In stories that seem to be becoming increasingly frequent during these financially bleak times for society and of course football, we have had yet another story about the potential advent of a European Super League. This one was revealed by the Times a couple of weeks back and involves a group of fifteen founder member […]
On Monday a group of the most influential Arsenal-focused supporter organisations, blogs, and fanzines issued a joint statement damming Stan Kroenke’s “passive ownership” and his lack of ambition, purpose and direction for the club. Since the statement’s issue and associated social media campaign, Arsenal fans in their thousands have been signing the letter/petition in agreement […]
I don’t recall ever seeing anything like it, not even at lower levels of competition, let alone in a televised Wembley final. Deep into extra time of Sunday’s League Cup Final under-fire Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri, having seen his goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga twice go down with cramp, opted to replace him with sub keeper Willy […]
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 […]
The opening week of the football season always feels like normality is being restored for us football obsessives. Everything feels fresh and hope abounds for our teams’ prospects for the campaign ahead. Mrs Football Nerd’s and my journey got off to a relatively early start thanks to our continuing dedication to the Leyton Orient cause: […]
Without actually planning it in any way, I found myself heading to the London Stadium yesterday evening for West Ham’s penultimate home fixture of what has been a relatively tempestuous season for Hammers fans. I have visited the stadium on several occasions previously for the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012 for which it was originally […]
Normally I try and take everything that self-proclaimed ‘Special One’ José Mourinho says with a large dollop of salt, mindful of the fact that every single soundbite has been calmly and carefully crafted with a specific purpose and intention. However this weekend the Machiavellian manager’s utterings about the Old Trafford crowd and the lack of […]
On these pages last week, I touched upon the seemingly ever-increasing sensationalist hype that is associated with the Premier League; and how the ongoing quest to generate storylines to sate the appetite of the new type of football fan causes knee-jerk reactions from the media, fans and owners alike. On Monday, after defeat to Arsenal […]
Seventy five minutes into the Arsenal – Bournemouth match last Saturday afternoon, Alexis Sanchez replaced Danny Welbeck, and was greeted by a completely mixed reaction around the stadium, and one that I have to say took me by surprise. The smattering of boos that were later drowned out by cheers, revealed that for many in […]
As I sat watching Match of the Day’s run through of all the day’s FA Cup 3rd Round games on Saturday night, despite the fact there had been some shock results with Millwall, Wolves and Derby County all ousting Premier League opposition; it just didn’t feel the same as I remembered it. The megabucks available […]
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