Recently Altrincham FC took the headlines turning out in a rainbow kit in support for the gay community. They usually play in a red and white striped kit, but this time lightened up the game v. Bradford Park Avenue, it all ended in a 1-1 draw. The club is often used as a pre-season friendly…

Swedish club IFK Göteborg had a glorious 80’s, winning the UEFA Cup twice in 1982 and 1987. They had some great players back then who later became professionals and successful in other major clubs in Europe. Sweden’s national team had a glorious 1994 World Cup winning the bronze, but few recognized the fact that seven…

Liverpool will this season cruise on until the end of the season and win the Premier League, no one doubts that, even if it is technically possible to get another outcome, but in the Championship you have a very different scenario. Of course Wayne Rooney must be mentioned, he is really the star of this…

Rolando Aarons might not bring out the biggest headlines in the English press, but the England U.20 international did spend a bit of time at Hellas Verona, playing for the club back in 2018. Aarons, a young player at Newcastle United needed a bit of experience and manager at the time Rafael Benitez had his…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s rollercoaster ride can have come to an end with the signing of Bruno Fernandes. A brilliant footballer, equipped to be part of the modern era of Manchester United. A key signing, a player missing from the line-up in the past and hopefully the signing that will see a new bright future at…

The former England international Dave Thomas had a splended footballing career with clubs such as Burnley, QPR and Everton. He also had a spell in the NASL with Vancouver Whitecaps and once the most expensive player to be sold to a club outside the top flight when signing for QPR from Burnley for a fee…

Bruce Rioch might be most famous for his one year stint as manager of Arsenal, going back 25 years to that 1995/96 season . So what went wrong after a glorious summer of some very promising signings. The additions of Dennis Bergkamp and David Platt made high hopes among Arsenal fans and the English born…

The last man to fall was Manuel Pellegrini losing his job at West Ham United after tonights defeat v. Leicester City. So why is Pellegrini sacked, probably a difficult run of bad results, but also based on him being close to a line telling everyone that life could be more difficult crossing the line and…

Popular culture sees the advent of the Premier League in 1992 it as a distinct dividing line, between images of burly, mutton-chopped mullet wearers venturing to deliberately injure one another, and the preened superstars engaging in inch-perfect passing and counter-attacking seen today. That is far from the case though, and even in the Premier League…

Jamie Vardy is again flying high in Premier League, scoring goals for fun and leading Leicester City into a new sensational run in English football. Records are again broken under the leadership of Brendan Rodgers. When Jamie Vardy “had his last PL winning party”, back in 2015/16 he did knock a few records down “the…