The Thirty Club: not much of a secret any more
It was supposed to be a secret society. But then William, Kate and even Gary Lineker turned up …The first rule of a secret society? Do not talk about the secret society. But a bunch of ad men were never likely to stay shtoom and so news of the Duke a...
League One 2011-12: the bloggers’ end-of-season report
The people who really know their clubs give us the lowdown on their 2011-12 League One campaigns• Check out what the bloggers had to say at the start of the season and at the halfway pointBournemouth Dream or nightmare? Well, it's certainly been surr...
Euro 2012: Why Andy Carroll should be in Roy Hodgson’s England squad | Paul Wilson
England are desperate and the Liverpool striker has proved he can play, if only brieflyKenny Dalglish described Andy Carroll as "unplayable" after Liverpool's 4-1 defeat of Chelsea on Tuesday night. So what, you might say. A manager who has spent £35m...
Does every kit have its price? Cardiff fans face up to an indecent proposal | John Ashdown
Cardiff City's owners are considering changing the club's colours from blue to red– with major investment as the sweetenerThe first hint came with the news that the Cardiff Blues rugby team were heading out of the Cardiff City Stadium and back to the...
Shakhtar Donetsk on edge of glory as Lucescu-Akhmetov axis works again | Jonathan Wilson
If Shakhtar beat bottom-of-the-table Oleksandria on Thursday, they will clinch the sixth league title of Lucescu's reignOne was a wily 59-year-old Romanian who had spent the previous 14 years hopping through nine clubs, winning league titles with four ...
Black cloud over Köln as the shambolic club goes down in smoke | Raphael Honigstein
Poor performances from the boardroom, the managers and team have seen the club relegated for the fifth time in 15 yearsThe RheinEnergie Stadion was on fire on Saturday but not in a good way. Thick plumes of smoke engulfed the pitch by the time the frig...
Touré puts City on the brink of glory
It's a packed show and a packed pod as James Richardson is joined by Barry Glendenning, John Ashdown, Rob Smyth and Paolo Bandini to look back on a dramatic weekend of domestic and continental football.Manchester City's victory over Newcastle sets up a...
Granada lose their bottle and respect by pointing finger at referee | Sid Lowe
Granada's fury at their defeat was inexcusable but the league organisers do not help ease the concerns of suspicious mindsNoé Pamarot put it best. "Not even Hitchcock could have dreamed up a scene like this," the Granada centre-back said. A series of ...
Roy Hodgson spoilt for choice if he decides to go back to basics | Michael Cox
The new England manager has always liked a traditional No9 – and utterly basic centre-forwards often thrive at international levelNow Roy Hodgson's main focus is the England job, it's difficult to work why he's seeing out the remainder of the season ...
MLS: 5 things we learned in week nine | Graham Parker and Joe Prince-Wright
Los Angeles woes for Galaxy and Chivas; Vancouver upset the San Jose bandwagon; Impact's joy is Sporting's disappointment; Seattle have momentum for busiest monthHome (Depot) Invasion, Part 1The atmosphere at Robin Fraser's post-game press conference o...
Unbeaten Juventus scale the barriers to be crowned champions again | Paolo Bandini
There was pandemonium in Trieste and amid the chaos Juve's manager Antonio Conte savoured a title he had mastermindedThey began to scale the barriers around the pitch long before the final whistle blew. Six long years these fans had waited to see Juven...
Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend | Tom Bryant and Niall McVeigh
Will Mario Balotelli's absence win City the league, Clint Dempsey's brilliance and the difference a minute makes1) Mario Balotelli's absence may have won the title for CityMario Balotelli's feckless, reckless and chaotic performance against Arsenal in ...
