FOOTBALL PLAYS THE VICTIM In 1967, Edson Arantes Des Nascimento, popularly known as Pele flew to Nigeria and stopped the Nigerian civil war for 48hrs. The two factions involved in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire so they could watch Pelé play an exhibition game in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous city and…
As I watched Tottenham Hotspurs dominate the North London derby on Sunday, I couldn’t help but notice the array of young talents on display at the Emirates Stadium. To think Dele Alli and Harry Kane among others have only just made their debut in the Barclays Premiership either this season or the previous season is…
CAN THINGS ONLY BECOME CLEARER AT THE BRIDGE? Just When Chelsea delivered their best football of the season in Kiev, just when they played excellently well at Upton Park (even with a man down), the wheels have suddenly fallen off Roman’s chariots again at the bridge! 7 yellow cards, 3 red cards and a…
With Manchester City, United, Arsenal and Chelsea winning this weekend, all eyes now turn to the UEFA Champions League. As we reach the halfway through the group games, there are no easy games for the British contingent, as they all search for Champions League success. season. With Italy threatening English teams in the Champions League…
If any betting company had a list of managerial candidates for the drop at the beginning of the season, none would be stupid enough to include Jose Mourinho With recent events on and off the pitch at the Bridge however, you’ll be daft not to place a bet on Mourinho’s odds now. Chelsea laboured with…
About this time last year, world football focused on an industrial town to the West of Germany; Dortmund. Few months before Borussia Dortmund had won the DFB Pokal Cup (German equivalent of The FA Cup), they had played the previous year’s Champions League final, only narrowly losing to Bayern Munich in extra time, and had…
MONEY CANNOT BUY MESSI Lionel Messi seems to be out, but for how long? What effect would this have on the balloon d’Or this year? For as long as the little magician is out, football of course is going to be the loser So with so many injuries at different top clubs and with national…
COSTA TO COST CHELSEA MORE It appears that Diego Costa will be costing his Chelsea even more over the next few weeks. I said it in my write up a few weeks ago that all I saw in him then was a sumo Wrestler or championship boxer, as opposed to a striker when I look in…
Wow what a fantastic weekend in the premiership! I can’t wait to see the League table at the end of the season, or should I dare say in December? I looked at the final scores on Saturday and Chelsea were on the receiving end of a 3-1 defeat by the team who refused to sell…
Hey morning everyone! Just can’t wait for Wazza’s 50th International goal! What a fantastic athlete and great English ambassador! He has achieved so much in his career, joining Bobby Charlton as the highest goal scoring English player ever and he is set to break that record tonight at Wembley, I’m sure Sir Bobby would be…