Chris Winterburn

In the first of the Round of 16 World Cup matches, hosts Brazil meet their exciting South American counterparts Chile in Belo Horizonte. Chile, labeled as potential dark horses prior to the tournament, have done little to dispel that notion with Jorge Sampaoli's side coming through Group B with two victories over both Australia and […]

Argentina began their World Cup campaign in a rather unique atmosphere at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro Sunday evening with a 2-1 win against Bosnia. The partisan Argentine crowd was mixed with pockets of Bosnian supporters as well as the Brazilians eager for Argentina to fail at every possible opportunity. Amidst the crescendo of […]

I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that Jose Mourinho's post-match despair following Saturday's 2-1 defeat at home to Sunderland was not born out of the fact the result had just about handed the ascendency in the title race to Liverpool but rather the fact that Jose Mourinho's outstanding record of seventy seven Premier […]

The curious case of Olivier Giroud is one which has intrigued followers of English football both on the inside and outside of Arsenal Football Club for the past two seasons. The Frenchman has scored twenty goals in all competitions this season and is the club's leading goalscorer. However there is still great doubt as to […]

As the last two World Cup winners faced off in Madrid last night, there was very little learnt about the respective teams' prospects ahead of this summer in Brazil although Spain showed slight glimpses of the direction in which Vicente del Bosque wants to take the team through the ninety minute use of Spanish debutant […]

Cardiff City came away from yet another home fixture last night with a solitary point following a 0-0 draw with Aston Villa. Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over in early January, the form of the Welsh club has been indifferent at best with defeats coming at Manchester United and fierce rivals Swansea whilst there have […]

Yesterday evening we witnessed Fulham's ignominious exit from the FA Cup at the hands of League 1 relegation candidates Sheffield United at Craven Cottage. Such was the despondency around the ground following the Blades' one hundred and nineteenth minute winning goal, there is now a genuine worry as to whether or not manager Rene Meulensteen […]

The summer of 2012 is widely regarded by Manchester City supporters as a disaster and the catalyst for their disappointing 2012-2013 campaign where they failed to retain their Premier League crown. It is believed that the boss at the time, Roberto Mancini, had firmly put all his eggs into one basket with regards to prying […]

Daniel Levy this week took the decision to dismiss Tottenham Head Coach Andre Villas-Boas, although the official line will read that the Portuguese coach's departure was by mutual consent, we can be pretty sure this was a measure taken by the club. This decision came after Tottenham have endured a difficult period following their impressive […]

In David Winner's excellent book entitled Brilliant Orange, he included a quote from Dutch sculptor Jeroen Henneman: "When Bergkamp was playing with Nicolas Anelka, Anelka would be covered, like this, by two men. So Bergkamp would give a very beautiful curved pass forward and a little to the side. Anelka would start to run as […]