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Saturday 20th March

A London derby between two teams having very different seasons. Arsenal sit third and have a realistic chance of winning the title whereas West Ham sit fifth from bottom and…

Rafael Benitez

Being a football manager is not easy that’s for sure. Even at the lowly level I manage at Wilton Town, it is really difficult to keep a squad of eighteen players happy. If they are not playing, they are…

More upset

As a football fan and particularly as an England fan I have a lot of time for John Terry. His desire to win, his determination, spirit, battling qualities and leadership are clear for all to see. The fact that…

Can’t stop scoring

Real Madrid are still top in Spain by just two goals over Barcelona. Valencia and Sevilla are a long way back but continue to lead the way for third and fourth position.

Real had a decent 4-1 win…

Where it started to go wrong

If there had been two minutes of injury time in the game between Hull and Arsenal on Saturday, Hull would have gained an excellent and invaluable point from their illustrious opponents.

Cruelly

As it was there were…

Who’s Hot and Who’s Not?

In the frame this week are Bolton, Wolves, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United.

Wolves got a crucial win at Burnley but the quality of the game was poor. Arsenal showed character to get a last…

Roy Hodgson

Who would be your manager of the season so far?

Ancelotti, Ferguson and Wenger have done what was expected of them so they would have a chance, but none of their sides have been dominant at the top.

Battling

We can rule…

No love lost

Saturday 13th March

Ninth plays eighth in a game between two of the Premier League’s in-form teams. Both sides have an outside chance of earning the last European qualification place and therefore still have everything to play…

Bleak for the Whites

Just when it looked as though Real Madrid may have put together a team that was capable of challenging for domestic and European honours they fall at the last sixteen in the Champions League.

Decent

It wasn’t Barcelona or…

Not looking good for Rafa

Rafa Benitez is a man under pressure. His Liverpool side take on Lille tonight in the Europa League in a game that is a ‘must win’ for the Spanish manager.

Unpleasant

Rafa has said some very unpleasant things…

Mark Halsey

Nobody likes the referee do they?

Determined

Both teams think that the man in the middle is biased towards the opposition, both managers think that the man in the middle is determined to lose them their job and all fans…

Crucial goal for Bayern Munich

Four points separate the two Milan sides at the top with Inter still leading the way.

On Saturday, AC Milan were held to a goalless draw at third place Roma who remain three points behind them.

So…

Who’s Hot and Who’s Not?

Manchester United scraped to a win, Bolton had a crucial win at West Ham and Arsenal made hard work of seeing off Burnley. All picked up points but none of them are getting the award.…

Worrying times for Pep?

Mark the 11th April in your diary right now. That’s the day when El Clasico takes place and it could turn out to be a ‘winner takes it all’ game.

Mountain

Real Madrid have now drawn level on points…

More celebrations for Reading?

Saturday 6th March

FA Cup Quarter-Finals

This is a tough one to call. On paper, you would have to fancy Tottenham but only a foolish person writes off this Fulham team under Roy Hodgson.

Tottenham are currently fourth…

shawcross sent off

I couldn’t have more sympathy for Arsenal’s young midfield star Aaron Ramsey. It was great news that his surgery was a success and that the doctors are sure that the injury is not career threatening. We all hope…

Keith Alexander

Very sad news yesterday that Macclesfield manager Keith Alexander has died at the age of just fifty-three.

Illness

Alexander, who suffered a brain aneurysm in November 2003, had only recently returned to work after having a short while off due to…

Glazers not wanted

I’m not a Manchester United supporter and I am certainly not financially knowledgeable or astute, so maybe I should have tried to stay out of the Glazers row at Old Trafford.

Debts

I am well aware that United have debts…

European round-up

Two points still separate Barcelona and Real Madrid whilst Valencia are a distant third some thirteen points back and Sevilla fourth, three backs again. That top four seem to be fairly well established now.

Barcelona stayed top after scraping…

O’Neill and Ferguson

This afternoon sees the first English domestic final as Aston Villa and Manchester United take to the field at Wembley in the Carling Cup final. The game between two of the best teams in the country should provide…

Reality check?

Saturday 27th February

This is a game between two teams who may have been expecting to be fairly close together, probably fighting against relegation.

Wigan are only two points above the drop zone and when I have watched…

Talisman?

I was reading a blog on the BBC the other day about whether or not there is such a thing as a one-man team.

The writer explained what he was talking about with the following paragraph,

“There are numerous examples of…

What would he have to do to be left out?

Fabio Capello is a disciplinarian. He made no secret of his clampdown on the England squad when he took over from Steve McClaren. He found an ill-disciplined group of players who…

Six years ago

Tonight sees Chelsea playing at the San Siro taking on Inter Milan in the last sixteen of the Champions League. In any season that would be an interesting game, but with former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho in charge…

Samuel, one of two red carded for Inter

There are still two points between Barcelona and Real Madrid but they both looked really good this weekend.

Barcelona were first up on Saturday and they thumped Racing Santander 4-0 at the Camp…

Who’s Hot and Who’s Not

This could go to Chelsea who moved four points clear at the top or to Aston Villa who had a fine 5-2 win. Also in the frame would be West Ham, Tottenham, Stoke and Blackburn,…

A rare off-day

It is a funny old Premier League this season. Manchester United lost their sixth game yesterday yet they are still only four points off the lead and are far from being out of contention.

Struggled

United have played a…

A sight Wolves fans are likely to see

Saturday 20th February

A somewhat dispirited Arsenal will have returned from Porto but their win over Liverpool last time out in the league will still be fresh in their minds.

Unfortunately for Sunderland…

Mick McCarthy

All people involved in football had an opinion on Mick McCarthy’s decision to leave out ten first team players when his side played at Manchester United. They lost the game 3-0 but McCarthy seemed to be vindicated when he…

Mark McGhee

Last Saturday Aberdeen produced a fantastic comeback to draw 4-4 against Celtic in the SPL. That draw kept the club in a comfortable mid-table seventh position in the league.

Goals

The Aberdeen fans have certainly seen their share of goals this…