The U21s League – Stroke of genius or frustrating stop-gap?

So, only twenty years after Spanish football came to realise its youth development procedure was flawed, The FA have come to...

Manchester City Emerge as Pre-season Favourites once again

Among large sections of empty seats and with a lazy feel about the air there was no doubt that the traditional...

Financial Fair Play: An essential practice in football

In 2003, Roman Abramovich became the owner of Chelsea football club in a high-profile fashion and sparked off a series of...

Five Premier Predictions for 2012/13 including No Instant Success For Liverpool

So a new season is almost upon us. Players have had their vacations (Dutch ones seem to start at the beginning...

South Yorkshire (and Chesterfield) Clubs 2012/13 Season Preview

This is my view on the fortunes of the local clubs in the South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire area for the forthcoming season,...

Manchester City: This is how it feels

I’d say it was sometime around 4:40pm on Sunday the 13th of May this year when I found myself staring into...

2012/13 Premier League Predictions Including Southampton, QPR & West Brom to go down?

With the new season nearly upon us many fans will be itching to know how their team will perform. In this...

Wigan Athletic for the Top Eight?

Wigan has been portrayed as a rugby town for quite some time now.  Though, I believe it only takes twenty minutes watching Martinez’s side to...

Arsenal: Hat’s off to Arsene

Just over a year ago, I wrote an article on this site in which I took a bit of a swipe...

Sheffield United Season 12/13 Preview

After finishing 3rd in league 1 last season and cruelly losing on penalties to Huddersfield Town last season Sheffield United will...