The Ghost Of 3rd Rounds Past

The start of January is supposed to be a time for looking forward and making changes in your life. In reality, most people's resolutions fade away by January 7th, so it seems right to me that this year 7th January is FA Cup 3rd round day, because now all it reminds me is of a New Years resolution gone wrong.

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Has Jewell Lost His Sparkle?

The long and winding Npower Championship season is almost half-way through and Ipswich Town, backed by many as potential play-off contenders before the season started, are hovering just above the relegation zone.

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Sven Gone-Again-Sson

So after just 13 league games and 1,170 minutes into the new league season Leicester City have parted company with manager Sven Goran Erikkson.

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The man who revolutionised football

Jimmy Hill and his battle with the Football Association over wages in the 60s.

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The Big Pay Cheque

On the 10^th September, Asamoah Gyan joined United Arab Emirates side Al Ain from Sunderland on loan for a rumoured £6million fee being exchanged between the two clubs to acquire the Ghanaian’s signature.

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Championship Preview

After relegation from the top tier of English football, Birmingham, Blackpool and West Ham will be hoping they can bounce back at the first time of asking. After being harshly axed from previous jobs all to do with dodgy ownership, Chris Hughton and Sam Allardyce want their respective clubs to be pushing for the Championship title. I reckon they would have a good chance of winning it too.

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Ins and Outs of a Championship Shakeabout

As the sun sets on another Championship season, the promotion parties have died down and attention turns to the transfer window. With some clubs looking to gain an immediate return to the Premier League and others fighting for their lives at the bottom, everyone must act fast to snap up the best deals in this year’s market.

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The Ten Greatest English Coaches (Unheard of in England)

In recent years, there has been a perceived tendency in English managers and coaches to stay on home soil rather than ply their trade overseas. True or no, the migration of Steve McClaren to Twente and then Wolfsburg, with varying degrees of success, has been seen as the exception that proves the rule. Several factors have been put forward to explain this supposed phenomenon, not least of all the fact that English clubs pay their staff very handily - Ian Dowie, for instance, earns £300,000 a year as an assistant at Newcastle.

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Diary of a BBC Sports Reporter

My month started with a trip back to The Valley, the ground where it all began for me on BBC Final Score two seasons ago. My last visit was a memorable one, after I parted with my hard-earned cash (albeit very little) to have a small wager on the game (it’s difficult not to as there’s a bookie’s stand just inside the Millennium Suite).

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Diary of a Sky Sports Reporter

Sometimes, just sometimes, things don't go to plan. This weekend was definitely one of those occasions for me. Firstly, I was given the Championship relegation clash between Preston and Sheffield United, then I was switched to another Championship game Coventry versus Millwall, and then after watching the game I was told not to do any interviews. And the reason why... there wasn't a cameraman there for me!

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Diary of a Sky Sports Reporter

Preston substitute Nathan Ellington provided a thrilling finish to this match against managerless Coventry as he netted the winner deep into stoppage time to keep alive North End's hope of staying in the Championship.

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