Football research

The trouble with the UEFA vs Eduardo story is that the number of strands within it keeps getting bigger. It is a bit like trying to grasp the nature of the universe.   Just when you have got your head around the fact that space and time are all part of the same entity, along comes…

Billy the Dog was not quite in the best of moods or the finest of fettle when I met him on the allotment to discuss the game against the almighty Notlob in the Land of the Fabled Beast. I started by asking the question everyone asks, “Is there life in Bolton?” “It doesn’t really matter,”…

By Tony Attwood I mentioned in the last article I wrote that Arsenal are sometimes criticised for not getting the ideal player for each position.  The argument from the AAA is always that if only Arsenal managed themselves better they would always be able to buy exactly whomsoever they required – and keep them as…

Jose Mourinho said yesterday that he thought the ref was biased against his team in their game against Manchester United – and the big news today was that for some reason he is not going to be sanctioned by UEFA. Not that I want him sanctioned – but I just like to understand the rules. …

So here we are – for the second time in a couple of days an Arsenal player has been injured playing in a pathetic pointless international.  VP is out, and now Gibbs.  Will it ever end? So it seems an appropriate time to consider one of the two organisations that seek to destroy our enjoyment:…

By Tony Attwood In 2014 Blatter will still be in charge of world football.  The FA will still be in charge of English football.  Uefa will still be there introducing its financial fair play rules – maybe. Now you might think that football supporters everywhere might welcome anything other than that – even if the…