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He’s back. One of the most interesting, intelligent, if enigmatic managers in the game has returned after a 15-month absence. Martin O’Neill is about to be announced as Steve Bruce’s successor at Sunderland. And while the club lacks the same … Continue reading

Andre Villas-Boas was brought (and bought) in by Chelsea to win the Champions League, not the Carling Cup. Losing to Liverpool in the competition’s quarter-final is of no significance in the wider revolution that the Portuguese is trying to effect. … Continue reading

Manchester City fans have recently adopted their red neighbours’ favourite chant and have begun to sing about how they are Man City and they’ll score when they want. It is a chant that is a fair reflection on Roberto Mancini’s side&rs Continue reading

This week, I found myself approaching an assignment with the giddy excitement of a 10-year-old. I was to meet someone who, to my mind, encapsulates all that is admirable about the game of football. Paul Scholes has just published his autobiography an Continue reading