Football FanCast columnist and Wolves fan Vinny Banks is of the opinion that if you want to be entertained as a football fan then look no further than the Championship.
As the Premier League shapes up to adopt another textbook look with United, Chelsea and Arsenal battling it out at the top, Liverpool sitting comfortably in fourth and teams like Newcastle and Tottenham set firmly on mid table mediocrity. Has the Premier League becoming boring and predictable?
Ahead of Bolton's much-anticipated second-leg in Madrid this evening, FFC columnist Vinny Banks analyses Bolton's rise to the Premiership and beyond, and reviews the thoughts of Phoenix Nights star and lifelong Bolton fan, Dave Spikey, who spoke exclusively to Football FanCast on the Bolton Podcast.
Looking over the past few years in the Premiership, Wanderers fans will be delighted with the club's progress, but did Bolton reach their pinnacle to which they will not return?
With our English quartet ready to do battle with their foreign counterparts in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League, FFC columnist Vinny Banks asks how the four teams would fare in a battle of England. In the first of this series, it's the North-West XI vs. the London XI.
Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool - all aiming for Champions League glory. Will United and Liverpool do the north of England proud, or will the London duo progress further this season?
When Sir Alex Ferguson commented post-match that Old Trafford signified little more than a morgue, many batted their eyelids in amusement. The poor atmosphere had nothing to do with a lack of excitement; more a sign of how modern football is slowly drifting away from the fans - an issue that continues to dominate the world of football, and the supporters that live within it. In his search to find the ‘lost soul of football' Matthew Bazell's "Theatre of Silence" is a book that captures the thoughts of football fans who are lost on the once beautiful game. FFC columnist Vinny Banks is one of them.
In January this year, the book ‘Theatre of Silence - The Lost Soul of Football', authored by Matthew Bazell was released onto the shelves of bookshops across the country. One of the main subjects in the book is, believe it or not, the issue of quiet football crowds and hence the title. Therefore, it was a bit ironic that in the same week of the book's publication date, Alex Ferguson took a swipe at the atmosphere at Old Trafford, by comparing the ‘Theatre of Dreams' to a ‘funeral parlour'.
On Saturday evening England's top two clubs go head-to-head at Old Trafford in a mouth-watering encounter that could shape the remainder of the two club's seasons. FFC columnist Vinny Banks previews the FA Cup 5th Round tie and takes his mind back to 1999 and how that game led to an unprecedented treble for Manchester United.
When Arsenal and Man United go head to head, it's always a great spectacle. Not just for rival fans and neutral fans nationwide, but on a worldwide scale. Two of the countries finest will be battling it out for a place in the quarter finals of England's most coveted cup trophy, the FA Cup.
With Wolves currently lying bottom of the top half of the Championship, Wolverhampton Wanderers FanCast PodJockey Vinny Banks analyses his club's fortunes this season and suggests that manager Mick McCarthy will succeed at Molineux - it's just a matter of time.
After nearly two years at the helm at Molineux for Mick McCarthy, and mid table obscurity seems to be our short term destiny. With so much delight last season, this year has been full of near misses, defensive howlers and a major striking problem