Dreaming of Leeds Coming Back Up: Nostalgic Promotions and Modern Relegations
On Saturday, Wolverhampton Wanderers won promotion back to the first division for the first time since their back-to-back relegations of 2012 and 2013. They’re a…
Articles by Liam Divilly
How Allardyce the Wind-Up Merchant is digging Everton deeper and deeper into an Everton-shaped hole.
Think of all the seasons in years gone by. Think of all the Augusts spent guessing the league table from 1-20. All the years ‘yer…
Liverpool vs Manchester City: How England was given the World’s Greatest Footballing Rivalry
Just over a decade ago, the Champions League created a new “3rd rivalry” for Liverpool and their supporters. Following getting drawn together (entirely coincidental, not…
Lads on Tour: Why England will Never Win Anything with their Supporters
England fans in Amsterdam today.. pic.twitter.com/pS619GglMr — Casual Ultra (@thecasualultra) March 23, 2018 Have you ever seen such a gang of blerts? England. Excuse me,…
Lionel Messi Doesn’t Care About Your Profile Picture: Why Supporters Need To Put The Phone Away
If any of you saw this weekend’s UEFA Champions League Magazine programme, you’ll probably have seen the interview they did with Ronaldinho. In it, to…
The Wild Wild West: Pandemonium in Stratford
What happened at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday was bonkers. And yes, I’m calling it the Olympic Stadium because whoever came up with the name…
Moysey, Hodgey and Big Sam: Why this Season may be the Last for the Old Timers
“The straw that breaks the camel’s back”, describes the seemingly minor or routine action which causes an unpredictably large and sudden reaction, because of the cumulative…
Why Yer Da thinks Pickford is the next Lev Yashin
Yer Da reckons that Simon Mignolet is the worst keeper in the Premier League and that Jack Butland would be a perfect signing for Arsenal….
Away Goals, Bright Nights and Gazprom: The Nostalgic Magic of the Champions League
There’s a great irony to the UEFA Champions League. It’s by a distance the biggest and most glamorous club competition in the world, it’s winner…
Power Shifts, Vladimir Putin and Lev Yashin: Another weekend in the Top Flight
Ah, no topical football issue for me to take the moral high ground on this week so a brief intermission from criticising modern football and…