If you ask most people in football whether they like Neil Warnock, the answer is no. The current Crystal Palace manager seems to find it easier to make enemies rather than friends, which is a shame as he’s actually a very nice bloke when you get to know him. The Guardian reports that Rafael Benitez […]

Everton gaffer Davie Moyes has had a pop back at James Beattie, a clodhopping shire horse of a striker, who recently claimed that:
“I don’t think I was treated with the respect I deserved during my time with Everton.”
Moyes seemed a bit shocked to hear such tripe from an ex-player, especially one given ample chance to […]

Today’s turgid transfer twaddle…
Chelsea fat-boy Frank Lampard wants a new contract deal at least as porcine as his belly. The Chubster is asking for a £30m four-year deal, and if he doesn’t get it he’ll go somewhere where he can thank you very much. (Daily Express)
Chelsea and Tottenham are in a mad scramble for David […]

Sheffield United may have knocked out Manchester City in the last round of the FA Cup, although they may have a far tougher assignment against Middlesbrough on Sunday. Gareth Southgate’s men are proving to be increasingly resilient on their travels, with victories at Bristol City and Mansfield already in the competition to date. Setanta report […]

David Moyes is fast becoming a master craftsman, taking rough lower division diamonds and coaxing sparkling performances out of them. First there was Tim Cahill, who we bought from Millwall and nearly went to Crystal Palace, but has since been widely accepted as one of the best goalscoring midfielders in the Premier League. Next there […]

The Times has analyzed last season’s results, taking into account all the teams’ efforts on goal that hit the woodwork, and calculating what the points tally wood look like if those chances had gone in the back of the net.
First off the boring news; Manchester United would still have won the Premier League - despite […]

The Guardian report that Manchester City have lodged an official complaint to the FA about Sheffield United’s opening goal last Sunday, claiming that the referee should have disallowed it due to balloon distraction. Immediately after the match, manager Sven-Goran Eriksson seemed pretty philosophical about the incident in which defender Michael Ball was outfoxed by the […]

You could say that Manchester City were robbed on and off the pitch yesterday. The Guardian reports that more than £2,000 was stolen from the visitors dressing room at Bramall Lane, while City were being humbled by Championship opponents Sheffield United.
Although Eriksson did not refer to the incident in his post-match press conference, a visiting […]

It’s surely got to be one of the more bizarre stories of the season. There were only twelve minutes on the clock when Manchester City defender Michael Ball was bamboozled by the many balloons still on the pitch, failed to deal with the danger and allowed Luton Shelton to open the scoring for Sheffield United. […]

A veritable swarm of transfer rumours for friday….
Newly re-crowned Toon king Kevin Keegan is attempting to hit the ground running. Armed with a huge vat of cash but with just two weeks to spend it, Keegan will try and nab both Jermain Defoe (to add to Newcastle’s phalanx of strikers) and Shaun Wright-Phillips (because he […]