

Engaging Channel 4 the ideal platform Britain's second tier sports
"Support a team that might actually win" is the sentence that concludes the opening titles for Channel 4's coverage of the 2017 Women's...


Endless quest for overseas markets makes mockery of winter burnout pleas
Within the next 12 months there will be calls for a winter break. Be it when we reach the depths of mid winter looking across the North...


Neil Warnock is both the man England needs and the man it deserves
Gareth Southgate is coming up to his fourth and final game in charge of England as caretaker manager this week and although the bookies...


Greed is not new in English football and Allardyce is only slightly more guilty than the rest.
The decision be the FA to relieve Sam Allardyce of his duties this week has split fans throughout the country. My personal stance is that...


Is a 'British' League Cup the way forwards for England's most derided competition?
Wolves v Crawley, Mansfield v Blackburn, Carlisle v Port Vale. These are a sample of the mouthwatering Tuesday evening ties on 9th August...


The King is Dead: Is the traditional manager no longer fit for purpose?
In their enlightening book 'Soccernomics' journalist Simon Kuper and economist Stefan Szymanski set about examining the myths and...


Co-commentators: What are you?
Glenn Hoddle. With your forehead like a sweaty potato. With your comments as subtle as a steamtrain. With your opinion as valued as pound...


The absolutes proposed by Remain and Vote Leave are drowning out all of the middle ground necessary
Although probably an obvious issue, amidst much of the cacophony of absolute views and opinions I feel that it’s necessary to bring the...


Sport, the Nazis and the DDR. What role did sport play in legitimating German political regimes befo
During the years preceding and following the Second World War political upheaval was widespread as the two significant wars of the...


Why football? - An onlooker's guide
To use the words of that great football pundit David Mitchell, there is "Constant, dizzying, 24 hour, year long, endless football. Every...







