Sir Alex Ferguson, Pep Guaridola, Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini all are seen as great managers, but to be great you need some assistance, and few have been better in that role than Brian Kidd. Eric Harrison got most of the credit for the class of 92, and full credit to him. Sir Alex has…
Month: September 2019
Did they ever prepare for life without Sir Alex Ferguson, looking back on his last season in charge
Sir Alex managed in a strange way to get the results needed to be the manager that no one could touch, and in his last season at the helm Man Utd stayed top of the league from November until the final day of the season. Despite losing on three occasions at Old Trafford and two…
Transfer Talk; Manchester United in transition, Tottenham Hotspur changes and Rochdale player in demand
Paul Pogba will try to seek a possible route out of Manchester United as soon as the January transfer window opens. His relationship with the club looks broken, but it is a combinations of fall out’s, with the most serious one being the fans who looks to have lost faith in the French midfielder. A…
Focus On: Gerd Müller
Factfile: Full Name: Gerhard Müller Position: Forward Date of Birth: 03.11.1945 Birthplace: Nördlingen Nation: West Germany Full Caps: 62 Major League Career 1964-79, Bayern Munich (453/398) NASL 1979-81, Fort Lauderdale Strikers (71/38) More Facts Wikipedia Photo Gallery Pinterest
Focus On: Osvaldo Ardiles
Factfile: Full Name: Osvaldo Cesar Ardiles Position: Midfield Date of Birth: 03.08.1952 Birthplace: Cordoba Nation: Argentina Full Caps: 52 Major League Career 1975-78, Huracan (113/11) 1978-88, Tottenham Hotspur (221/6) More Facts Wikipedia Photo Gallery Pinterest
Focus On: Mick Coop
Factfile: Full Name: Michael Anthony Coop Position: Defender Date of Birth: 10.07.1948 Birthplace: Grimsby Nation: England Full Caps: – Major League Career 1966-81, Coventry City (425/18) 1981-82, Derby County (18/2) NASL 1979, Detroit Express (14/0) More Facts Wikipedia Photo Gallery Pinterest
The Red Bull teams, a World wide football affair!
Red Bull as we all know as a popular energy drink is also a big corporation owning a number of sports teams being involved in a variety of activities and in that fold you find four football teams on three different continents. The Red Bull company’s first football club capture was Austria SV Salzburg. Red…
Focus On: Tommy Hutchison
Factfile: Full Name: Thomas Hutchison Position: Midfield Date of Birth: 22.09.1947 Birthplace: Cardenden Nation: Scotland Full Caps: 17 Major League Career 1965-67, Alloa Athletic (68/4) 1967-72, Blackpool (165/10) 1972-81, Coventry City (314/24) 1983-85, Burnley (92/4) 1985-91, Swansea City (178/9) NASL 1980, Seattle Sounders (25/3) More Facts Wikipedia Photo Gallery Pinterest
Fred The Red, a Busby Babe that got away, the Allan Karlsson of football
Fred Goodwin is a name that would fit the list of those seen as good professional footballers also getting into the management trade later on, but looking at his paths and what he did, would really describe him as the Allan Karlsson of football. Fred Goodwin died at the age 82, back in 2016, and…
Santos FC, the club of Pelè, history, stars and fortunes
Pelè is by far the most mythical footballer ever, not to forget other greats, but no one can count winning the World Cup three times, massive numbers of trophies at Santos FC, and also opening the eyes of Americans to the game of “soccer”, seeing him doing a famous return to the game and turn…
