Tonight and tomorrow sees the fourth round of the Carling Cup, the Spurs-Liverpool game tomorrow the pick of the ties. Click here for the full list of fixtures on the BBC. Click here for the Times’ preview of all the matches. Finally, click here to find out where you can watch them…. I’m quite keen [...]
Andrew/Andy Cole has announced his retirement, bringing down the curtain on a distinguished career that puts him second on the list of all time Premiership top goalscorers (behind Alan Shearer and ahead of Fowler, Wright and Ferdinand). In line with his sullen, moody character (him and Teddy Sheringham famously never spoke) his final departure was [...]
1. Harry Redknapp has clearly had an immense effect at Spurs, that is clear for all to see. But, if you aggregate his points from his time at Portsmouth and his points since joining Spurs, he would be on 24 – third place, and above both Arsenal and Man Utd. A great achievement. 2. Aston [...]
But an entertaining game nonetheless. End to end stuff – WBA struggled hugely in the first half but brought on Ismael Miller at half time and were a team transformed for the second 45 minutes. Newcastle, from serenely sailing along at 2-0, became jittery and nervy, and WBA could easily have equalised on another day. [...]
A bumper weekend – and week – of football sees every team play twice. The results from the weekend were interesting (of course you know them already but I’ve been away…). Here are my five observations from the action: Can Liverpool now be considered genuine title contenders? They have beaten both Utd and Chelsea, have [...]
Chelsea 1-0 Roma Roma were desperately disappointing – coach Loopyold Spaghetti adopted tremendously negative tactics, often with 10 men behind the ball – Roma didn’t have a single shot on target in the entire 90 minutes. I just don’t know what he was hoping to achieve. Yes, they were disciplined, and only lost because of [...]
My Ahead of the Game Email just dropped from Times Online, reminding me how excellent it is. Here is the main body, in full – you can sign up on the Times Website… AHEAD OF THE GAME Alpha mail. The only truly useful football e-mail —————————————————- Thursday, September 25. 1600 BST —————————————————– The news in [...]
