It's too early to tell what is going to happen in the English leagues, but there have been some useful indicators. The three leagues below the Premier League have started off as they promised - incredibly tight and difficult to predict
There is a growing tide of disinterest in players underneath the international elite. The Premier League has created a sea of happy, rich bench warmers who care little for the club they play for
Every year a group of football journalists get together to thrash out their hopes, dreams and expectations for the upcoming season. This year, Man Utd were the predictable hot topic of conversation
Chinese tycoon Kenny Huang has stepped up his talks with Liverpool creditors in a bid for the club that is increasingly looking like it will be successful, which can only be a good thing for Liverpool
gordon strachan is not the most popular middlesbrough manager there has ever been, which may prove troublesome throughout the season
Of course, it is far too early to tell what is going to happen this year in the English leagues, but there have been some useful indicators.
The three leagues below the Premier League have started off as they promised – incredibly tight and difficult to predict.
However, already we have seen a few things that will enhance our betting this season.
qpr manager neil warnock has spoken at length in the past about players who don't try
Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore has put his hands up today to admit that the league has to be partly culpable for the dismal performance of England in the World Cup.
The pursuit of success – and ultimately money – has been a bar to English players getting game time in the top division. That may be true, but England’s performance in the World Cup is really a red herring when it comes to the real problems that money has created in England.
the manchester united old guard - paul scholes, gary neville and ryan giggs - got them out of a hole last season
Last night I spent the evening in the company of a number of old friends who constitute football journalists and football-educated “civvies” and, as one would expect three days before the start of the season, the conversation was predictable.
We gather about the same time every year to thrash out our hopes, dreams and, more soberly, our expectations about the upcoming season – the conversation even happens in the same order.
chinese tycoon kenny huang could be a very good fit as new owner of liverpool
Chinese tycoon Kenny Huang has stepped up his talks with Liverpool creditors in a bid for the club that is increasingly looking like it will be successful.
This can only be a good thing for a club that is beginning to turn the corner from a poor season on and off the pitch last term.
french champions marseille are finding it difficult to attract new players - and keep at least on their stars
The Champions League is in full swing, but there are far more interesting signs of the fate of Europe’s football clubs being played out in friendlies across the world.
Perhaps the most intriguing friendly match of the season so far will take place in Tunis in the Trophee des Champions between Olympique Marseille and Paris St-Germain…
moments before boston were relegated by this wrexham penalty in 2007, their owner placed them in CVA, which sounded clever at the time, but they were dropped two divisions as a result
Debt. It’s been a theme across the world over the past three years, is it about to be the major influence in the 2010/11 season.
The News of the World published the first major mainstream back page report of the season on a battle that has been bubbling away under the surface for a number of years – and did for Portsmouth towards the tail end of last season. Her Majesty’s Revenue Service vs English football.
spread betting is a form of betting that requires the user to process a lot of information
After a number of enquiries from members about how to spread bet, and after a very successful spread betting campaign at the World Cup, I want to lay down how you should be thinking when you bet on the spreads.
Spread betting is certainly not for the faint-hearted, but if it is done properly it can generate impressive returns and is a useful addition to your football betting armoury. But be careful, if you don’t know what you are doing, it can be a dangerous way to gamble.
