And why can’t we have it every year?

9 years ago

China is a coming force in football

9 years ago

There are times reading Mark Chapman’s new book, The Love of the Game: Parenthood, Sport and Me, that you find yourself asking why do we do this? Why do we give our lives over to sport when there might be so many other ways to spend our time? Chapman has devoted huge chunks of his life […]

9 years ago

But Tottenham looked like a side that can’t escape their history

9 years ago

Testing times for Pep.

9 years ago

Is English football further behind the rest of the world than it realises?

9 years ago

Pochettino has a vision and Spurs’ next test will be to help him deliver it

9 years ago

Arsenal remain a club in search of ruthlessness

10 years ago

Wenger’s problems with Chelsea went way beyond the manager

10 years ago

They revealed themselves to be more concerned with PR

10 years ago

Nice guys finish last.

10 years ago

A crucial win for Martin O’Neill’s side

10 years ago

Scotland once had dreams of ruling the footballing world – now they barely have hope

10 years ago

“A presidency doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are.”

10 years ago

More ruthlessness up front could have made the difference in North London.

10 years ago

Antonio Conte is reminding Jose Mourinho of what he once was

10 years ago

They have qualified for the group stage 17 years in a row

10 years ago

He was meant to solve United’s problems – not create new ones

10 years ago

He resembles Graham Taylor in his post-England years, a man trying to overcome the change in perception

10 years ago

Has the game passed him by?

10 years ago

It would be a big mistake

10 years ago

They are on a great run – but we’ve been here before

10 years ago

What has become of the United of old?

10 years ago

No goals, but plenty to read into the game.

10 years ago

Monday night is about more than the players

10 years ago

Sometimes too much is not enough.

10 years ago

How terraces and standing have changed over the last century.

10 years ago

Why can’t Ryan Giggs catch a break? No sooner had he – a man with no managerial experience – been overlooked for the manager’s job at one of the biggest clubs in the world than he has to deal with the ignominy of being interviewed but failing to secure the position at Swansea, which has […]

10 years ago

Instead they must hope that Mourinho finds a way to win

10 years ago

He was brought down by the constant craving for easy money

10 years ago

They are not the finished article yet

10 years ago

A perfect example of how to alienate everyone

10 years ago

The story of Arsene Wenger and Arsenal began when a Rolls-Royce sunk into the grass outside a house in north London in 1978…

10 years ago

Last October, Jurgen Klopp picked up his first league win as Liverpool manager at Stamford Bridge, but in time he may consider this result to be more significant. Under Klopp, Liverpool have performed well in big matches so it could be argued that nothing has changed, that their next two league games against Hull and […]

10 years ago

It’s a far cry from the Clasico days

10 years ago

He is no longer wanted at Old Trafford

10 years ago

There’s a reason we only pay attention every four years

10 years ago

A lot of work needed

10 years ago

The Gunners need to get back on track – here’s now they can do it

10 years ago

Running the rule over new and old faces

10 years ago

Is it too much to hope that Wenger will usher in a new age of reason in English football as a whole and not merely at Highbury? – The Guardian, October 1996. Each man kills the thing he loves. Arsene Wenger transformed English football, but in recent years, he has also transformed summers at Arsenal. […]

10 years ago

“Modern sport is the solution”

10 years ago

For Rafa Benitez, the names have changed but the game remains the same. He is preparing for Newcastle United’s time in the Championship with the same intensity he prepared last summer for the Champions League with Real Madrid. Benitez knows no other way, but his methods and his manner have been more appreciated at Newcastle […]

10 years ago

Bale is on the verge of making history

10 years ago

The FA is completely f*cked and it needs to change.

10 years ago

There used to be tendency to bristle when managers of opposition teams spoke about the Ireland side in an old, familiar way. On Tuesday in Lille, Antonio Conte talked about Ireland in terms we have heard many times before. Martin O’Neill’s side, he said, were a “physical, powerful side” who would be relentless in their […]

10 years ago

Will he learn anything from England’s victory against Wales?

10 years ago

The desk sergeant

10 years ago

“Last season, it was Keane blasts this and Keane blasts that. I don’t blast anything.” – Roy Keane, Saipan, May 2002. “You’re the reason I’m driving up and down the f*****g country to find another player, you’re not f*****g good enough. Your attitude is shit. You’re not good enough. Next week we’ve got our last […]

10 years ago

The superstar that changed everything

10 years ago