Once more, it’s refreshing to see Jose Mourinho gracious in defeat; after (for once) a ref and a linesman getting a crucial and difficult decision correct, all Moanrinho had to say was:
“It’s a handball so it’s not a goal and the decision is correct.
“What is not correct is the referee...
I love it when a story really makes you chuckle. I would hazard a guess that Wayne Rooney has read less books in his life than I’ve scored Premiership Goals, yet that hasn’t stopped Harper Collins signing him up for a minimum five book deal (BBC News) for a...
For fear of being accused that I only write things after a good Arsenal performance, I left it quiet from last Tuesday on. That’s the reason. Honest.
It would be easy to come to the conclusion that I’ve not enjoyed the 2005/2006 Premiership season so far because the team I support have not been particularly...
UPDATE: The commenting was broken—trust me to not notice that after requesting your comments—but it's fixed now. So opine away…
As you may have noticed (assuming you’ve been here before), All Things Footie has finally had just it’s third tune up in more than five years. Five years, bloody hell. Gone is all the frippery...
If a Premiership or Football League club goes into administration, the punishment is a deduction of 10 points. No ifs, no buts, just ten points. But why? It seems on the surface a little harsh to punish a club that’s clearly already struggling with a points deduction as well, but there’s a very good reason...
You’ve really screwed it up this time.
I saw something on a website a week ago, some kind of petition bertaing the News of the World for unsettling ‘our’ England manager before a World Cup, and criticising the whole ‘Fake Sheikh’ sting. I don’t know exactly how stupid you have to be to fall for...
And one of my few new years resolutions is to get back to updating ATF more often than I’ve managed in 2006. I was going to start with a review of 2006, but that’s a cheap way of filling space given that I’ve made most of my feelings clear over the course of the season....
As this season is clearly about just one team, I thought I’d offer some thoughts.
Shaun Wright-Phillips with wither if he doesn’t start playing regularly. He’s not the kind of player that can sit on the bench and do the business when called on, he needs a proverbial run-up to get the best out of...
Rest in Peace George Best. Plenty of people who have been around far longer than I have tell me he's the best player they ever saw—beating Maradona, Pele, Cruyff, even Diego Forlan—and who am I to argue.
It's a terribly sad way for such a bright spark to end up, and rather than just celebrating his...
Jose Mourinho cancels press conference.
No witticisms for the press tomorrow, no cutting remarks about his rivals, no arrogant swagger, no braggy gloating. He’ll be missed. As bad a tantrum thrower as Alex Ferguson – who has problems of his own (making).
Or so I’m told. I didn’t watch the game on Saturday (terribly bad football writer that I am), I was too busy drinking delicious wine in the greatest hidden bar in our fair capital (and no, I’m not telling you where it is).
For reasons I shan’t go into, I had a copy of the...
This time last year, Arsenal travelled to Old Trafford on the back of a forty-nine game unbeaten run that stretched to the end of the season before the season before. Everyone called them unbeatable, Chelsea were six points adrift, and people talked about the league being over by Christmas. Come the following April, Chelsea were...
