The original hand-shake snub (Video)

With all the furore over Saturday's game at Loftus Road which sees QPR and Chelsea and more pertinently, the possibility of Anton Ferdinand and John Terry (if fit) facing up to each other at the pre-match hand-shake following the controversy of last season and the racism accusations, let's take a trip back to the original hand-shake snub.

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Why England can be a force at Brazil 2014 and prove Charlton wrong

So England’s record goalscorer and national treasure Sir Bobby Charlton believes there is no chance of England’s current side winning or even competing for trophies in the near future and certainly not at the next World Cup in Brazil. His assertion that England “havent got a lot of top-quality players” meaning that “you cannot see it happening in Brazil at the next World Cup” has caused quite a reaction, with many leaping to back up the 1966 World Cup winners’ claims.

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Is it time to end the pre-match handshake?

The Subject of the last episode of Sky Sports’ The Footballers Football Show is a question which splits opinion. My opinion?  Let’s scrap it.

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There will always be foul language in football. Rightly so

The fallout from the decision on the John Terry racism case is in full swing; most of it largely pretty inevitable.

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Terry case shows the depressing side of what is classed as 'banter'

Reading through some of the transcripts of the opening day of the John Terry case I was reminded of the amusement of the first time hearing swear-word heavy exchanges between people in a court room situation.

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Well done Roy

Before the European Championships, nobody was optomistic about England's chances. Wayne Rooney was suspended for the first two games and the FA had appointed a manager that many were unsure about.

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A breakdown of Hodgson's England squad

Roy Hodgson named a 23 man squad with a strong mix of youth and experience for Euro 2012 this summer, the only major surprise being Rio Ferdinand missing out.

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What is next for Hodgson?

When Fabio Capello resigned in early February, after his disagreement with The FA over stripping John Terry of the captaincy, Harry Redknapp was being cleared of any wrong doings with his tax declarations. It seemed written in the stars that Redknapp was set to succeed the Italian and he was instantly the bookies favourite for the job.

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John Terry is to blame for Tottenham's disastrous form

The Butterfly Effect. Coined by Edward Lorenz, it is defined as a ‘small change at one place in a nonlinear system can result in large differences to a later state’. Think back to Sunday October 23^rd and what you were doing that day. Not a particularly exciting day of sport, well apart from Tottenham Hotspur defeating Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at Ewood Park, and when the North Londoners could actually win a game, but we shall get to that later.

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Saturday Morning News & Gossip Round Up - AVB & Cahill rift? City to outbid United for South American plus more

A daily round up of all the Premiership news and gossip stories.

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The weight of the armband

Never has the England captain’s armband weighed so much.

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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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Chelsea's old timers keeping it young

Chelsea's squad has been labelled 'ageing' as of late, and their more senior players, such as Drogba, Lampard and Terry have come under a large amount of scrutiny, and being branded 'past it'. However, with this criticism, it seems the old boy's have often stepped up and shown the critics the rods!

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AVB -world class manager or next Chelsea fatality?

Andre Villas-Boas has had far from a glorious introduction to the premier league - 25 points and 5th place is hardly realising the limitless ambitions a club the size of Chelsea demands.

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