AUTHOR PROFILE: Mark Greenwood

Despite being born in Enfield, North London, I have spent the majority of my life living in southern Spain. Within that time I spent seven years as a season ticket holder at local club Malaga, who consequently became my team of choice. During this period I became a big follower of Spanish football which has remained with me since returning to England and I pride myself on my knowledge of the European leagues Follow me on Twitter @http://twitter.com/markofclass

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Blogs by Mark Greenwood

Whatever happened to Steve Archibald?

Date: 8th January 2010 at 2:45 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs,Premier League,Tottenham Hotspur | Author: | Tags: , , , ,
archibaldSteve Archibald is undoubtedly one of the best foreign imports to ever come out of Scotland and ply his trade in the big European leagues. The man from Glasgow moved across the border to excel for Spurs for four years before going on to become a fan’s favourite at the mighty Barcelona,…

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La Liga Bargains who the Premiership should look to snap up

filipeLa Liga is the only football league that can consider itself to compare to the Premiership in terms of quality and classy players and there is a lot of quality players in Spain, many of whom would cost little to bring over to England and would be well worth a gamble. Here’s…

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What Sunderland now do with Kenwyne Jones?

Date: 7th January 2010 at 3:07 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs,Premier League,Sunderland | Author: | Tags: , , , ,
kenwyn-jonesIt’s nothing new for Kenwyne Jones to be linked with a move away from Sunderland, it’s happened since he joined the club although the clubs he was linked with previously were the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham whilst now it’s Birmingham and Stoke bidding for him. Either way, a £9…

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Are cracks showing in Tottenham and Villa’s CL bids?

400x400_1241468368_spt_ai_astonvillavhull_21To be fair to the Champion’s League chasing duo, every team shows exploitable cracks throughout a season but their ability to get over these setbacks are essential in proving their credentials for their CL push. Spurs and Villa have both had very good seasons so far but there have been signs of…

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Villa is one of the world’s best strikers so why don’t Barca or Madrid touch him?

400x400_DavidVillaNew3The Spanish national side possess the two best strikers in the world in Fernando Torres and David Villa. Forget Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and so on, it’s these two who are the deadliest strikers in world football. Whilst Torres has lit up the Premiership as Liverpool’s best player, Villa has…

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The England stars destined to miss Fabio Capello’s cut?

Gary CahillEngland does not possess the most gifted players in the world, we’re no Brazil. But there are plenty of top English players who, despite an extremely successful season this year, are highly unlikely to be in Fabio Capello’s plans for the World Cup this summer. Whilst some like Darren Bent, Joe…

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Why Cole simply isn’t the right man for Arsenal

Carlton-ColeThe transfer buzz is increasing that Arsenal will make a £9 million move for Carlton Cole during this January transfer window. The West Ham striker’s certainly improved a lot since his Chelsea days and is a pretty good striker these days with decent goalscoring ability. But that’s not enough. Arsenal’s hunt for…

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Torres is better than ‘good’ and Bassong will soon realise

Fernando Torres is bound to be up there given his performances for Liverpool News filtered through this morning that mind games have already begun between Tottenham and Liverpool ahead of their clash at Anfield on Sunday. But it’s not the managers bringing fire to this battle for a Champions League spot but instead…

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Will Berbatov ever be the right fit at Old Trafford?

9. Dimitar Berbatov It is a testament to Alex Ferguson’s faith in Dimitar Berbatov that the Bulgarian has not been linked with a move away despite proving something of a big money flop – 19 goals in a season and a half isn’t good enough for £32.5 million and opinion on Berbatov is split.…

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Top TEN Success Stories of the Premier League Season

GiggsAhead of every season we anticipate who’s going to do well over the coming season, who potential stars are and who’ll have a shocker. There are many we don’t expect though and their successful season prove much more interesting reading than the usual knowledge that Frank Lampard has scored another 20 league…

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