Category: Articles
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De Oranje Muur
So the Orange Army line the freeways that lead to Dortmund…the same road that lines the path for Gareth Southgate’s England tonight. I know this as my mate Rob is currently travelling the autobahns that concrete their way to the much celebrated Signal Iduna Park. Certified bucket-listed for most sporting fans. But for England and…
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Build it and they will come: How Brighton Women are growing
I went to watch Brighton Women three times, last season. So it was with great pleasure that I read they had made a star signing, in the form of Chelsea and England International – Fran Kirby. Kirby started every Euro 2022 game, but struggled to get on the pitch in the WSL for Chelsea in…
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Transfer Update – Barkley, Dewsbury-Hall and Gray
Ross Barkley After a career revival at Luton, Ross Barkley has moved back to Aston Villa, where he was previously on loan at, in a hit-and-miss season. I’m not convinced by this one. I think Barkley found his level at Luton and was a stand-out player because of his premier league experience and quality. In…
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7 Things We’ve Learned At The Euros So Far
The two weeks of fun are over and now it’s time for the business end of Euro 2024. A group stage that started with goals galore but dried up rather as the nerves affected some teams more than others. Now it’s sink or swim time as the knockouts have arrived and if day one is…
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Three Lions.
By hook or by crook. England are not good enough to win this football competition, they’ve shown in their previous group games with all the hallmarks of a side struggling for energy, creativity and inspiration. And this stems from many angles. An out of ideas, tactics and nouse manger in Gareth Southgate has, we all…
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As you like it
England isn’t perfect. It never has been, we only have to delve into the many chapters of its history to see the imperfections of a land that has always been ruled by Tax and Service of its people. A ferocious and despicable land that has always invited war, battle, poverty, disease and unrest. Whether that…
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Dreams…”Ah, lang may yer lum reek!”
The pain sits quite hollow in the pits of your stomach, an ache, a flash of memories, goal opportunities, tackles that weren’t made and despair upon despair on the faces in the crowd. Tournament football is a bitch, especially if the place you call home sits furthest west of the European northern hemisphere on a…
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How To Avoid Sowing Bad Seeds at Euro 2024
International football tournaments are meant to be a celebration of global talent, where nations of all sizes can compete on the world stage. Euro 2024 aimed to pit the best of Europe against each other in a high stakes, high drama return. In truth, two games in, it’s all been a bit flat. Few surprises,…
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Buenos Augurios
It’s been an opening few games of mighty intrigue, big hitters England and France have looked like something washed up from the River Thames or Seine after an afternoon on the beers followed by a German Kebab. The aftermath a lethargic, dragging of feet and a head full of silent regret. Sound familiar? But if…
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Arnautović: Stoke on a cold, rainy night to a Euros at 35
Through the Ages Marko Arnautović is another one of those players, like Lukaku, who seems to have been around high-level football for an eternity. He first came to the attention of British football fans when he moved to Stoke. A Premier League outfit, back then in 2013. Fast-forward 11 years and he is at a…
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