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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Listening properly to the ticking over of a club is a much underrated skill in football betting. Each club has their own voice, their own way of doing things, and it is crucial to understand this when looking for clues as to how a club is going to perform, and how it expects to perform [...]
