One game down, forty-five to go as far as the 24 teams in the Championship is concerned, but what did the opening weekend of fixtures tell us? Many regard Doncaster’s 1-0 win at Derby as the performance of the weekend, but that’s only working on the assumption that Rovers were playing League One football last […]

Hammers boss looks to make another move for a highly sought-after youngster!
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley is ready to make a second attempt to sign Leicester wonder-kid Joe Mattock with a £2million swoop.
Curbs will rival Aston Villa and Everton in a scrap to bag the England Under-21 international this summer.
He failed with a […]

Quite why Milan Mandaric wasn’t at the Britannia Stadium to watch his Leicester City team draw 0-0 with Stoke is a puzzle in itself. After all, Potters chairman Peter Coates travels the length and breadth of the country to watch his team in action, collaborating with manager Tony Pulis every other day. It appears to […]

Everton’s ginger supremo David Moyes remains confident that Joleon Lescott will sign a new Everton deal despite being linked in the ‘mee-ja’ with a move to Arsenal or Manchester United. (Various)
Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has managed to nab Aston Villa defender Gary Cahill , beating Boltonto his signature. (Daily Mirror)
…And Bolton could drown their sorrows […]

Part two of Monday’s piping hot batch of rumours…
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish is still sniffing around Schalke 04’s Danish winger-striker hybrid Peter Lovenkrands. (Mirror)
Gareth Southgate is determined to stop the Middlesbrough exodus which started in the summer with Yakubu and Viduka jumping ship, and looks set to continue with Jonathan Woodgate by slamming the exit […]

Upsets left right and centre in today’s FA Cup action. But what was the biggest shock?Coventry somehow managed to obliterate Blackburn 4-1, whilst League One Huddersfield beat Birmingham 2-1. Special mention should also go to Sheffield United who booted out Bolton with a 1-0 win lowly and injury ravaged Oldham, who beat Everton 1-0 at […]

Steve Howard was Derby’s player of the season last term, but the Daily Telegraph report that the former Luton striker has joined Leicester for £1.5million. It’s not a bad bit of business for the Rams, when you consider the player was bought for £1million at the start of last season and played a key role […]

He was Derby’s player of the year last season but goals have been harder to come by for Steve Howard in the Premier League. The former Luton striker finally got off the mark at Old Trafford on Saturday, although the Derby Evening Telegraph have reported interest from Leicester and Wolves in the 31-year-old.
“We’ve had calls […]

Any regular reader of Caught Offside will know that the writers are often accused of supporting, and (more importantly) hating, whatever team is convenient for to slag them off. Usually this is about as accurate as a James McFadden finish, it happens that this writer couldn’t give a jot about who wins what in the […]

Rumour is rife in the Championship and top of the list is the ‘news’ that Ian Holloway could be Leicester bound. The man who seems so perfect for his current club Plymouth, going to work for Milan Mandaric? Surely not? Well, the Croatian seems confident. Or at least his representative does:
“Ian Holloway would be Milan […]