That was the week that was…
IT COULD BE WORSE… … you could be Scottish. See you, Jimmy, Gritty Gordon’s geezers ground out a one niler against Slovenia/akia (delete where applicable) to keep Nicola Sturgeon’s mind…
IT COULD BE WORSE… … you could be Scottish. See you, Jimmy, Gritty Gordon’s geezers ground out a one niler against Slovenia/akia (delete where applicable) to keep Nicola Sturgeon’s mind…
For years fans, commentators, managers and players have called for video replays to help referees get the big decisions in the big games right. And for years, FIFA has rejected…
GOALKEEPER Nikilay Mihaylov (Bulgaria) – To keep out the Dutch isn’t all that hard these days. More so when the silly sausages won’t pick Vincent Janssen. But the Wombles uncle…
Oh international football. Why do you even bother turning up? Nobody likes you, you bring out the worst in people and everyone is happy when you leave so we can…
This must be the last straw, surely. There’s no coming back from this. The bowed heads, thousand-yard stares and sagging shoulders speak of utter defeat, the kind that spells the…
Saturday March 25, 2017 Portugal – Hungary In an intriguing match, the reigning European champions come up against a team that they only managed to draw with last summer. No,…
So, another international break, another friendly against the old enemy Germany. Sure, Gareth Southgate’s England did not win but there were certainly signs of genuine improvement within the team. The…
Today the excellent Kiri Bloore begs Wayne to do anything other than go to West Ham. Anything. Except that. But just don’t go to West Ham Wayne.
Friday 24th March 2017 Rep of Ireland vs Wales In this international special, and hopefully the only one, I start with a local derby. Ireland have massive injury problems to…
With no games this week, I was all set to put my feet up. But then I thought, “What would a competent manager do?” and now here we are with…