... move to Manchester United was sought by the player rather than because City wanted the transfer income. Sunderland’s chairman Bob Murray is a more clear-cut villain after his failure to pay medical insurance ...
... embership so that they could oppose and defy him. Its parliamentary chairperson Alice Weidel tweeted that it was “funny how the third-class proletarians of a football club choose to express themselves”. ...
... the streets
19 March ~ If I were to say “I’m fascinated by football stickers” I’m sure that most people would assume that I was talking about Panini. The enticing possibility of finally seeing Welsh ...
... home defeats to Millwall and Cardiff and a seven-match winless run that saw the club drift outside the play-off places.
The recent run of poor results was a far cry from last September when Leeds topped ...
... he was a bit on the short side, but he was stocky with it. “A low centre of gravity” they would say now, like Maradona. Had stamina too, what they would call a real box-to-box player. Bryan Robson, perhaps. ...
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Charlton’s best period of the modern era coincided with the rise of Parker as their midfield general but his switch to Chelsea was ill-timed and ill-advised
21 September ...
... ~ Unlike in every other division during 2016-17, our contributors did not manage to pick out the Premier League title winners. It was Chelsea, tenth the previous season as Leicester ran out champions, ...
... flight for the first time since 1983 was decent consolation.
Newcastle themselves finished just as expected. “For once an air of trying to do things right around the club suggests we might be good ...
... contributors were confident Sheffield United would finally live up to their tag of favourites and take the title, Ian Rands wasn’t quite so sure. “New manager Chris Wilder has a huge task to build his ...
... East was not confident. “I would be quite happy to see the bulk of the team disappear and that is what seems to be happening,” he said. “The things is I have no confidence that this will lead to any sort ...
... can be expected of the cups after three successive semi-finals have seen Celtic hampered crucially by arrogant, egocentric refereeing.”
Graham was right on Europe, at least, where Brendan Rodgers’ side ...
... significant footballing address I remember is number 41, The Drive, Leeds 17 – the modest suburban semi that for a few years was the home of Peter “Hot Shot” Lorimer, and a mere ten minutes walk from my ...
... lengths to avoid the press. Figer has reaped millions for himself and investors by moving players around Europe – his first big deal was Zé Roberto’s move from Real Madrid to Bayer Leverkusen in 1998. ...
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Rowett turned Blues’ fortunes around but performances this season haven’t been great, though appointing Gianfranco Zola has mystified fans
16 December ~ It was commonly ...
... the most reassuring,” wrote Leicester City fan Simon Tyers in WSC’s 2015-16 season guide last summer. “I’m still confident we’ll survive… but probably with someone else at the helm.” He wasn’t alone, with ...
... top (of the bottom half of the table),” predicted Dundee United fan Ken Gall ahead of the 2015-16 Scottish Premiership season. He wasn’t the only one who didn’t see their relegation coming – the rest of ...
... overall League Two positions generally. Their biggest mistake was with Accrington. While Stanley fan Adam Scarborough said that “Twelfth place seems realistic”, his counterparts were not so optimistic ...
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Therewas also play-off disappointment for Bradford who, like Millwall, finished just one place below their predicted position before losing to the Lions in the semi-final. They did match the hopes of ...
... a couple of games to get going but in the end Kevin’s confidence was well placed and his team sealed an immediate return to the Premier League, going up as champions by four points.
Burnley’s title ...
... ench celebrates winning a World Cup he was dropped from; Roy Keane inspiring Manchester United’s comeback in the 1999 Champions League semi-final despite a booking ruling him out the final; players are ...