World Cup
Naive England need to reform FIFA from the inside ( 5 December 2010)
The only surprising thing about the World Cup 2018 result is that England actually thought...
Rethinking World Cup prediction after England Vs Egypt ( 3 March 2010)
Earlier tonight my wife was updating our social diary and I gave her the dates...
100 days to the World Cup ( 2 March 2010)
One hundred days from today and we'll be watching South Africa play Mexico in the...
Adriano and Ronaldo - a career jumpstart back in Brazil ( 1 May 2009)
The general consensus is that all the talent is being sucked out of South America...
Arsenal: Plaudits for 'lightening quick' Theo Walcott (11 September 2008)
He’s been awesome all week, he has come in, got involved and that performance showed what he’s all about tonight.
Where is Gilberto? (10 November 2007)
Since the start of the season, I've been asking myself "Where is Gilberto?" far too...
Mourinho's next move (24 September 2007)
So, the Special One has moved on. In his place, Avram Grant, a man who,...
World Cup Winner joins the A League ( 1 October 2006)
World Cup winner Romario has agreed to play for Adelaide United as a guest player...
John Terry must develop as Captain (14 September 2006)
Following the appointment of Terry as England captain I wrote an article in The Sunday...
World Cup interviews (26 July 2006)
I've just seen Football commentator's link to an Indian blogger's interviews of football bloggers from...
Relive Zidane's final football moment (17 July 2006)
A friend emailled me this link to a simple but fun little game. It captures...
Practical joke hurts fans at World Cup ( 9 July 2006)
Any half-cut football fan seeing this in the street in Berlin is going to...
Ronaldo and Co lose Portugal the crowd ( 7 July 2006)
There’s no denying the skill Ronaldo showed again against France. But after his alleged encouragement...
Injuries ruining the World Cup ( 7 July 2006)
When the change in the law on treating injured players was introduced, the idea was...
Ref allows Germany to bow out in style ( 5 July 2006)
What a great semi-final last night between two top-class teams. The game was exciting, hard...
ASDA failed to help England beat Portugal ( 4 July 2006)
In the run up to the World Cup, every major retailer struck deals with footballers,...
BBC win England World Cup gamble ( 2 July 2006)
Last week the BBC and ITV announced the schedule for the remaining World Cup fixtures....
So long Beckham and thanks for the free kicks ( 2 July 2006)
Following England's defeat at the hands of the Portuguese, David Beckham has today resigned the...
Hargreaves is World Cup hero ( 2 July 2006)
For every villain their has to be a hero - so for every Rooney there...
Rooney ends England's World Cup hopes ( 2 July 2006)
So it's all over for England after yet another failure to convert penalties. At least...
England players who shone at the World Cup ( 2 July 2006)
I've said enough about Rooney so now it's time to look at the England players...
Revenge of the World Cup ( 1 July 2006)
With 6 of the last 8 being former winners of the World Cup, there is...
Germany whistle through to the semi finals (30 June 2006)
The first quarter-final is over and Germany won a place in the semi-final on Tuesday....
World Cup online games (29 June 2006)
With any major event companies love to launch websites and virals related to it to...
Blatter wants MORE cards in the World Cup! (29 June 2006)
A couple of days ago I wrote a mickey-take about refereeing in this year's tournament,...
The 'Lucky' Country Counts It's Losses (27 June 2006)
As I sagely predicted 4 days ago, the referee from last night's Australia v Italy...
Ref shocker at Swiss-Ukraine game (27 June 2006)
FIFA have today announced that they are to launch an investigation into the refereeing in...
World Cup 2018 in Australia? (25 June 2006)
The World Cup Down Under; Follow this link...
Aussies Get Thier Excuses Ready (23 June 2006)
And so, the dream goes on. For an Australian press so parochial it would make...
Argentina v Holland - the first big clash (22 June 2006)
So last night saw the first clash between two real contenders. Although ITV hyped it...
Lampard and Gerard can’t play together (22 June 2006)
With Owen out for the remainder of the tournament (and much of the Premiership season)...
Argentina – Are they still the favourites ? (21 June 2006)
I guess my expectations were too high for the game against the dutch. When ever...
England top the table – just (21 June 2006)
Well they did it again – the team got the right result but put the...
One moment, please..... (17 June 2006)
If offered qualification for the knock out stages last Saturday who amongst us wouldn't have...
Angola – What a great performance from the “underdogs” (16 June 2006)
Well having just got over the fact that the Ivory Coast are out, it was...
Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) – What a shame the’re out (16 June 2006)
Yet another great performance by the Ivorians, they have nothing to be ashamed of. If...
World cup round-up (16 June 2006)
That’s us a few day’s into the World Cup and a few things have become...
Spain - No longer WC under-achievers? (16 June 2006)
As each World Cup comes around I look down the list of competing teams and...
Rooney played but Lennon shone (16 June 2006)
Another game where the England team put the fans through the mill before getting the...
Jol joins as Everton World cup mission starts in earnest (14 June 2006)
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or...
