Kevin Keegan was never a political animal but he almost converted Margaret Thatcher to the Beautiful Game.Together with then England captain Emlyn Hughes, in a shameless publicity exercise, he planted a kiss on the Iron Lady's cheek. For the little ...
Managerless Newcastle United crushed by merciless Manchester United. They ought to write a university paper on football management. It would probably make for fascinating reading. When it comes to hiring and firing, Newcastle United have got both the ...
In the third round of the FA Cup this weekend the peasants met the landowners, upstairs made tea for downstairs and the proletariat spent 90 minutes with the the footballing bourgeoisie. This was a day that the wealthy and privileged met the so called ...
Spurs fans must be rubbing their eyes and scratching their heads. In this season to be jolly, defenders normally go on walkabouts and forwards just gobble up the leftovers. So far the festive frolics have seen goals galore. When the floodgates opened ...
For those with a festive hangover, it’s time to gaze into the sporting crystal ball. The presents have been unwrapped, Uncle Fred was given another cardigan, Auntie Barbara the same perfume and little Anthony a signed copy of Wayne Rooney’s ...
The arrows have been sharpened, beer guts refuelled and waistlines expanded. Darts has once again taken centre stage as the British nation holds its breath for the World Championship, this year being held at the famous Alexandra Palace in north London. ...
English football must be hoping for rather more than a spicy Italian dish. True the jury will remain out on Fabio Capello but if England are looking for a new Messiah rather than the Mafia, they could do worse. Fabio Capello became the latest coach ...
In an otherwise average year for British sport, boxing came up smelling of roses. Over the decades boxing has come in for the severest of batterings – without a sign of a corner man . But for two men this has been the best of all years. Ricky Hatton, ...
The Station View ground may be a million miles away from the gilded halls of the Premier League but it is FA Cup time. In deepest Yorkshire, Harrogate Railway of the Unibond Division One took League Two side Mansfield Town to the wire - and were only ...
Somehow we’ve all been there before. England were knocked out of a major international tournament because they simply weren’t good enough. On a Wembley mud heap you could have grown your cabbages on, the English national team looked more like Graham ...
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