2014-02-28 22:10
This weekend, the first bit of domestic silverware will be decided as Sunderland take on Manchester City in the League Cup final. City will of course be hot favourites but as outsiders, Sund… Read More
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"The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of The Ibyss was given to him.
He opened the pit of The Ibyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit. "
Revelations 9:1-2
2013-09-15 17:35
The new season is still in it's infancy and we have our first major diving controversy. It's like we've never been away. Manchester United's first home win under new manager David Moyes was… Read More
2013-05-08 19:35
Saturday May 12th 1990. A hyperactive six year old child with a slightly oversized head is running around a Camden Town council flat. He has no plan, no aim, no real sense of what is going o… Read More
2013-04-03 18:11
Football and all that surrounds it continues to baffle and confuse. So after much to-ing and fro-ing, Paolo Di Canio has come out and denied he is a fascist. Unless you've been living in a c… Read More
2013-01-12 10:31
Since their brief stint dining at English football's top table at the turn of the century, Bradford City have hardly been at the forefront of the average football fans' mind. A series of rel… Read More
2012-11-09 08:40
When Celtic packed their sporrans and set sail for sunny Catalonia two weeks ago, nobody in their right mind gave them a prayer against the all-conquering blaugrana beast that is FC Barcelon… Read More
2012-10-31 06:26
Match of the weekendAfter an epic 3-3 draw last season, Manchester United and Chelsea renewed pleasantries at Stamford Bridge in a match that will, for better or for worse, leave a permanent… Read More
2012-10-02 11:14
Game of the weekendManchester United 2-3 Tottenham It's almost become something of an accepted fact in English football that a trip to Old Trafford for Tottenham is something of a wasted jou… Read More
2012-07-02 13:28
Spain dine at top table as Italians are roasted in KievSo Euro 2012 is done and dusted. As many predicted beforehand, Spain have emerged victorious and after the brutal 4-0 decimation of Ita… Read More
2012-06-30 10:13
Spain are spot on as Ronaldo is forced to pay the PenaltyThe penalty shoot out. Often criticised as being cruel and an unfair way of deciding the outcome of a football match. A paradox of co… Read More
2012-06-26 09:52
Parts one, two and threeCristiano sends away blank Czechs Cristiano Ronaldo took centre stage once again as Portgual took their place in the semi finals with a 1-0 win over a feeble Czech Re… Read More
2012-06-21 07:35
GROUP AGreece Lightening ruins Russia's Summer NightsOnce again Greece have gone and left us all scratching our heads and simply asking 'how?' as they somehow managed to pull off an unlikely… Read More
2012-06-16 14:09
GROUP A Czech-ing In!The second round of games kicked off in Group A with the Czech Republic going some way to right the wrongs of their opening day hammering at the hands of Russia. P… Read More
2012-06-12 10:49
GROUP A From Pole Position to a near Greek TragedyFriday saw the Euros kick off with an entertaining game between two teams many believe, either rightly or wrongly, to be the two weakes… Read More
2012-01-27 08:04
Due to the absurd amount of football we have access to, I think I can safely say that if you are a follower of the beautiful game (and if you are reading this I assume you would be otherwise… Read More
2012-01-24 14:03
So 'Super Sunday' presented us with a repeat of the Manchester v North London double header. It was promoted in such a way that suggested the sides from the capital would be seeking 'payback… Read More
2012-01-19 16:28
Last Night Real Madrid hosted Barcelona in El Claszzzzzzzzzz... for the umpteenth time in recent memory. The two stand-out best club sides in world football were going head-to-head for the e… Read More
2011-12-06 06:13
Around the early 1990s some smartarse an UEFA decided that Europe's premier cup competition was not quite exciting enough. Well, when I say not exciting, I mean that it wasn't generating eno… Read More
2011-12-02 16:54
Let's have it right. Gary Neville is an dislikeable turd. I mean, none of us can stand Manchester United*, can we? And if any player has epitomised exactly why we all dislike that club, it's… Read More
2011-11-28 07:59
It was understandably difficult to get excited about football after the breaking news on Sunday morning that Wales manager Gary Speed had been found dead after a suspected suicide at his hom… Read More
2011-11-25 20:18
As I have mentioned before, when I were a wee lad growing up, I, like many others of my generation, was a huge fan of Serie A on Channel 4 back in the 1990s. Terrestrial TV coverage of what… Read More
2011-10-30 23:40
There was a time when the teams at the Premier League summit would go into matches against one another exercising caution and contesting dull, cagey low scoring encounters that did nothing t… Read More
2011-10-24 16:24
Far be it from me to make almost ludicrous and churlish comparisons between football and genuinely serious world events but isn't it peculiar that for the second time in less than a week a l… Read More
2011-10-03 23:03
The major talking point of the Premier League this weekend came in the early kick off on Saturday and the so-called 'Friendly' Merseyside derby between the Blues of Everton and the reds of L… Read More
2011-09-28 10:25
The fuse on the powder keg relationship between Manchester City and Carlos Tevez was lit and went up with a furious bang in Munich this week as the cash rich Citizens slumped to a 2-0 defeat… Read More
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