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Football FanCast columnist Matt Kelly asks if justice has been done for Sheffield United.

Sheffield United may finally receive some form of compensation following their relegation from the Premier League in 2007.

Tagged: Arsenal

Football FanCast columnist Matt Kelly feels that Fabregas and Denilson hold the key to any success that Arsenal will have in Kiev tonight.

Arsenal's Champions League journey begins in the Ukrainian capital tonight with an away trip to Dynamo Kiev. Arsene Wenger will be aiming to direct all his teams' efforts into gaining a positive start to a campaign that ended in the most heartbreaking of fashions last term.

Tagged: England

Football FanCast columnist Matt Kelly felt that the performance of Holland and Italy last night was an example to us all and highlights the massive job that Fabio Capello has in rebuilding the national football team.

Italy against Holland wasn't just the return of total football on the international stage, but it was a lesson in football for everyone English.

Tagged: Arsenal
Football FanCast columnist Matt Kelly reflects on Arsenal's week from hell and feels that those performances in key games are the perfect reflection of the season as a whole.


Arsenal have faced much media criticism in recent weeks, following their poor domestic form which has seen them win only one game in eight and fall from the top of the table into 3rd place. Admittedly this isn't what you want as an Arsenal fan, but if we take a look back to the beginning of the season, you would be hard pressed to say we have not performed well and way above expectation.

Tagged: Premiership

Football FanCast columnist Matt Kelly reacts to the hyperbole of Sunday's action and wonders exactly what affect this ‘Grand Slam' event has on fellow Premier League teams and the game of football as a whole.

I'm torn by Grand Slam Sunday. On the one hand, I just can't wait for it; in the morning I'm all nerves and excitement and during the first match it's much of the same, until it settles and then I can relax and enjoy the rest of the days' football.