Two Left Cleats

Theo Walcott: Finally Arrived?

Amazingly still only at 23-years old, a player that seems to have been around for ages, he arrived at Arsenal on Jan 20th 2005 with the next potential superstar tag dangling from his...
Gareth Bale: Top Class or Over-hyped?

Gareth Bale follows a long list of technically gifted Tottenham players such as Gazza, Chris Waddle and Glenn Hoddle, having the ability to excite the crowd every time the ball is...
Best Club side in History? AC Milan-1989 or Barcelona-2011?

Ever since I can remember, I always loved watching football from all around the world, appreciating the skills and different qualities each country’s league brings to the table. From the tight-marking defenses...
England’s Young Lions

Jack Butland-19 Kyle Walker-22 Phil Jones-20 Chris Smalling-23 Kieran Gibbs-22 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain-19 Jack Rodwell-21 Tom Cleverly-23 Jack Wilshere-21 Danny Welbeck-23 Theo Walcott-23 The last major trophy of any sort for this...
My Pint Runneth Dry on English Football’s “No-Standing” Policy

The tragedy of the football match in 1989 where 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death can never be understated. It was a massive tragedy that left English Football’s image in...
EPL – The Race for a Coveted “Top Four” and Champions League Spot

The importance of Champions League football in the modern game is immense with many millions of pounds awarded to its participants. The extra revenue it brings gives many teams the opportunity...
The Premiership’s Best 11 – With a Twist!

It would be relatively easy to pick the Premiership’s best 11 players, but to make it a little more challenging I decided to limit my choices to only one player from...
Messi or Ronaldo: Need we Decide?

These two, Messi and Ronaldo, really are in a league of their own when compared to the rest of the World. They’re talent to make the most difficult of skills look...
The Pure Craziness of Transfer Deadline Day

The last day in January is pretty much life as normal to much of the world’s population, but to fans of the English Premier League, as well as some other higher profile leagues,...
40 Completely Random Yet Amazing Football Facts

For a little change of pace from my latest diatribe, I thought I’d mix things up and spew some of the odd facts I have stored away in the footballing portion...
What Makes Football “Beautiful”?

Football is affectionately known as “The Beautiful Game” because quite simply to millions worldwide, it is just that. At 90minutes it’s like an epic film with the ability to make...
The FA Cup: The Romance Lives On

The fireworks have well and truly been out in full force as the FA Cup 4th round games came and went over the weekend. Minnows from the lower leagues defeating their higher...
United Get Their Man: Is Wilfried Zaha the next superstar of world football?

After months and months of endless on-off transfer rumours involving Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and every other top team who seemed desperate for the starlet’s signature, the Wilfried Zaha saga finally came to a...
The Top 10 Young World Footballers

Naming the world’s best players is easy. Start with Messi, Ronaldo, add much of Barcelona’s squad with a sprinkling of others from around European club football and “voila”! But let’s take...
Jack’d Off on Eden Hazard and the Swansea Ball Boy

This time im Jack’d off about the Semi-final Capital One Cup match between Chelsea and Swansea. Chelsea lost leg 1 at home, 2-0, therefore they needed to score two at Swansea in...
Bad Press: Setting the Record Straight for Manchester United

Last night I was on an EPL chat site, and I came across an Englishman ranting about Alex Ferguson owning the referees and Manchester United getting all the calls (a popular...
Brief Football History: Paul Scholes

He is without doubt one of the best footballers of his generation, and indeed in the footballing world. Born in 1974 in Salford, England, he signed for Manchester United as an...
Diving – the Cancer in Football (PLUS Top 5 EPL Offenders!)

The epidemic of diving in world football began to gain prominence in the early 90’s and quickly turned cancerous within the game shortly thereafter. Falling, or this simulation rubbish (let’s not...
Predicting the 2012-13 Champions League Winner

The UEFA Champions League. By all accounts the most important club tournament in all of football, has now reached its knockout stage. We are left with 16 teams vying for the...
Brief Football History: Steven Gerrard

Liverpool blood has coursed through Steven Gerrard’s veins quite literally since the day he was born. The Merseyside native joined the Liverpool academy at the tender age of nine. Though he...