Before I start I would like to give my condolences to the family of Eric Altshule, as the EPL talk writer sadly passed away recently. I often read Eric's work and even if you didn't agree with his side of the argument all the time, it was great to see someone give a well founded […]

It's a good week for Welsh football, as not only has one of the greatest ever Welsh players produced become manager of Sheffield United, but a Welsh striker of top Premier League quality has joined the Bluebirds. Gary Speed is expected to be named manager of Yorkshire outfit Sheffield United and Craig Bellamy will make […]

It's almost as if international football is all that exists when the World Cup is on, La Liga, The Premiership, Serie A and The Bundesliga don't even get commonly mentioned too much due to the importance and focus on the main world game. But many teams are still in business, and it's likely that a […]

Well I got a bit of a surprise today. Yesterday, looking on sky bet at fixtures, I saw the steel city derby, Sheffield Wednesday V Sheffield United, was a Sunday early kick-off. I know this commonly happens for big derbies on police advice, but naturally seeing it was on a Sunday and an early kick […]

It's incredible to think that this following collection of vintage videos, which were shot over 100 years ago at football grounds across England, would be added to YouTube and we'd be viewing on a computer via this thing called the World Wide Web. But no matter how much technology has changed in the hundred plus […]

It is probably against all the rules of a blog to direct the reader away in the first paragraph, but I think it's worth it. Before you read this little ramble, have a listen to the BBC interview with Kevin Blackwell, conducted after Sheffield United's 3-0 defeat at Blackpool a week ago last Saturday. Fun, […]

>In the annals of English Football, goalkeepers have always held a certain mystique throughout its history. When you think of great English goalkeepers, the names of Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton and Ray Clemence come to mind. Generally, the modern opinion is that you need to be a little mad to be keeper. That opinion was […]

So less than 24 hours after Promotion to the Premiership and the usual round of tired cliches and articles about "brave little Burnley" are beginning to pop up on-line and in the press. Do they never learn, Do they know the football history attached to this club? Burnley fans will probably laugh in the face […]

All they needed was a win to make sure they were free of being dragged in to the final day relegation battle against a side guaranteed Premiership Football for next season but Portsmouth proved a bridge too far for Sunderland. They will now go in to Sunday's final round of matches knowing whatever happens they […]

Well it's here yet again, that time of the season where supporters of clubs at both ends of the table are suffering 'twitchy-backside' syndrome (a genuine medical term). Naturally a popular subject of conversation now is 'who is going up'. Here are my thoughts. Wolves Mick Mcarthy's men appear to have overcome that dreadful run […]

Back in the day, commentators, football writers and outfield players all used to laugh at goalkeepers. They were sometimes described as 'a breed apart' but mostly they were bluntly referred to as 'mad'. Keepers were allowed to have rushes of blood and make silly mistakes, because that is what they were there for. They provided […]

Finally nearly two years later, this matter has come to a close. As a Sheffield United fan i found the behaviour of my own club at times to be embarrassing. The blame though has to be laid at the Premier Leagues door. The initial punishment for West Ham United's actions at the time was pathetic. A […]

So Arsenal's half-year finances are out and in all fairness, for being in a recession, they did pretty damn good. When you generate more match day revenue (an increase of 3.3 million to 44.4 million pounds), more television revenue (an increase of 4.5 million to 28.9 million pounds), and end up with a bigger pre-tax […]

The 5th round of the FA Cup gets underway this Saturday and Sunday and the question is will there be any upsets or will it be business as usual? Watford v Chelsea – Vicarage Road Just last week I would have said there was no chance of Watford pulling an upset but I’m not sure. […]

When the season began, few people would have given Wigan Athletic a snowball's chance in hell of finishing in the top ten, never mind pushing on the brink of European Football as January almost comes to a close. After a fantastic first season under Paul Jewell in 2005-2006, which saw them finish in 10th place […]