It seems utterly bizarre and crazy, but it looks as if of the top four in the EPL only one of the clubs could, if it so wished, rush out and spend £30 million on Johnny Foreigner (to use Mr Sugar’s memorable phrase about Dennis Bergkamp.) The Russians have announced that there will be no…
There was a time in the 1990s when Italian football was king. WC Milan (then known as AC – before they started playing silly buggers) in particular had the most stunning side that played fluent exciting wonderful free-flowing football. It was Total Football II. In those days it was all so good you could watch…
Like many gentlemen of a certain age whose fathers have now passed on, I find myself wishing I’d listened to my dad a bit – especially on the subject of Arsenal in the old days. My dad went to the Arsenal through the 30s and again in the post-war era, and saw the great teams. …
Sometimes you just have to hand it to the Evening Standard. This week David Mellor ran the story that “the Soviet Union is alive and well and living at Stamford Bridge.” There followed an article in which Mellor points out that when the club publishes transcripts of question and answer sessions with fans (all part…
Like many gentlemen of a certain age whose fathers have now passed on, I find myself wishing I’d listened to my dad a bit – especially on the subject of Arsenal in the old days. My dad went to the Arsenal through the 30s and again in the post-war era, and saw the great teams. …
There was a time in the 1990s when Italian football was king. WC Milan (then known as AC – before they started playing silly buggers) in particular had the most stunning side that played fluent exciting wonderful free-flowing football. It was Total Football II. In those days it was all so good you could watch…
The owner of CSKA Fulham has gained some financial relief after the Russian government has loaned $1.8 billion to the steel company Evraz. But the situation is getting ever worse for the football club. Abramovich owns much of Evraz (having sold his interest in Sibneft the oil company). But Evraz, with debts of over $10bn…
It is perhaps not surprising that in recent month Sir Alex F-Word’s relationship with the Lord Wenger seems to have changed, and we have witnessed the two in conversation. Reports from international conferences suggest that this is happening more and more and that they are spending time huddled together in corners…. chatting. The reason is…
International weeks, blah blah. Boring, except two big things are happening. First something stirs in the Reserves, because at last our defensive midfielder – the one everyone was screaming for through the summer – is playing. Oh yes (as John Major used to say). Amaury Bischoff is playing in the Reserves against Stoke tonight. That…
Two events yesterday brought home to me the distances we have travelled this year. First, Arsenal put out not their first time, not the squad members who back up the first team, but their third team – a team made up mostly of players who we only see at Barnet in the reserves. And this…
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