The problem with a title race that looks very much like it is going to go right down to the wire is that we find ourselves very much waiting for something determinant to happen. Many sage commenters and analysts are suggesting that both Liverpool and Manchester City are capable of breaking the ninety point threshold […]
Periodically a story breaks in both the football-focused and news media alerting us to the desire of Europe’s elite clubs to break away from their own domestic leagues and to form a European Super League. This time it was German news magazine Der Spiegel that ran a story alleging that seven of Europe’s top clubs […]
Start of the season thoughts- https://football-nerd.org/2018/08/10/football-nerd-weekly-ramblings-the-premier-league-is-back-will-anyone-be-able-to-stop-manchester-city/ As October reached its end, with each of the Premier League teams having now played a quarter of their matches, it feels like an appropriate time to take stock of how things are shaping up. Going into the season considered opinion suggested that the push for the title […]
After a hiatus of just twenty-five days since the World Cup Final, the Premier League is back tonight with an opening evening (that still feels very weird to say!) clash between Manchester United and Leicester City. With the transfer window having slammed shut (© Sky Sports!) for Premier League clubs who are no longer able […]
Having missed out on tickets for Liverpool’s last two appearances in the Champions League Final, Our Kid was absolutely thrilled that he managed to secure a ticket for this year’s Final in Kiev, although getting there and back was to prove far more challenging than he thought! Upon learning late on Thursday that his planned […]
A banner fluttered from the front of the upper tier of the East Stand at Highbury, it was a simple effort, a white sheet daubed in black paint which succinctly stated ‘George Knows’. The date was the 6th of May 1991 and Arsenal were beating Manchester United 3-1, the league title having already been secured […]
Today represents the 27th anniversary of what us Gooners like to refer to as St Michael’s Day and what was, despite what Sky TV will tell you, the most dramatic finish to an English League season. My Liverpool–supporting family and friends won’t thank me for reminding them of the events at Anfield on the 26th […]
I watched the Europa League Final last night in a pub near Kings Cross station in London with my Dad and Our Kid, both of whom are fervent Liverpool supporters. Arriving just before 7pm I was amazed to see how packed the place was even more than 45 minutes before kick-off; the game had seemingly […]
The only real issue to be resolved in the final round of Premier League fixtures centred on the top four and qualification for the Champions League; although Manchester United’s midweek defeat in the final match at the Boleyn Ground, basically meant that a point for Manchester City away at Swansea would all but exclude United […]
After all the excitement and celebrations associated with Leicester clinching the Premier League title, the focus shifted back to European action in midweek; first up was Bayern v Atletico Madrid. After losing the first leg in Madrid, it was always to be expected that Guardiola’s side would go for it right from the off in […]
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