Ever since the days of Venables, Archibald, Schuster and then Lineker, the name of FC Barcelona has always represented something magical to me. The iconic strip, the cathedral-like ground, the history of the club which is so inextricably rooted in the Catalan culture, history and struggle, all contribute to a deep-held affinity I feel to […]
So here we are again, having gone to the top of the table with victory over Stoke City last week (albeit only for 24 hours until Chelsea won their fixture); as soon as Arsenal needed to prove their title credentials, us Gooners find ourselves in an all too familiar position. We were led to believe […]
There is always the danger that the big game last weekend between Manchester City and Chelsea will be remembered more for what happened in the closing stages than for the masterful display that Conte’s Chelsea put in. Fellow super-coach Pep Guardiola paid Conte the ultimate compliment going into the match, setting up his expensively assembled […]
Almost as soon as the final whistle went at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening, my phone pinged with a message from my cousin wishing me ‘Happy Invincibles Day!’ (that point in the season when it becomes impossible for any Premier League team to match the achievement of the Invincibles and go through the whole season […]
Even for those of us who spend too much of our time absorbed in football and who have a tendency to, unthinkingly, elevate its importance in life; it is times like these that remind us that football isn’t more important than life or death, to paraphrase the late great Bill Shankly. The tragic plane crash […]
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