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Paolo Di Canio’s appointment as Sunderland’s new manager last month divided the club’s supporters and neutrals alike.  There can be no doubt however, that the presence of the rabid Italian will add yet more drama and value to the eternally...read more »

Proof of the unrelenting entertainment offered by the Premier League is borne out by its receipt of roughly £5bn after the global tender for television rights to broadcast the action for the next three years.   No other country’s domestic fare...read more »

Steve Gibson has a fantastic reputation for giving managers time to prove themselves in the dug-out. Stability has flourished out of this attitude towards managerial appointments as Middlesbrough sit pretty at the top of the Championship. Gibson has been chairman of...read more »

When Scott Sinclair signed for Manchester City on Deadline Day this summer, he must have thought it was his dream move. After struggling to make an impact on the first team at Chelsea before his successful move to Swansea, 23...read more »

It is the middle of October in which the Premier League table begins to take shape and from what we have seen so far, things have not necessarily gone how it had been anticipated. Teams like West Ham and Swansea...read more »

One of the most common complaints that tend to arise when old clubs receive new money, is that this cash infusion will kill the development of some of the younger talent at the club. When your club’s snapping up some...read more »

If I knew of a young player with Premier League experience who played as an attacking-midfielder for Man Utd and England, I would expect him to have such ability that to compare him to anybody else would be an insult. If...read more »

So as it was, England escaped with their tail between their legs, as a late equaliser spared their blushes, at a less than packed Wembley stadium. Whilst England certainly made enough chances to win the game, they lacked the killer...read more »

England passed their first test with flying colours after avoiding the potential banana skin in Moldova. Yet there is much more room for improvement and a tricky proposition at home to Ukraine on Tuesday night will tell us a lot...read more »

When the transfer window slammed shut on Friday evening and fans surveyed the scene before them, one transfer seemed to particularly leave a bad taste in the mouth for both the partisan and the neutral. Scott Sinclair’s move to Manchester...read more »