Argentina - the best so far (14 June 2006)
All the teams have now played and we've seen some exceed expectations and others start...
Brazil - Ronaldo needs to be retired (14 June 2006)
The problem with players of a legendary status is that it takes a brave manager...
Australia - the best 10 minutes of the WC so far (14 June 2006)
For 84 minutes it looked like Australia would be waiting until another day for their...
Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) – A team worth watching (11 June 2006)
If the only game you’ve seen so far was Argentina vs Ivory Coast, then you’ve...
England 1 Paraguay 0 – The score tells the story ! (11 June 2006)
Our first game, which had both highs and lows. We we’re definitely “up for it”...
ABB: Anyone But Brazil (11 June 2006)
I hate everyone’s attitude towards Brazil. I’ve always hated it, the general acceptance that they...
Hargreaves should start (11 June 2006)
Typical first up game from England, always having enough to beat Paraguay but not enough...
Fans missing World Cup in high definition (11 June 2006)
Market research company GfK has revealed that despite the wettest May in 23 years the...
Dull England opener with bizarre substitution (10 June 2006)
To call England's opener pedestrian would be to associate it with a level of dynamism...
Ecuador fire warning shot for England (10 June 2006)
Only 2 games played at this year's World Cup and we've already had our first...
WC06: Germany kick-off in style ( 9 June 2006)
Okay it wasn't the greatest football match ever, but 6 goals in the opening game...
Do you want to stop the World Cup? ( 5 June 2006)
O.k so for a vast number of people, football is not their first love. But...
Jamaica – Svens last chance ( 2 June 2006)
This is Svens last chance to try out the players, the formation and build the...
Timmy Cahill does Tony the Tiger....... (30 May 2006)
If you are a sporting star in Australia, you know you've made it when you...
Should the World Cup group qualifiers be scrapped ? (26 May 2006)
Right you have the cans of lager in. The boys are all round. The wife...
Andy Johnson, or: Rivaldo, the sequel (25 May 2006)
Remember Rivaldo? A couple of seasons ago news leaked out that the Brazilian superstar, famed...
Southampton cheers for Poland (24 May 2006)
With an estimated 10% of the town's population of Polish origin and players such as...
Get all the World Cup fixtures in your diary (23 May 2006)
With so many games in the World Cup finals, it would be easy to accidentally...
See World Cup games at the Odeon (23 May 2006)
If you want to get the best view of the world Cup, Odeon cinemas around...
Socceroos Underdogs at Home? (23 May 2006)
Possibly the friendliest friendly in football history is scheduled for Melbourne this Thursday. European Champions...
Scotland supports Trinidad & Tobago (18 May 2006)
Despite the national team faling to reach the World Cup finals this summer, The Scotsman...
Arsenal to win the World Cup … (17 May 2006)
Well that was comment from one of the commentators at the start of the Arsenal...
Kahn may retire but Lehman worries fans (10 May 2006)
I've just seen the article on TeamTalk quoting the Bayern chairman as saying that Kahn...
Walcott: The right choice (10 May 2006)
When your best player, and one of the worlds best players gets injured something drastic...
Walcott: England squad farce continues (10 May 2006)
Following the mind-numbing inanity of the manager selection which resulted in the unimaginative appointment of...
A scots view of the World Cup ( 8 May 2006)
As a Scotsman of a certain age I’m old enough to remember when Scotland used...
Highbury farewell - a great football moment ( 7 May 2006)
I was lucky enough to get a ticket for Arsenal vs Wigan today, the last...
McClaren for England. Plod on. ( 4 May 2006)
So finally it's announced. Steve McClaren will be the new England manager. I've seen many...
Enough of Rooney, who will England take? ( 3 May 2006)
It now seems likely that Rooney is not going to the World Cup - a...
Surprise Recall For Nowotny? (21 April 2006)
It's that time of year again. The guessing game about who'll end up in the...
Steve McLaren - England Manager (14 April 2006)
Two things were abundantly clear after Wednesday night’s FA Cup replay. The first was Middlesborough's...
A Problem On The Right-Wing (13 April 2006)
With just over two months to go, one problem for the World Cup host just...
Owen is a must for the World Cup (10 April 2006)
A followup of David's article on why Owen shouldn't be present at the World Cup....
Don't send Owen to the World Cup ( 7 April 2006)
Michael Owen is a natural goalscorer and has an excellent pedigree, but he shouldn't be...
Do you want to contribute to a World Cup blog ? ( 3 April 2006)
With the World Cup due to start on the 9th of June, we have now...
Enduring Image, Isn't It? (31 March 2006)
In thinking about this year's 'Fussballerfest', my mind has wandered back to previous World Cups...
FIFA world rankings – what a joke! (31 March 2006)
With the World Cup looming large and another round of friendlies recently played, the FIFA...
England beaten by Brazil in semi (30 March 2006)
I have looked into the future and seen the headlines from The Sun during this...
Not-Quite-So Ideal World Cup Preparation ( 3 March 2006)
Ah yes, the World Cup. That thing that Jürgen and the boys are preparing for....
