Every time either the summer or winter transfer window opens, Premier League fans are filled with excitement about who their club might sign, or in some cases with fear over which star players they will lose. In recent times the sums being spent have been truly staggering and the amount of money splashed out has…
Outside England, few fans care about the Football League, the three divisions beneath the globally adored Premier League. And that interest certainly wanes the lower down the football pyramid we go. Even in this country, relatively few people take much notice of League 2, the fourth tier of English football. Or, at least, that is…
In January 2024, former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson confirmed to Swedish radio that he had cancer after there had been speculation about his health. He said, “Everyone can see that I have a disease that’s not good, and everyone supposes that it’s cancer, and it is.” We wish the 75-year-old well and he has vowed…
It’s extremely difficult to win football’s greatest prize, the World Cup. Whether as a player or a manager, going all the way in this notoriously tough tournament is the thing of dreams for anyone involved in the game. But has anybody ever managed to win the World Cup first as a player and then as…
The January Transfer window can be a pivotal point in the season for any club with title aspirations. It gives clubs the chance to fix weaknesses in the squad and bolster their depth ahead of the important months that lie ahead. Although the January window is always quieter than that in the summer, some very…
The English top flight is now comfortably the most-watched domestic competition on the planet. There are many reasons why this is the case, but perhaps the biggest is the influx of overseas stars who have graced the turf since the league’s inception in 1992/93. The Premier League simply wouldn’t be where it is today without…
With the first half of the Premier League campaign almost in the books by Christmas time, the narrative for the season has at least partially been set. By this stage, we have a good idea of which sides will be fighting it out for the title, the likely contenders for the European positions and, at…
The race to secure the hottest TV Rights deal in the British Sporting World has concluded. When all was said and done, an astronomical £6.7bn was the sum shelled out by the winning bidders for the rights to screen live Premier League matches, with the new deal encompassing four seasons, beginning with the 2025/26 campaign….
For football fans, 2024 provides another golden year, with the 17th edition of the European Championships set to kick off at the Allianz Arena in Munich on the 14th of June. You can’t beat a summertime feast of international football and, with the Qualifying Group phase complete, the final cast of competing nations is almost…
There are undoubtedly many great football managers currently plying their trade in the Premier League in England. But, before hanging up their boots, which of the current crop of EPL managers was the best player? In this article, we’ll answer that question using a mixture of statistical analysis and good old-fashioned subjective opinion. Current Premier…
