Living in the past- The Harsh Reality of 21st Century Football

It’s 1990 and it’s the World Cup. Terry Butcher looks like he belongs on the set of a horror movie and Paul Gascoigne is sobbing like a teenage girl after watching ‘Marley & Me’.

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Terry Stripped Of England Captaincy, Does The Team Need Him Anyway?

Unsurprisingly today the FA decided to strip John Terry of the England captaincy. Some may say that decision has been made several months too late, some may say it didn’t need to made it all.

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Would Redknapp sacrifice Spurs for England?

Let’s face it; have many of us really seen a better Tottenham side in any of our respective generations?

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Should we be scared of the unknown Ukraine?

After all the cultural homages and the drawn out affair had passed over in Kiev, England were the last to discover their fate as they were plucked last out of the pots in the draw process for next year’s European Championships.

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EUR- Having a laugh

When the full time whistle sounded in Lisbon on Wednesday evening, the Portuguese national side claimed the final place at next summer’s European Championships.

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What can England expect from Euro 2012 draw

So England’s national football team have managed to qualify for the finals of the European Championships this time round after suffering qualification agony four years ago.

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FIFA Folly Should Render World Cup Votes Illegal

The most recent rumblings of discontent at FIFA has seen 10 more members come under scrutiny as corruption allegations continue to pervade football’s beleaguered governing body. In this instance the monetary “gifts” as they are oxymoronically known were offered in order to influence voting in the presidential elections with Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner the alleged culprits. They have subsequently been banned for life from all football activity.

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There must be a better way

One of the most contentious and pressing issues in English football is how to make the next generation of English footballers as good technically as their Spanish, German or Dutch counterparts.

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Wales continue revival with hasten Speed

As England did their best to betray any optimism that may have occurred to any fan before, or that may have come flooding in with a delightfully efficient first 40 minutes in Podgorica before the self-destruct button was so wilfully pressed, it was easy to miss the other game in group G, that of Switzerland’s visit to Wales with the away team still in contention for the runners-up spot, aiming to set-up an effective play off with Montenegro who were busy erasing any hopes that Fabio Capello has a team correctly equipped for Euro 2012.

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The Rise And Fall Of The Wally With A Brolly

It’s a chilly and wet November evening in northwest London, the rain is hammering down onto an already saturated playing surface.

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Qualification In Sight As Three Lions Head To Montenegro.docx

England are just one point away from qualification for the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine. But that precious point will be tough to obtain against a resilient Montenegro side.

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Never Mind Battling Berba, Welbeck's Got A Fight To Land A Euro 2012 Place

What a year 2011 has been for Danny Welbeck so far. After suffering from injuries that curtailed the end to his season out on loan to Sunderland, the young Manchester-born forward has started the season on fire for Manchester United scoring 5 goals.

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Is Now The Time For Video Replays?

In the light of this weekend’s controversial sending off in the Merseyside derby I am wondering is it now finally time we looked at bringing in video replays to make sure we get the big decisions correct in football once and for all?

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England looking strong going onwards from Montenegro

With the usual chaos and controversy of the Premier League suspended for a weekend, England travel to Montenegro for the culmination of their group G campaign seeking a solitary point to take them into next year’s European Championships.

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Schteve McClaren's Managerial Rollercoaster

Steve McClaren became the latest manager this weekend to admit defeat in his attempts to revive Nottingham Forest into a footballing force to be reckoned with. Nigel Doughty, who himself handed in his notice amid the chaos, described the decision to appoint the ex-England manager as "very poor". We must ask ourselves why this is the case? Surely, being able to attract a manager of McClaren's calibre deserves some credit, despite the poor results that followed?

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