Tonight will be the most sustainedly tense, thrilling night of international football since Thierry Henry's sleight of hand gave France the ultimate hollow victory against Ireland two years ago.
It is the final act of Euro 2012 qualifying, and across the continent buttocks are being clenched in anticipation of a nerve-shredding, agonising night. ...
Reports of the arrests last week as part of an inquiry into irregularities surrounding Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings's red card in a match last year were inevitably grabbed more attention because Wayne Rooney's father was one of those questioned - though he vigorously denies any wrongdoing, and Jennings has always maintained his ...
Reports of the arrests last week as part of an inquiry into irregularities surrounding Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings's red card in a match last year were inevitably grabbed more attention because Wayne Rooney's father was one of those questioned - though he vigorously denies any wrongdoing, and Jennings has always maintained his ...
All the headlines after the England match were naturally focused upon Wayne Rooney's red card, but there are other issues that have to be addressed before the national team play in next summer's European Championship finals.
Namely, the performance of John Terry. As a fan, you have to ask yourself what he brings to the England team?
When you look at the first goal we conceded against Montenegro, Terry drops back because he is scared of pace.
That is the problem we have. ...
It took more than a week, but in the end it was inevitable Kia Joorabchian would ride to Carlos Tevez's defence. Who else was going to do it? The moment the Argentine refused to leave the Manchester City bench in Munich, the adviser who has made a tidy sum from his client's footballing wanderlust over the past five years was faced with an asset whose value was falling faster than that of a Belgian bank. ...
"It's a form of cheating in international football and it's a bit embarrassing."
What was Jamie Carragher talking about? Doping? Match-fixing? Maybe diving?
No - Carragher's condemnation refers to the perfectly legal practice of appointing a foreign manager.
"I've got nothing against (Fabio) Capello, I went to the World Cup and got to know him, but that's not what international football is," he said. ...
Arsene Wenger is one of the greatest managers in the history of English football.
He revolutionised Arsenal, helped drag English football into the modern age and changed the way clubs scout players.
Oh, and he masterminded three Premier League title-winning campaigns - one unbeaten - won four FA Cups, and produced some of the most sublime football ever played.
He will go down as a legend. And it is time for him to leave the Emirates Stadium. ...
Gunners fans have every right to voice their displeasure toward a player who left them in acrimonious circumstances, but to reference the terrorist attack he suffered as part of the Togo squad in Angola last year is tasteless in the extreme. ...