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Now that’s over, we can look forward. And we know what comes in January… A lot of moaning and whining by the managers of top clubs that the mid-winter transfer window offers no value for money; that the best players … Continue reading →

It is that time of year, the time managers turn all seasonally paranoid. And while we might expect Mick McCarthy’s hangdog expression to insist that the world is against him, it was more unexpected coming from the normally rational and calm … Continue reading →

At Craven Cottage on Wednesday night Ryan Giggs scored a goal. It was the third Manchester United strike in a five-goal rout, so in normal circumstances it would have been of no note. Except it was the veteran winger’s first … Continue reading →

The charging of John Terry, plus the ban for Luis Suarez, suggest we have reached a new level of zero tolerance of racist abuse in English football. Let’s hope so. If we are to congratulate ourselves on the growth of … Continue reading →