Does David Beckham belong to the history or to the mythology of football? Was he remotely worth those 115 England caps? Brian Glanville delivers his verdict on the former England captain.
Posts Tagged ‘Brian Glanville’
Hysterical chorus of moaning over the Olympic Stadium is misplaced
Posted 83 days ago
Brian Glanville is sorry to see West Ham leave Upton Park, but he has no time for the gnashing of teeth that has accompanied the decision to allow the club to become tenants of the Olympic Stadium.
The trouble with Chelsea is…Roman Abramovich
Posted 204 days ago
Managers continue to come and go at Chelsea and for all the silverware Roman Abramovich’s largesse has brought to the club, they continue to lurch from one crisis to another.
Futility of friendly matches that used to matter very much
Posted 218 days ago
Roy Hodgson’s late choice of Crystal Palace’s greatly gifted attacker Wilfried Zaha seemed on the face of it a strange even a bizarre one.
Polish farce stands out on a night of shocks and surprises
Posted 244 days ago
After the farcical postponement of their World Cup qualifier in Warsaw, England reverted to type when the game was eventually played, producing an uninspired, unconvincing performance against an inventive Poland side.
FA report condemns Terry but there were no winners in this sorry saga
Posted 253 days ago
The condemnation hurled at John Terry by the FA commission cannot obscure the fact that the case was handled badly from start to finish.
Hillsborough: the guilty parties should hang their heads in shame
Posted 271 days ago
One very poignant personal memory remains to me of the appalling Hillsborough disaster. A few days afterwards I found myself, still in a haunted and lachrymose condition myself, at San Siro, where Milan were about to play a European Cup game.
England expects…not a lot
Posted 280 days ago
Brian Glanville watches a disjointed performance from an England side fortunate to walk away from Wembley with a point.
Hillsborough: justice still seems a distant hope for the victims’ families
Posted 281 days ago
Brian Glanville wonders whether families of the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy will ever get the justice they demand, and indeed deserve.
Democracy rules in the Premier League, for the time being
Posted 295 days ago
With the exception of big-spending Chelsea, the traditional heavyweights have made a stuttering start to the new Premier League season.
