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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
There was false optimism in spades, but even taking that into account England – with the players available to them and the form they carried as individuals into this tournament – should have done a whole lot better than they did. So, what was it that led to one of the perhaps most disastrous World [...]
The preception is that Germany have a hoodoo over England. And while that may be true in the latter stages of the competition (last eight) it is certainly not true in history. England and Germany have won 12 each overall (with two of Germany’s wins being draws in open play). The winner of this game [...]
June 24th: France go home to a summer of recriminations after three insipid displays left them bottom of Group A. Italy also exit in the game of the tournament. Meanwhile, England must face Germany, while Argentina and Mexico play each other in the pick of the last 16 so far…
