English football risks incurring the wrath of FIFA if it allows politicians to become involved in the running of the game.
Brian Glanville
Action speak louder than words: FIFA needs to act on racism
Posted 85 days ago
With Chelsea’s black players being racially abused in Naples, and offensive chanting across Europe, Brian Glanville wonders whether FIFA has the means or the desire to do anything about it. Plus, Arsene Wenger needs some help, urgently.
Dalglish is the real villain of the piece
Posted 92 days ago
Brian Glanville believes that in the Luis Suarez affair, it was Liverpool manager, Kenny Dalglish, who was most at fault.
Capello’s appointment raised expectations he could not meet
Posted 97 days ago
If Fabio Capello was unable to turn England into a world force, what chance is there of his successor managing it?
The John Terry Affair has taken on farcical dimensions
Posted 99 days ago
Brian Glanville believes that the FA’s decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy, contravenes the historical precedent that a person is presumed innocent until he is found guilty.
Does it matter who captains a football team?
Posted 104 days ago
As he prepares to go on trial accused of racially abusing a player, there have been calls for John Terry to be stripped of the England captaincy. But, asks Brian Glanville, does it really matter who skippers the national team.
Howard Webb: the best of a bad lot?
Posted 113 days ago
If Howard Webb is the best referee in England, what does it tell you about the others? Brian Glanville witnesses a less-than-stellar display from the country’s highest-ranked match official.
Brian Glanville wonders whether Fernando Torres has turned a corner
Posted 120 days ago
Still struggling to score, but Fernando Torres is finally showing signs of life at Chelsea, which is just, as well as his team-mates are hardly setting the world alight at the moment.
Anelka may not have been perfect, but he will be missed by Chelsea
Posted 127 days ago
With the loss of Didier Drogba and Salamon Kalouto to the African Nations Cup, along with the departure of Nicolas Anelka, Chelsea start 2012 heavily reliant on a misfiring Fernando Torres.
The sheer confusing essence of football
Posted 134 days ago
Brian Glanville revels in the glorious unpredictability of the Premier League over the festive period.
