity. If so, it wasn't the first time he had been involved in a such...More
Wed Oct 28 12:48PM
Assuming that the game does not succumb to the sort of contagion of hacking and spitting not seen outside the movie 28 Days Later, Chelsea will take on Bolton Wanderers in the Carling Cup tonight. The home side will be fortified against the arrival of the swine flu in the Bolton baggage...More