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Sir Alex Ferguson is well known for his precision timing – a quality that isn’t limited to the departing Manchester United manager’s assiduous use of his stopwatch to check on a referee’s eye for the clock. The Scot had a keen...read more »

We've just seen two breath-taking Champions League semi-finals in which two Bundesliga teams in Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich destroyed Real Madrid and Barcelona, the Spanish giants. The question now is, what is the best league in the world? Since the...read more »

It's that time of year again; days get longer and emotions are high. Come late April/early May you see all manner of different contrasting emotions and at the risk of using cringeworthy, pre-digested mantras, it really is what makes football...read more »

A popular theory attached to Manchester City’s curiously hitherto flat defence of their championship crown, won so dramatically last May, is that the club failed to build from a position of considerable strength in the summer. With City established as title...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 »

One of the signs of a great manager is one who keeps calm when all around him are losing their heads. Sir Alex Ferguson is a master of it, Arsene Wenger has almost perfected it, Roberto Mancini – not so...read more »

While Manchester City’s defensive problems and particularly Roberto Mancini’s inability to settle on a consistent partner for skipper Vincent Kompany have grabbed the headlines, City’s striking problems have been ignored somewhat. To be frank, to suggest that there are any...read more »

So the Premier League is back, and with a bang it must be said. Fellaini capped off a superb individual display to score the winner against Manchester United. Manchester City started off exactly how they ended last season by leaving...read more »

Following the mammoth double signing PSG have made in the last week with the backing of their Qatar based owners in the form of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva, both of AC Milan, we will look at whether they make...read more »

As a fan, there is nothing that compares to the dramas of supporting your club and country, from the ecstasy of winning to the despair of defeat, being a supporter of football brings out a raw emotion almost every week. And...read more »