Brazil head into the World Cup 2010 in South Africa among the favourites, they’re not the top team in this one according to the majority of bookmakers but they’re still heavily fancied. In the current World Cup betting market Spain are priced at around 4/1, Brazil 5/1 and England 6/1,…

So Lord Triesman, a man many who follow football will have known probably very little about until yesterday, has had to step down from his post as head of the FA because of a Mail on Sunday  exclusive.  Well done, they’ve probably sold a few more papers in these days of…

I don’t often write about League One to be totally honest, but over the last few days one issue has arisen which has really made me question the people who run football in this country.  Just 48 hours before the final game of the season Hartlepool United were deducted three points,…

Kevin Davies may have been named Bolton’s player of the year and fair play to the captain, he certainly deserves it.  However, ask most Bolton fans and indeed most neutrals who the Wanderers best player is and the majority will say Gary Cahill. As a centre-half I would argue that we…

Inter Milan’s victory over Barcelona may have been special for the Nerazzurri and their fans, but even if Jose Mourinho’s side reach the final and take the title, it can’t disguise the fact that Italian football is in a bad way. Around 10 -15 years ago,…

As injuries continue to derail Fabio Capello’s World Cup plans it got me and a couple of mates talking, just how different could England’s World Cup squad have been had disaster not struck some of our most promising prospects? After some heated debate and a few beverages, I came up with the…

With the first ever African World Cup coming up this summer I thought it would be a good time to hail the best African players to grace the Premier League.  As always, this is based on my own viewpoint and in no particular order. Jay Jay Okocha, Bolton Wanderers & Nigeria Ok, I…

Big strikers take a lot of abuse from opposition managers from time to time.  Various clubs get labelled ‘long-ball’ sides and it is probably fair to say it perhaps isn’t the most attractive way to play the game.  However, a big and powerful striker can be a real asset for a…

Before England took on Egypt at Wembley my plan for this article was to analyse the performance of whoever started at left-back.  Leighton Baines was the chosen man and he had a very composed and assured game on his England debut, with no real errors to mention aside from a poor…

I doubt I was alone in my surprise at Wayne Bridge’s decision to pull out of the England set-up indefinitely.  I had expected the City full-back to travel with the squad to South Africa and because of Ashley Cole’s injury he stood a decent chance of being a regular starter at…