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It was always going to be impossible to do the 11/12 season justice in two short videos but here is the final part of The Football FanCast Season Review vlog. Although the football played wasn’t always of the highest quality it was certainly exciting (As in, ‘Holly Willoughby has broken down and needs to use your [...]

The 2011/12 season could be mistaken for an end of series finale for football. I wouldn’t be surprised if after Euro 2012 the people who run football (and I presume they’re a group of demi-Gods resembling Des Lynam with crowns and tridents) declared that the sport was no more and that we had to find something [...]

It’s the final week of the Premier League season and the final instalment of this series of The Football Coffee Break. The final day of the season may prove to be a very historic one. Regardless of the amount of money spent on their squad, Manchester City could become only the fifth team to lift the [...]

“Bwing on the Euwos” mocked another classy headline by The Sun. It would appear that just one day into the job and Roy Hodgson is already facing ridicule from the media before he’s even had the chance to get his brolly out. That being the case, I still don’t understand why the FA have moved to “tell [...]

Imagine working on a painting for the best part of a year. You slave away at your easel day and night, hell bent on capturing a perfect day using nothing but coloured oils and raw imagination. Friends and family agree that it’s some of your best work to date. The image you’ve conjured can only be [...]

Before I moved to Portsmouth in 2007 until 2010 I had never considered adopting a ‘second team’, certainly not one that plied it’s trade in the same league as my usual preference. However, the events that took place at Portsmouth Football Club over the years in which I resided just five minutes from Fratton Park made [...]

Every once in a while one becomes aware of a figure in possession of such wisdom, wit and wealth of talent it’s difficult not to suddenly feel insignificant and unworthy. The other day I stumbled upon Wilfried’s Twitter account and I don’t think I’m being too harsh in declaring that young Wilf isn’t going to aspire [...]

With the haunting images of Fabrice Muamba’s collapse still fresh in the mind, all other subject matter seems a little trivial at this moment in time. Of course, football must go on but the wave of concern from fans and players up and down the country reinforce the fact that Saturday 17th 2012 is a day [...]

If the Premier League was a film, at this point I would be hastily scanning the back of the DVD case to determine if I had in fact seen this one before. What promised to be the classic romp reworked with zany new characters is quickly becoming a bit familiar. I refer to of course the [...]

The last 7 days certainly haven’t been without incident. Roman Abramovich became displeased with his latest plaything, Portsmouth and Rangers have been fighting to stay in existence and Arsenal are pretending to be as good as Tottenham (I’ll just let that settle on the palette Gunners fans.) Naturally, with all that in mind this week’s Coffee [...]

A debate that has rumbled on ever since the first ever game of football was played (which I can only presume was The Sheffield Charmly Chaps vs. The Royal Floundy Fellows) is the authenticity of the fans. Having supported Liverpool for most of my life because of my father’s allegiance to the red half of Merseyside [...]

This week Aaron Ramsey’s unfortunate coincidence, Titus Bramble is hungry and Tom applies for the England job. With every possible type of manager trying and ultimately failing bar 1 or 2, does it really matter who gets English football’s top job? Who’s to say Ian Holloway couldn’t stamp his authority on the game’s biggest egos, [...]

The last 7 days have been so busy it almost seems futile trying to squeeze it all into one vlog. This week sees those with no manager, no money and no manners take the spotlight. Tom has all these hard-hitting issues partially covered as he attempts to juggle them whilst still finding time to heap praise [...]

With the Harry Redknapp trial drawing to a positive conclusion yesterday, this week’s Coffee Break sees Tom focus on controversy in the game. With alleged corruption at the very top, it’s no surprise that football has become a hotbed of questionable activity both on and off the field. Tom touches upon both the censorship and over [...]

Eclectic look at football with Tom Skinner. Tom presents a new vlog exclusive to Football FanCast showcasing the best and worst in football in glorious video format. This week he strips football debate to its core and asks “What is football?” for those who still aren’t quite sure and takes a look at the January [...]

Football FanCast’s resident video blogger Tom Skinner brings you the Premier League’s 12 days of Christmas:

So here we go again, another Fernando Torres article. To be honest I’m surprised you even entertained the idea of putting pressure on a button with your index finger in order to make more Fernando Torres debate appear on your screen. So much has been written about the Spaniard’s misfiring capers at Chelsea, the issue has [...]

Michael Owen is the sort of footballer who, on paper, would make for the ideal girlfriend; intelligent, wealthy, good with balls and generally speaking you’d be more than happy to introduce him to your parents. Unlike say, Dirk Kuyt who is equally as much of a model professional but you couldn’t help but turn over every [...]

In 1977, national treasure David Frost conducted a series of interviews with former American president Richard Nixon surrounding his involvement in The Watergate Scandal. 45 million people witnessed Frost’s finest hour as he cut to the core of “Tricky Dicky” and gained an unprecedented insight into the mind of a world leader like nothing seen prior. [...]