I don’t believe in fate, divine intervention or any other codswallop that suggests our lives are pre-determined in any way. However, as the rain lashed down on a typically British July morning, something told me to switch off the TV, fire up my laptop and check my...
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10 Big Transfer Flops
Now that the transfer window has shut for another few months, it’s time to draw breath and ‘celebrate’ some of the biggest, big money transfer flops 10) STEVE DALEY (Wolves to Manchester City, £1.437m, 1979) If you think Manchester City splashing megabucks on average...
End Of Season Greetings
June would seem like a strange time of year to reflect wistfully on the ups and downs of the previous 12 months, but working in the football industry has convinced my body clock that the year is coming to an end. I’m not exactly craving pigs in blankets and sherry...
Talking Football With
The Pigeon Detectives’ frontman and staunch Leeds supporter Matt Bowman talks Radebe, Yeboah, fishtanks and being starstruck by Simon Grayson… Why do you support Leeds, Matt? “I’m from Middlesbrough, but we moved to Leeds when I was five. My schoolmates were all Leeds...
Amir Takes It On The Chin
Two years ago when Amir Khan had his senses scrambled in less than a minute by Breidis Prescott at Manchester’s MEN Arena, I was punching the air with delight. Khan had been building himself up as the second coming of ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard, despite having faced...
The David Haye Interview
The WBA world heavyweight champion on breaking legs, starstruck footballers and his love for Millwall Premier League footballers are the best at what they do, so they should be given their dues. It’s easy to rip it out of them, but I actually like the fact that these...
Grim Reaper’s Last Stand
As the swimming world revels in Ian Thorpe’s shock return to the pool after five years on dry land, another former world champion his hit the comeback trail with a fraction of the fanfare that greeted Thorpedo’s sporting renaissance. Robin Reid, the former Olympic...
Warne Down, Three To Go
Philip Hughes is his natural successor – the same Philip Hughes who proved himself incapable of playing short-pitched bowling in England last summer and was promptly ditched after two Test matches. I’m sure Straussy and the lads will struggle to sleep if he gets the...