Well this may come as some surprise, but a film about a manager that only had one season in the Premiership may not garner the most interest outside of the United Kingdom but Brian Clough is a legend in European football. Today sees the film version of David Peace’s tome have its World Premier in [...]
Anyone who’s caught Tottenham in action recently will not fail to have been impressed by Aaron Lennon’s recent form on the right hand side of Spurs’ midfield. For me, it’ll be a major surprise if he’s not in Fabio Capello’s next England squad for the Friendly against Slovakia and the qualifier in Kiev against the [...]
by Christopher Walker on February 5, 2009 · 35 comments
Wednesday were all at sea for years…
Did you ever think that you would look at the Premier League table and see the Wigan in 7th, Hull take 20 points in the first 9 games and Fulham challenging for 6th?
If that wasn’t strange enough, once Champions League semi-finalists Leeds United are currently sitting in the middle of [...]
by The Gaffer on January 26, 2009 · 1 comment
One of the most eagerly anticipated movies of the year is scheduled to debut on March 27 when “The Damned United,” the story of Brian Clough’s 44-day reign as manager at Leeds United, hits the silver screen in the United Kingdom. Brian Clough was widely considered to be the greatest English manager never to manage [...]
Tottenham’s season so far has been abysmal, but how does it compare with other dreadful seasons from Premier League clubs? Leeds United’s 2003/2004 season was particularly poor especially the comical performances by Roque Junior, which I’ll never forget. What for you has been the worst season by a big Premier League side?
<a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1033694/” >Which [...]
You may have missed an article by Oliver Kay in The Times this past weekend that featured a very revealing interview with Manchester City executive chairman Garry Cook regarding the future of the Premier League. The headline perfectly sums up Kay’s article: “Vision Of A Breakaway League With No Relegation.”
Here are the revealing quotes followed [...]
Sometimes it’s hard to believe because they monopolize the Premier League so much, but the Big Four in England have not always been the big four. Chelsea only joined the ranks in 2003. Prior to that, the league was topped by the Big Three or Big Two depending on Liverpool’s inconsistent form.
To understand how the [...]