Once in a lifetime events are rare in everyday life, but even rarer in football.Some that spring to mind are an 18 year-old Pele inspiring Brazil to their first World Cup, Johann Cruyff unleashing Total Football in 1974 with The Netherlands, Crystal Palace winning the FA Cup and of course England winning the World Cup.Continue reading “State of The Game”
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Brentford’s Boot Room
So now we know who is going to be filling the huge boots Thomas Frank left behind in the Gtech dugout and just as when the great man took over from Dean Smith, Matthew Benham has delved into the boot room for our next great Head coach. For anyone unfamiliar with the idea of aContinue reading “Brentford’s Boot Room”
London Leading The Way
As a proud Londoner currently living up in the frozen wastes of the north, also known as Manchester, with an overwhelming passion for football that infuriates the friends I’ve made up here, there are few things in the universe that bring me greater joy than seeing a team from London smashing other teams off theContinue reading “London Leading The Way”
Cottagers Comeback
2025 has been one giant mess for me and because of that it had been 5 months since I last made it south to see my beloved Bees in action. Things are still a mess and may be for a while yet, but there was never any question of me missing the final home gameContinue reading “Cottagers Comeback”
EAGLES SOAR ABOVE CITIZENS
At the end of last season I wrote quite the despondent blog about the rise of a new dynasty within the English domestic game. Thankfully that proved to be anything but prophetic. So as we draw to the end of this 24/25 season let me tell the story of how some lowly Eagles, from theContinue reading “EAGLES SOAR ABOVE CITIZENS”
What The Walsall??
Football in the West Midlands has been on fire this season. Aston Villa have made it to the Champions League Quarter-Finals and beat Southampton 3-0 this weekend despite failing to score 2 penalties. West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City stand at 6th and 7th in the Championship, with the formers incredible goal difference and theContinue reading “What The Walsall??”
3rd of May… Destiny Day
So the day we could see coming a thousand miles away finally arrived last Sunday as The Saints finally fell through the Premier League trapdoor after a 3-1 loss at White Hart Lane. Blimey Southampton, as if securing the earliest relegation in Premier League history wasn’t bad enough you had to have it confirmed atContinue reading “3rd of May… Destiny Day”
70 Years in 7 Minutes
No one will be sleeping on Tyneside tonight as the Toon Army takes over the North-East of England to celebrate their beloved Magpies pinching silverware out of the Scouser’s laps this afternoon at Wembley!!!! Newcastle United are League Cup Champions The Toon Army has been starved of success for far too long, their last silverwareContinue reading “70 Years in 7 Minutes”
Miracles Come In Threes
This season one team has become notorious nationwide for late collapses and this weekend Manchester City were once again at the centre of a devastating collapse. Unfortunately this time around it wasn’t the home faithful left devastated at the Etihad, as City collapsed the fairy-tale Fa-Cup progress of the Plymouth pilgrims. Being from the footballContinue reading “Miracles Come In Threes”
The Great Form Flip
So Manchester City avoided yet another embarrassing collapse, Liverpool rebounded from their derby day disappointment to claw out a victory over Wolves, Everton held off Crystal Palace to become the Premier League’s form team, Chloe Kelly became happy again and AFC Wimbledon beat Salford City to move into the automatic play-off places in League 2,Continue reading “The Great Form Flip”
The Football tourist 