Monthly Archives: October 2010

It has been a barren five years for Arsenal fans, the memory of Patrick Vieira’s FA cup winning penalty against Manchester United in the 2005 final feels like forever ago. For a club that was so successful around the turn...read more »

[caption id="attachment_1399" align="alignleft" width="280" caption="Change of heart: Wenger Wenger confirms Arsenal's kids-only Carling Cup policy is over"][/caption] “I am taking the competition seriously” was the most surprising line in Arsene Wenger’s post-match press conference after his side’s 4-0 destruction of Newcastle...read more »

[caption id="attachment_1391" align="alignleft" width="375" caption="La Liga clubs look to the Premier League model for inspiration"][/caption] Fairness in football is an argument that will never go away. This debate comes up whenever a big club gets the rub-of-the-green against lesser opposition, it...read more »

It has taken a while but it seems that Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid side are finally showing the dividends of working with “The best manager in the world”. Saturday’s destruction of Racing Santander showed Real in full flight, Ronaldo rampaging,...read more »

[caption id="attachment_1368" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Lucky number 10 - Law presents Rooney with the iconic shirt in 2007"][/caption] After all the headlines, the statements and the debates about Wayne Rooney's future, he decided he wanted to stay at Manchester United after all...read more »

[caption id="attachment_1359" align="alignnone" width="460" caption="Days look numbered: Rooney may have played his last game for Manchester United"][/caption] By Saad Noor Sir Alex Ferguson cut a sorry figure in front of the world’s media at a press conference on Tuesday when he sensationally...read more »

We’re eight games into this season and fast approaching the time when the league table starts to make sense. Early season blips tend to start coming to an end and the usual suspects begin to head up the top of...read more »

Wayne Rooney may have bitten off more than he can chew by taking on Sir Alex Ferguson. Rooney is thought to have crossed the line that so many others before him have crossed, and it may be the beginning of...read more »

Britain’s first-ever magazine devoted to the global game, World Soccer, is celebrating its 50th birthday this month with a special anniversary edition. Fifty of football’s most famous figures have answered questions on their careers and what they think about the...read more »