Wednesday February 29, 2012 at 5:33pm
When Liverpool won the Carling Cup last Sunday it was more nail-biting than most were expecting as the Welsh side gave a fabulous account of themselves. Indeed only a Kenny Miller miss towards the end of normal time stopped The Bluebirds securing a famous victory. But even allowing for that, Liverpool do deserve some applause for the way they approached the competition from the outset. The Carling Cup (soon to have a new sponsor as Carling’s contract has now run out) has long been seen as ....
Tuesday February 21, 2012 at 2:42pm
As we saw in Germany this weekend that sport has the potential to disappoint and outrage in equal measure and for all different types of reasons. Overpaid sportsmen behaving like morons does no one any favours, and the general condemnation of Messrs Haye and Chisora is entirely justified, but just every so often sport too can show that it is a tremendous force for good and it did that earlier in February. When Zambia beat The Ivory Coast on penalties it did so much more than give the tiny nation....
Monday February 13, 2012 at 1:29pm
It was certainly a weekend for apologies. First Carlos Tevez said he wanted to come back to Manchester and help City win the league (surely the right thing for all concerned as this blog suggested a fortnight ago) then Mick McCarthy had to say sorry for his teams disgraceful second half capitulation in the Black Country derby. But they say these things come in threes and the one we all not just wanted, but needed to hear came too. As we have said before on this blog, somebody, somewhere at Liver....
Wednesday February 8, 2012 at 5:25pm
Now that Harry Redknapp has been found not guilty of all charges relating to his tax problems we can begin to speculate on just when he will be England Manager. Note the wording. When. If it was all but certain that ‘Arry was going to be the England boss after the Euro 2012 Championships then the events of this week may well set a train of events in motion that see it happen sooner than that. And at the root of it, like so many bad things that have happened in English football in the recen....
Thursday February 2, 2012 at 3:41pm
As Derek McGovern put it in the Daily Mirror this week: “since the start of December, Manchester City have kissed goodbye to the Champions League, to the FA Cup and to the Carling Cup, but not to Carlos Tevez.” And so it was that perhaps the most surprising aspect of the transfer window is the fact that Carlos is still at the Etihad.
In recent months it was said he was going to PSG, to one of the Milan Clubs, back to South America, that he was going to retire from football, but not....