Articles in the Soccer Category
Pre-match warm-up…
With Richard Willcox
We have just four games on Saturday with Arsenal the only side in the top seven in action. We therefore have a bumper Sunday with five matches that include a crucial battle-for-survival …
Are you ‘avin a laugh…!? (Special)
With Richard Willcox
So Paulo Di Canio, a man whose only managerial experience to date has been with League One Swindon, has succeeded Martin O’Neil as the manager of [current] Premiership …
Pre-match warm-up
With Richard Willcox
The international break is over and that has many of us more than happy to see the Premiership back this weekend. The club v country debate raised it’s ugly head again but …
Are you ‘avin a laugh…!?
We’re only halfway through the week but already there has been enough controversy in English football to fuel the ire of fans of the beautiful game, including myself of course.
Unfortunately we …
Pre-match warm-up
Richard Willcox
After all the Champions League, Europa Cup and FA cup action, we return to the closest ‘normal’ weekend of Premiership action we’ve had in some time. And this is the business-end folks, just ten …
Are you ‘avin a laugh…!?
With Richard Willcox
In a week which saw all English clubs in the Champions League crash out, and all English clubs in the Europa Cup reach the quarter finals, many managers has …
Pre-match warm-up…
With Richard Willcox
It’s a slightly odd weekend for Premiership football as we also have the FA Cup Quarter-Final fixtures on both days. Saturday Everton host Wigan in an early kick-off followed by Man City …
The red card Man U’s Luis Nani received during yesterday’s Champions League match versus Real Madrid will be one discussed for ages. Many people including myself believe it was a bit to harsh as the …
Off the pitch…
With Richard Willcox
It was the game ‘the world had been waiting for…’, but in the second-leg of the Champions League clash between Manchester United and Real Madrid, it was essentially the referee that …
Pre-match warm-up…
With Richard Willcox
We were largely starved of Premiership action last weekend, due to the FA Cup, in which the only real shock came in the form of Arsenal being dumped out of the competition …
You’re ‘avin a laugh…!?
With Richard Willcox
David Beckham- I am so bored of ‘Beckham’ it’s untrue. His latest PR stunt is shameless, in my opinion. He last played in the Premiership, ten years ago. He finished …
A streaker running onto the pitch these days is hardly news anymore since it’s such a regular occurrence. Most of the time it’s some buffoon running around with no real intentions or objective, rather just …
The Nigerian national soccer team Super Eagles is fresh off an upset victory over Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations. This has got the country buzzing believing they have a great chance of …
A little bit of a rage incident occurred on the pitch yesterday during a league cup semifinals match between Chelsea and Swansea. Eden Hazard of Chelsea was not satisfied with the delay in the game …
Pre-match warm-up…
With Richard Willcox
From a ‘neutrals’ point of view the two big games are on Sunday, when Arsenal travel to Stamford Bridge (arguably the best place to play Chelsea at the moment), and Tottenham look …
Off the pitch…
With Richard Willcox
Crab-fishing in the Bering Sea might be the most dangerous job in the world, but spare a thought for Luis Suarez’s agent, who has perhaps the most difficult, or at least …
You’re ‘avin a laugh…!?
With Richard Willcox
Daniel Sturridge
According to Liverpool’s latest acquisition, forward Daniel Sturridge from Chelsea, there is ‘no bigger club than Liverpool’ in the Premier League. Of course we expect new signings to heap …
Pre-match warm-up…
With Richard Willcox
Just the two matches on Sunday, but what a couple of cracking fixtures. First up we have Man United hosting Liverpool…
Manchester United v Liverpool
While it has been a while since Liverpool have …
Pre-match warm-up…
With Richard Willcox
The two ‘big’ games of the weekend are arguably on Sunday when Manchester United host Liverpool and Chelsea travel to Arsenal. That doesn’t mean there aren’t any interesting games this Saturday, and …
Off the pitch…
With Richard Willcox
This is the less glamorous end of the table for sure, but for fans of the clubs who find themselves in the bottom five post-Christmas, the stakes have never been so …


