Tag: football

  • Snap judgements can only bite back

    Snap judgements can only bite back

    No-one, it seems, can stop themselves from making cast iron calculations based on plaster of Paris performances. Two weeks into the Premier League season and, according to some, Manchester United are nailed on champions and West Ham’s woes will see Slaven Bilic shuffling out of Stratford. I think we should all just take a step […]

  • Thrilling Kick-Off to Campaign set to Continue

    Thrilling Kick-Off to Campaign set to Continue

    Last week saw a fitting start to the 25th anniversary of the Premier League. Friday night lights at the Emirates Stadium shone as brightly on Arsenal’s defensive failings as much as they did on their undoubted attacking talent, before Liverpool’s continued corner-kick quackery prevented the Merseysiders from claiming maximum points at Watford. Dan Roebuck previews […]

  • Local Rivals Clash in Round One of The Carabao Cup

    Local Rivals Clash in Round One of The Carabao Cup

    The Carabao Cup, better known as the EFL Cup or the Football League Cup, gets underway this week when the clubs from League One, League Two and the Championship (all bar Hull and Middlesbrough, who finished best placed of the three teams relegated from the Premier League last season) compete in round one. Andrew Mount […]

  • Hot August openers take me back to my first full season following Fulham

    Hot August openers take me back to my first full season following Fulham

    So the football season is nigh and hope springs eternal. As a lifelong fan I seldom tire of the prospect of a new campaign and Fulham are often decent with the sun on their backs. August still fills me with a somewhat blind hope but after last season’s dashing displays we have every reason to […]