As the cream of the Premiership crashed out of the Champions League last week, making it the first year since 2003 that no English team has made the semi finals, questions should be asked as to why this has happened and what is needed to fix it. CHELSEA Out of all…

Once again, the English FA has made itself a laughing stock for losing yet another CEO. Once the FA has finished with its empty excuses, the powers that be should take a long hard look at itself and realise that for the game to move forward everyone needs to drop their…

As Joe Cole’s contract comes to a close at Stamford Bridge he must look to join a club outside the top four English teams to ensure that he has a chance to fulfil his potential. Stories of Joe Cole missing school in order to work on his skills are legion, and his…

Despite all the success Phil Brown and Hull City have had over the past two years it has been riddled with a strong sense of insecurity which cost Phil Brown his job and has Hull staring financial ruin in the face. Hull’s rise through the leagues is a phenomenal story. A Rugby…

Wayne Rooney’s current form has got every England fan dreaming of World Cup success this summer, and rightly so as he is undoubtedly the best player in the world on current form. However, in the long term things look a bit different as England’s chances of being a superpower within international…

Despite a fortnight of Champions League drama, the most intriguing spectacle over the past few weeks has come from Craven Cottage. Whilst the world was watching the glamorous prospect of Wayne Rooney tearing apart an aging AC Milan backline, the more studious characters of Roy Hodgson and Bobby Zamora displayed once more…

Football’s great power is that it is a simple game which everyone can relate to, a working man’s game. But not anymore, every day the back pages look more akin to those of the Financial Times or Hello magazine. And rather than simple you now need a…

After two years of boos, banners, whistles, and acrimony the Bolton fans finally got their wish, Gary Megson got the bullet. Not content with winning and punching above their weight in the Premiership the Trotters fans now demand style and panache. So the news coming through shortly after…

If any Manchester United or Chelsea fan ever had any worries about Arsenal being a threat in the title race this season, they have now been well and truly quashed under a barrage of counter attacking genius from Wayne Rooney combined with a series of shocking defensive errors…