Get To Know: Dan Tracey
Welcome to a series where you will find out more about your favourite writers and learn about who is behind the words. Dan Tracey is the Real Football Man. You…
The Premier League Years: Who Brought Their Dads?
Welcome back to another Premier League Years where, this week, we travel back to the season of my birth 1994/95. With the Premier League heading into just its third season,…
Curbing Your Enthusiasm: Alan McInally and his bulletproof toilet
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…
The Best of the Rest (of the World): Bermuda
I know that last week that I said we were going to head to Central America, but I got a tiny bit distracted and floated off into the North Atlantic Ocean…
The Sanchez Saga: More than a transfer
Arsene Wenger has unexpectedly found himself as the curly moustached ringmaster of this summers Transfer Cirus. This, more than any other, is the season of big spending and Wenger is…
Bad Management: Joe Kinnear at Newcastle United
Last week you may remember that we covered Bob Bradley’s ill-fated reign as Swansea boss. While a complete disaster it at least started semi-promisingly. Joe Kinnear’s spell at Newcastle during…
The Definition of a ‘Real Fan’
After reading a debate on Twitter recently about who was ‘a real fan’ I decided to give it all some thought. I put pen to paper and decided to see…
Joe Hart: close shaves and a unique contribution to sports science
It is often said that you need to be just a little bit ‘mad’ to be a goalkeeper. This week’s ‘news’ rather confirms that. Paul Robinson was still playing football…
Brumour! Brumour! That noise you can hear is the laughter of Chelsea and Real Madrid
That noise you can hear in the distance is Real Madrid and Chelsea absolutely pissing themselves with laughter having forced Manchester United and Jose Mourinho, therefore the complete double whammy,…
The Greatest XI: G whizz, it is time for Gary
Let’s be honest, anyone following this series will have seen G and Gary coming a mile off. It would be wrong of me not have gone with Gary as it…