Hart nearing City exit

By Nathan Jacobs Joe Hart’s Manchester City career is in jeopardy as Pep Guardiola is looking for alternative goalkeeping options. The...

Celtic edge closer to group stages

By Nathan Jacobs Celtic are one leg away from Champions League football after a two year absence from Europe’s most prestigious...

Mahrez signs new deal

By Nathan Jacobs Riyad Mahrez has signed a new deal at Leicester, despite strong interest from around the globe. His new...

Van Der Vaart signs for Fc Midtjylland

By Nathan Jacobs Former Tottenham midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart has joined Danish outfit FC Midtjylland. The rise of FC Midtjylland...

Can anyone stop Bayern?

By Nathan Jacobs Since the magic of Klopp’s Dortmund in 2012, no team has threatened Bayern’s dominance of the Bundesliga. Can the...

Lisbon’s Lions seek to claw way back to Primeira Liga summit

Sporting Clube de Portugal are looking to get back to their past glories – and they are finally on course. The...

Italy’s north-south divide

By James Richards North-South divides are common. They fall into a number of categories ranging from political, economic, topographical, cultural or...

Puskas and the ‘Mighty Magyars’

By Kevin Halls England head off to the European Championship in confident mood having sauntered through their, admittedly not too difficult,...

Falling for football shirts

By Neal Heard The idea of producing a book on football shirts has been bubbling away in my head for at...

2016/2017 Premier League Outlook

After Leicester City shocked everyone and took the trophy last year, it’s hard to imagine what the next season will bring...

Bielsa’s dramatic departure leaves Lazio scratching their heads

By Luke Blake With a nickname like ‘The Madman’, Marcelo ‘El Loco’ Bielsa is never going to be one for long-term stability...

Celebrity Fans

By Kevin Halls When I was a young lad in the 60s I attended a match at Highfield Road, the home...

And We Still “Love It!”

  By Jonny Brick Can it really have been two entire decades ago? Anyone aged 25 and above will know instantly...

Supporting the Supporters

By Ross Keen It was the darkest November night and the coldest anyone has ever been. I was 6 years old...

Championship Class

By Tom Heslop The Championship has a reputation for being a battleground – and former Wolves and Burnley striker Chris Iwelumo...

The fight for fair prices

By Jonathan Cowley Ticket prices.  A topic that has been a hot source of debate in recent years.  It got a...

Football’s Room 101

By Kevin Halls  I enjoy watching Room 101 on television. The programme, hosted by comic and well-known West Brom fan Frank...

How will Guardiola’s City look

By Ged Barnes  When Manchester City announced earlier in the year that Pep Guardiola would be the man in charge for...

The magnificent obsession

By Ally McKenzie It has recently struck me that my relationship with football is no longer infatuation but a full blown...

The wonder of Lee Trundle

By Alex Stedman  I was asked to meet Lee Trundle at the Village Hotel in Swansea before their home game against...

Fan-tastic – not us! The slow death of Britain’s fan culture

EDD PAUL says other other countries, notably Germany, have overtaken us in the way they watch their football…  Football, as us Brits...

QUOTES OF THE YEAR

BEING a football manager is a tough job and the life expectancy is getting shorter and shorter. So it’s no wonder...

THE SUM OF THE PARTS DO ADD UP!

THE SUM OF THE PARTS, BY JON KEEN, PUBLISHED BY MICKLE PRESS, £17.99,RATING OUT OF 10: 8  STALWART Reading fan Jon...

FALLING FOR FOOTBALL SHIRTS

NEAL HEARD explains why he needed to write a book about his favourite football jerseys – and why Newport County’s 1979-82...

THE MIGHTY MAGYARS

KEVIN HALLS recalls how Hungary’s finest came to England and changed football forever… ENGLAND head off to the European Championship in...

WAG CORNER

E cstatic: Fabio Borini celebrates against Chelsea and, inset, kisses his wife after ensuring Sunderland’s Premier League Survival IT WASN’T a...

THE DEMAND FOR INSTANT SUCCESS IS RUINING GAME

SAM MEADE explains why football should take a longer-term view PATIENCE remains a virtue. Unfortunately, football remains so immensely out of...

TOTTI: ITALY’S LAST GREAT FANTASISTA

BARNEY STEPHENSON looks at the career of a Roma and Italy icon FRANCESCO Totti is 40 this year. He has just made...

IT’S NOT LIKE THE OLD DAYS…

Self-confessed ‘Grumpy Old Fan’ ROB BRADLEY says football just isn’t what it used to be A PART from the obvious impact...

YOU NEED SUPPORT TO MAKE IT!

TOM HESLOP talks to ex-Cambridge United striker Robbie Simpson and Fulham forward Matt Smith about the people who helped them carve...