Premier League Years: Chris Kirkland Is A Bit Cap
The Premier League is back baby! That’s right with the Premier League back and in full swing, it only seems right that we celebrate the opening day on Premier League…
The Real Football Man: So Glad We Made It
And relax. After what has been a tumultuous summer of low-level international tournaments, pre-season tours to far flung corners of the world, Women’s football and Neymar we have finally reached…
Tales Top Tips: Rafa and Poch to compare transfer notes and City to inflict actual tears on Brighton
So we are back. In fact, we were back last night where a Friday night kick-off put paid to any chance to Tales Top Tips being a nicely coordinated, all…
Flint’s Off On One: Penalty Madness
I can be a really nice person, I promise. Just give me a plate of shashlyk and khachapuri – Russia and Georgia’s answer to barbecued meat and hot cheese pastry…
Marinho Muses The Turn of the Season
I’ve really missed this, the beautiful game. I tried to occupy myself with all the fruits of the footballing summer; the English success in the U20 World Cup offered hope…
The Best of the Rest (of the World): Cyprus and Faroe Islands
The countries of choice this week are two European island nations, who couldn’t be further apart in climate. On the one hand, we have the exotic Cyprus, but on the…
Curbing Your Enthusiasm: UEFA Super Cup Final on Faroese TV
A former Premier League manager approached us here at Tales and asked that we publish his diaries, so he could show the public what life is like out of the…
Bad Management: Roy Hodgson at Liverpool
Last time on Bad Management we looked at how David Moyes flopped spectacularly at Manchester United but today’s subject arguably did even worse at their rivals Liverpool. Yes, its time…
Fantasy Football Unplanned: Gameweek 1 Preview
It’s back! Oh my how it is back. Weeks of trawling through the player lists, trying to find that bargain that is going to be the difference between an average…
Mission impossible for bit part Mourinho
Not sure if you knew that Jose Mourinho has begun writing a new autobiography – as ‘Made in Portugal’ sounds a bit parochial now and so last decade? A book…