Deadline deals and disillusionment
Are grossly inflated transfer fees detaching the common fan from the club they support and the players they spur on? Harry Milton addresses the issue:
January winners and losers
With the fallout of the January transfer window now settling, Adam Shaw gives a concluding overview on the Premier League winners and losers.
Here come the girls
From officiating to presenting, Harry Milton discusses where women stand in football and sport in general, following ex-Sky Sports presenters Richard Keys and Andy Gray’s sacking over the sexism scandal.
FIFA World Cup 2018 and 2022
As the months of bidding and politiking came to an end yesterday afternoon we finally found out the destination of the FIFA World Cup for 2018 and 2022. With England hoping to host the 2018 tournament the interest in the results were much higher than ever before. That England’s bid was unsuccessful, receiving only two [...]
Cup draw out of tune
“It doesn’t get bigger than this,” was the statement from Kasabian guitarist Serge Pizzorno on the ‘honour’ of drawing the teams for the FA cup third- round draw. Alongside the sullen Noel Gallagher, the monosyllabic musician drew a series of dull ties, apart from the headline-grabbing Manchester United, Liverpool fixture. And the thing is, it [...]
Winter warmers
“That’s the way the game’s going. We’re all going soft” was Roy Keane’s frank assessment of the modern game following the ‘worrying’ trend of the top players wearing extra layers on the football pitch. The ‘snood’ (worn around the neck) made an appearance across the different grounds this weekend, and came in for widespread criticism [...]
Future Brooking bright
With the total failure of England’s overhyped stars at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and the success of Spain’s home grown talent, England has begun looking for where the new breed of footballing heroes will come from. LS Sport’s Jamie Presland went to Wembley to talk to the man in charge of English [...]
DiSerbing the peace
On Tuesday night, as England limped to a 0-0 draw with Montenegro, Italy ended the evening with a 3-0 win and three points closer to a spot in Euro 2012. However, their match against Serbia in Genoa was abandoned after just seven minutes, and Italy granted a default win, as Serbian ‘fans’ rioted in and [...]
Football’s wrecking homes!
As a child I was an avid Liverpool FC fan who loved to celebrate Fowler’s various hat tricks and adorn my cream ’99 away-kit alongside my Dad with pride. Since then, admittedly, my interest has slightly waned, but I cannot help but be disturbed by the multiplicity of infidelities I am hearing about amongst [...]