Joe Cole to Lille? Owen Hargreaves to City? Madness, and it’s not even transfer deadline day yet. If there was a sentence I didn’t expect to hear was: ‘Owen Hargreaves in line for City move.’ And it’s news like this that sum up everything I hate about City. Don’t get me wrong, they play some sensational football…

AN IMAGE moves, he slithers with the ball seemingly glued to his feet. Surrounded by players he shakes free, defying all logic and physics. He powers goal-bound, with the ball, of course under total control. Twisting, turning, dragging and sliding through the smallest of gaps as he leaves…

FROM the opening day of the season to the final swansong at Old Trafford it was a season of trials and tribulations for the Blackpool faithful. It was quite some stay, a rollercoaster ride to say the least. Full of ups and downs, a season filled with excitement and exhilaration. It has…

Football needs a few characters that's why the Special One, Jose Mourinho was so valued in the Premier League. It's a serious game but you need something or someone to lighten the mood and while Robbie Savage is engaging in some down right hilarious banter on Twitter we have one…

So England won on Friday night, let me remind you; England-one-Germany-four. Is it just me or does a win over a third-rate side, on home soil, not even begin to detract from the utter humiliation received this summer. Having said that, last night’s display was a far cry from the shambles of…

I woke this morning to breaking news that yet another well established football manager had been given the boot. Nothing annoys me more than clubs dismissing managers so early into the season, I understand they want results and have ambition – but seriously when will they wake up to the fact that…

The Premier League this season should, in theory, welcome a whole host of new home grown talent. Under new regulations outlined earlier this summer the Football Association (FA) ruled that every club will have to name a first-team squad of no more than 25, of which a maximum of 17 may not…

After four years in waiting South Africa 2010 is nearly upon us, but as we prepare for the next installment of world football, I take look back at some of its most memorable moments. The world cup is arguably the most iconic tournament of its kind, but it is not…

The world awoke this morning to the devastating news that David Beckham is out of the World Cup having suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon. The prospect of the former England captain not making South Africa is enough to make every man and his dog wallow in self pity. Granted he…

This weekend Dimitar Berbatov was once again criticised for his style of play; it frustrates me to hear comments that he is untalented, selfish and above all else lazy. Berbatov is a class act; period. For me these comments are the product of people who have never played the game nor appreciate what…