As a parent of children playing football- the youngest a current Chelsea in the Community player, the eldest having passed through their ranks up to Year Three- the FA's proposal to eventually phase out heading in youth football speaks equally loudly to both fatherhood and the fan in me…
There are certain subjects worthy of debate which must, practically by law, pop up every time the very word “football” is spoken in any pub the length and breadth of the country, if not the world. One of them must be the “greatest upset of all time”...
As the country prepares to co- host Euro 2032 alongside Italy, it would seem that somewhere near the top of the Turkish Football Federation's priority list has to be sorting out the multitude of problems currently rife in the domestic game...
After a gap of just over a year, we finally notched up another new entry in our long line of football away day experiences. And this one delivered the most entertaining game that we've seen so far in this series. Our venue was the St Mary's Stadium, and the fixture was Southampton against Watford in mid April. Whilst there wasn't a lot riding on it for The Hornets, the same certainly couldn't be said for a Saints team still pushing for an unlikely automatic promotion spot, and already nailed on for a Championship play-off place.
It’s not too much of a stretch to suggest that Aberdeen have struggled somewhat, by comparison, in the years since a pre-knighthood, and winning nearly every trophy he so much as touched, Alex Ferguson left Pittodrie for Manchester United. With Fergie having moulded a team capable of jostling with the Old Firm and doling out more than a few knockout punches both at home and abroad, this season must rank as something of a shocker for the Dons in the wake of Neil Warnock's exit following a mere eight games as interim manager.