Editorials

Wouldn’t it be fascinating if you selected an England team of the year from the Premier League to play against an overseas team of the year from the Premier League. I hope you think it would be, because if not, there’s not much point in reading the rest of this article!I am going to select […]

I’m going to do something now that is not very easy for any football writer to do. I’m going to admit that I have been wrong about one or two people this season and humbly eat my words. Well, I’ll eat them but I’m not so sure about being humble!The first person to whom I […]

It is often mentioned by the football pundits on television as well as the managers and players in the game that the English Premier League is the best league in the world. This view tends to come from England! Is there any truth in the claim?The fact that three of the four semi-finalists in this […]

The two Champions League semi-final first legs this week produced some tense and dramatic football without ever really developing into the feast of football that most neutrals would have been hoping for.The Liverpool against Chelsea game was played at tremendous pace and with great passion, but contained little cohesive attacking football whereas the Barcelona against […]

Booing in football has become a much talked about issue. The first time it really came to the fore was when England fans booed Frank Lampard when he came on as a substitute for the national side.At my beloved Watford there are all sorts of arguments amongst the fans about whether booing poor performances adds […]

Aston Villa might just be a club who are on the verge of disproving three of the current beliefs within Premiership football.1. No team can break into the top four in the foreseeable future.2. You need to have a top foreign manager if you are going to succeed.3. There is no talent within the English […]

The Board at Fulham football club have made a series of bad decisions over the past few years and those decisions appear to be coming back to haunt them now as relegation to the Championship seems to have become almost certain.The Chairman, Mohammed Al Fayed, has had many things on his mind over the past […]

If you are sitting comfortably I would like to tell you a story. It is a story that is very personal to me but its relevance will, I hope, become clear. It involves being a parent and teaching children how to behave and how to exist together in the world for the greater good of […]

Let’s get one thing straight right away. I am not a Manchester United fan. Many people have accused me of being so when I write praise about their side, but I am not, definitely not, a fan. OK?Recently I wrote an article in which I selected my Premier League team of the year. In the […]

I received a letter this morning from former England manager Steve McClaren. (If you believe that, you’ll believe anything!) Anyway, I thought I would share it with you because it contains some wonderful insights into some of the decisions he made over his England career.Dear Graham,Firstly, let me say that I think you are probably […]