June 29, 2011
Hit and miss
The transfer of 19-year-old centre back Phil Jones from Blackburn Rovers to Manchester United has had some puzzling aspects. In the first place, why was Jones so dead keen to go to Old Trafford at…
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Brian Glanville
Britain’s most respected football writer, Brian Glanville remains a unique and distinctive voice in the world of football journalism. Brian has written for World Soccer since 1962 and is the author of a number of books, including The Story of the World Cup.
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June 29, 2011
Sinking without trace
One way and another, I surmise England will slide and scramble their way into the finals of the European Championship where in all likelihood they will sink without trace.
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June 29, 2011
FIFA farce!
And you, Platini! Not that the former, scintillating French international can be seen as anything but a completely honest man.
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June 29, 2011
Saving Ryan’s privacy
It's over twenty years ago that outside the stands at Old Trafford, Joe Brown, then the chief Manchester United scout, introduced me to a quiet 16-year-old called Ryan Giggs and assured me with good reason…
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June 29, 2011
Hammered!
Have West Ham United, under the disastrous aegis of Sullivan and Gold, abetted by the formidable Karren Brady, doomed their ailing club to further catastrophe?
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June 29, 2011
Down memory lane
You wonder if Jermaine Pennant has ever heard of Stanley Matthews, his esteemed predecessor on the Stoke City right wing?
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June 29, 2011
“Calm down dear…”
Perhaps the next time the Prime Minister says, “Calm down, dear!” he might address the words to Arsene Wenger.
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June 29, 2011
London Calling
When Fernando Torres skilfully scored that hugely belated goal against West Ham, the reaction of his much put upon manager, Carlo Ancelotti, was predictably one of unrestrained joy and relief.
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June 29, 2011
The Mancunian candidates
Having crashed so disastrously at Wembley against Manchester City, can we reasonably expect Manchester United to do any better against the remarkable Schalke?
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June 29, 2011
End of an era?
The takeover of Arsenal by the American billionaire Stan Kroenke has led to an avalanche of sentimental tosh. We are to believe that the club’s whiter than white image will be tarnished beyond repair.
