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Watching Phil Dowd ease Liverpool’s passage into the Carling Cup final at Anfield on Wednesday night, a refereeing friend of mine asked this: isn’t it about time we restored the indirect free kick? Under the current rules Dowd had no … Continue reading →

Seventeen years ago this evening, I was at Selhurst Park to watch Crystal Palace play Manchester United. It wasn’t a particularly distinguished game. Andrew Cole had just arrived in Manchester from Newcastle, a signing that somewhat undermines Alex Ferguson’s insistence … Continue reading →

Queens Park Rangers felt moved to clarify yesterday that they were not paying Manchester City £4 million for Nedum Onouha but something closer to £2.5 million. And, now that he is to wear the hooped shirt, the player will not … Continue reading →

Martin O’Neill’s return at Sunderland has raised the number of managers of Premier League clubs who have won European Cup medals as players to three. O’Neill won his with Nottingham Forest, Kenny Dalglish picked up his with Liverpool. The third … Continue reading →