Paul Scholes left Manchester United after the same season as Sir Alex Ferguson had his exit. He was as vital for this team as N’Golo Kantè has been for Leicester City and Chelsea. To see Marouane Fellaini as the only signing that summer made it look a berserk idea. The fact that you also had…
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The evil stats on Maguire, Man Utd in heavy decline, Solskjaer losing grip
Harry Maguire was signed to be the leader in the Manchester United defense and he has not yet convinced the fans of the club that he is worth £80million. What a fee to pay for a player that has experienced three relegations with Hull City and Wigan Athletic, been playing under seven managers in the…
The forgotten Kidd on the block, vital in both camps, Manchester United and Manchester City
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Giants, footballers taller than trees, largest men in the game
Not many footballers are 2m in height. You have a few, and a number of them are naturally goalkeepers, but you will find others used in different ways, seen as “specials” in an attempt to win games with headers, or being used as central defenders, with a special focus on balls in the air. Peter…
The Argentinian Mac Allister’s, Brighton & Hove Albion flying the colour’s
The name Carlos Mac Allister is probably known to most people being associated with Argentinian football, as his presence is seen and today’s national secretary of Sports in Argentina. He is of Scottish and Irish descent, and a few surprises when he turned up on a number of soccer cards in front of the 1994…
English football and the odd Swedish bond and love affair!
Long before televised live football from England had it’s say in Swedish homes during a Saturday afternoon, going on for 50 years, influence from the UK were there to see far back in time. We don’t know about pre-world-war happenings and will not dig that down, but from the Olympics in London in 1948, it’s been…
