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Over the years Manchester United have produced some of Europe’s finest footballers through their ranks. Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and David Beckham sailed through the ranks and into the first team. However, it hasn’t been an easy ride for everyone. We look at ten players who promised Manchester United so much but due to [...]

Newcastle pulled off the comebacks of all comebacks in a thrilling encounter at St James Park.

Here is my list of the ten worst rules in football. This week, we are looking to the future at Footballfancast.com. Amidst all the opinion of which players are going to be the next big thing, I thought about how the game might be different over the next ten years because of the rules. In 2015 [...]

Last week I compiled my Premier League ‘Let down XI’. That included players who were not necessarily the worst in the League, but who did not live up to the expectations that many fans and managers would have had. It included Almunia, Konchesky, Heitinga, Evans, Dunne, Carrick, Cole, Poulsen, Ireland, Defoe and Torres. In reverse of [...]

Continuing our look into the foreign wags that put the Premier League ones to shame… Francesco Totti is a Serie A legend, one of the greatest Italian footballers of modern times. A player of his calibre certainly needs a WAG of equally high quality and that’s exactly what Totti has got in the shape of Ilary [...]

Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the Premier League with Javier Hernandez once again the hero on the occasion. The Little Pea has arguably been the transfer find of the season as his goals have delivered some vital points this campaign. At FFC this week we have seen a mixed bag of Manchester United [...]

Tottenham’s hopes of Champions League success now hinges on them finishing in the top four this season. It is a mammoth task that faces Harry’s men, after yet more points thrown away this afternoon, although Spurs are never known for making life easy for themselves. At FFC this week we have seen a mixed bag of Spurs [...]

Liverpool fans must be wondering what if Kenny had been appointed manager sooner as the Reds close in on a top five finish. Dalglish has performed absolute wonders at Anfield and you sense it is only a matter of time before he is given the job on a permanent basis. At FFC this week we have [...]

It is win or bust for Arsenal at the Reebok tomorrow afternoon as two consecutive draws has all but killed off Arsene Wenger’s hopes of ending their six year trophy drought. The French boss is confident that his squad is more than capable of winning honours and therefore is unlikely to be spending big in the [...]

Tottenham are known for shooting themselves in the foot and this afternoon proved no different as they threw away more vital points at White Hart Lane. Harry Redknapp must wonder what the hell is going on at the moment as the North Londoners slowly become the draw kings of the Premier League. The amount of points [...]

Manchester United can almost taste the champagne as a deserved 1-0 victory took the Red Devils 9pts clear at the top of the table. It wasn’t pretty but Fergie won’t mind one iota as the win takes his United side a step closer to a record 19 th title. Javier Hernandez was once again the hero on [...]

Liverpool hit five in what was an inspired performance at Anfield this afternoon. The Anfield faithful must be wondering what could have been this season had Kenny Dalglish been appointed caretaker earlier in the year and you do sense that a Europa League finish would have been the very minimum they could have expected. I don’t [...]

We all love a spectacular goal, and since the start of the Premier League back in the 90s, we have seen a fair few stunners. But what would you regard as the greatest Premier League goal of all-time? Would you go for a goal that required a great technique? Is a long-range strike what you’re looking [...]

With England currently sitting top of Group G in the European Championship Qualifiers, on paper everything is looking good for Fabio Capello’s men. But, last year’s World Cup in South Africa was still a major disappointment by anyone’s standards and the lacklustre draw with Ghana last month hardly inspired confidence. With the ‘Golden Generation’ apparently [...]

This thrilling Merseyside derby actually marked the end of Kenny Dalglish’s first reign as Liverpool manager. Quite an occasion to bow out on.

Tottenham had a torrid time at the Bernabeu. In a night that Spurs needed luck, they got none. Everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong. Adebayor’s brace continued his remarkably good form against the North London club. In his time at Arsenal he scored in every game that the two clubs met. He is certainly [...]

Stoke City rose to the Wembley occasion with a 5-0 thrashing in the FA Cup Semi Final. Tony Pulis’ men were in sensational form from the very first minute and Jermaine Pennant and Matt Etherington gave the Trotters full backs a torrid afternoon. It was the most one sided cup semis in years and Owen Coyle [...]

Liverpool’s hopes of European football were boosted this afternoon as a last gasp point sees the Reds close the gap on 5 th place to just 4pts. Dirk Kuyt was the hero once again for Liverpool, who was struck by a double injury blow, with a last minute penalty that sent the travelling supporters wild at the [...]

Arsenal’s hopes of landing the title looks all but doomed this evening after a dramatic last gasp Dirk Kuyt penalty gave Liverpool a share of the points. You could forgive Arsene Wenger and the supporters for thinking that the job was already done as Van Persie gave Arsenal the lead with only three minutes of injury [...]

The Premier League has given us Cantona, Ginola and Beckham who ultimately we all love no matter who they kicked in World Cup ’98. It has also thrown up the likes of Kevin Davies, Duncan Ferguson and Vinnie Jones, not loathed as much as the ones who made my ‘Dirty XI’ but would certainly make another [...]