Growing up watching Rangers I was used to the club winning titles and being at the top level of Scottish football alongside Celtic. Only five years ago the club embarked on a wonderful run to the UEFA Cup final. However, those perceptions all changed last year when the club entered administration and then ultimately liquidation.
Manchester United were the third English team to be knocked out of the UEFA Champions League after losing at home to Madrid in the most surprising manner, after winger Nani was sent off for a rash challenge on Alvaro Arbeloa. To most United fans, it wasn’t a red card and the referee should have been
If you, like me, have always been intrigued by what goes on behind the scenes in Premier League clubs and football clubs in general, then the secret footballer is absolutely the ideal book to buy. If you are unfamiliar with the secret footballer, well there isn’t much to know, it’s an anonymous professional footballer talking
With the festive period now out of the way and just passed the half-way point of the season, we have a pretty clear picture of where things stand top and bottom of the Premier League. Though there have been a few surprises: the excellent first half of the season West Brom have had, the relegation
Arguably, Ivory Coast are the best team in Africa, and they’ve been the best team in Africa for a long time. Didier Drogba’s age and impending retirement won’t change that with a variety of capable target men waiting in the wings. They’re deep in midfield and on the wings, and while they’re not deep in
We have now surpassed the halfway stage of the 2012/13 Premier League season, and the first half of the season was fantastic. The champions had a stuttering start to the campaign but have now rediscovered their form from the latter stages of last season. Robin van Persie has been a revelation for Manchester United after
Welcome to the first of 16, 1 a day, team profiles for every team participating in AFCON 2013. Then a blog every night, which will be a match reviews(s), depending on how many games there are a night. Algeria One of Africa’s 6 teams that participated in World Cup 2010, although they finished bottom
Europe’s most prestigious club competition’s round of sixteen always produces some intriguing games. However the matches this year’s draw has proven to be more even more exciting than ever with a lot of the top teams pitted against each other. So what are my predictions for these games? Real Madrid vs Manchester United
Great expectations don’t always materialise into great results. In sport this happens time and time again, it’s just a part of life, but the Russian collapse in this year’s Champions League has come somewhat as a shock that no one ever really imagined would happen. After last season’s overwhelming success of both Russian representatives in
After a great start to the Bundesliga season saw Schalke reach 2nd place behind leaders Bayern Munich, their form has drastically dropped over recent games. ‘The Royal Blues’ (Die Königsblauen) only suffered 1 defeat in their opening 9 games which included Huub Stevens’ team beating the current champions Borussia Dortmund in the Revierderby - arguably
It would be fair to say there was plenty of controversy at Cardiff last season, after the Bluebirds opted to switch their famous blue shirts for a red strip due to commercial reasons. Such a move came off the back of a playoff defeat although following large-scale investment, most supporters are relatively happy with the
As matches all over Europe come to a close, we round-up the most astonishing, eye-dropping, shocking and odds-shattering of results from Serie A to the Premier League, who continue to surprise many of its followers with its competitiveness and unpredictability; a factor that continues to baffle betting enthusiasts all over wondering where to find the best
There was nothing unconventional about 19 year old Paul Pogba signing for Juventus, who had won the Scudetto in an unbeaten season.The former Le Harve youth player traded the red of Manchester United for the the black and white of Juventus (although formerly of Notts County since 1903). It seems to be a given that Paul Pogba
“Judge us with ten games in.” - Arséne Wenger, trying to calm his critics. We’re ten games in now, and it’s looking rather grim for Wenger’s boys in red. After a disastrous last fortnight, even Wenger’s admirers are starting to doubt him. A new-look Arsenal team marched out of the tunnel at the Emirates, in