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What This Weekend Means…
Friday, May 7th, 2010
The promotion and relegation issues across the divisions, taken directly from the BBC…
Browsing all posts tagged with football.
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The 50 Highest Paid Players in the World
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
From Futebol Finance – there are some shocking, and some laughable, inclusions…
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Is watching football better if you don’t support a team?
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Traditionally football has been tribal, with rival factions roaring on their boys and wishing ill upon their rivals. The love of winning and fear of losing overrode all else. That has its own thrill and attraction. But to purely appreciate football, wouldn’t it be better to watch as an abstract neutral, observing with detachment and disinterest?
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Does playing Computer Games make you better at Football?
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Not any old computer game – I’m pretty sure uber-geeks who immerse themselves in World of Warcraft don’t improve their wing play. I’m talking football games in particular. Bear with me…
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A Derby and a Relegation Battle… By Gareth Freeman
Friday, May 8th, 2009
On Monday May 11th Middlesbrough make the short journey to St James’ Park to take on Newcastle United in what should be an ethralling relegation battle. Both sides desperately need three points if they are to put together a run and make a last dash towards survival and the game should be appraoched by the players like a cup-final.
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Sky win Football Rights
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Sky have won the rights to four of the six available blocks of live Premier League games from 2010 to 2013. There is another round of bidding to come, in which Sky may attempt to buy a fifth block, strengthening their position. However, there are strong rumours that ESPN are looking to enter the British [...]
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Footballsup Moments of Genius: Number 2: Fernando Torres
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Footballsup Moments of Genius – those rare but beautiful occasions when someone produces something breathtaking, something out of this world, unattainable by mere mortals. Fernando Torres produced one yesterday in the Merseyside derby, controlling and then backheel-volleying a perfect through ball for Steven Gerrard to drill past Tim Howard. Still recovering from injury and off [...]
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The Footballing Lexicon: Number 2: DIMINUTIVE
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Throughout football writing, journalism and commentary, you hear the occasional, but recurring, adjective/phrase that seems ‘out of place’. Words that have no place in the vocabulary of your average football fan. Yet, they only ever seem to crop up in reference to football. We’re not talking about ‘dominant’ or ’slide rule pass’ here – but [...]
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An unlikely star
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Sunday usually means football and X Factor repeats. Rarely do they collide…
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Managerial Report Cards: Part 1
Monday, December 1st, 2008
15 games in, how have the Premiership managers fared so far this season? We take a look… 1. Chelsea – ‘Big Phil’ Scolari Up until a couple of weeks ago, there would have been no complaints. But after home defeats to both Liverpool and Arsenal in the last few games, along with stuttering progress (not [...]
