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The Premiership Can Never Be Bettered!

14 May 2012

Still unsure which is the best football league in the world? Yesterday's drama in the Barclays Premiership denouement can never be bettered, and all the emotion was captured on our TV screens from very close up. You had the pain of Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and the tears of utter desp...
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Don't Get Harry Redknapp on Rotation Policies and Tired Footballers!

30 April 2012

An hour spent with Harry Redknapp the other day was, mostly, spent listening to the Spurs manager reacting to the suggestion by his loaned defender, Vedran Corluka, that the reason for Spurs's recent dip in form - notwithstanding yesterday's 2-0 win over Blackburn - is because the players are tired...
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The Day Jose Mourinho Cut Me Some Birthday Cake and I Thought: Jose Who?

25 April 2012

How do you follow last night's Champions League semi-final at the Nou Camp? However Chelsea fare in the final their feat of defeating Barcelona a man down for over a half (and the captain, no less), two central defenders down, and two goals down, will take some beating. Well, one man might just equ...
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Football Comes Good When it Needs To

3 April 2012

As most know I like my football and I love my rugby, the latter for many reasons including its "family feel" throughout a sport that has developed beyond recognition in the past 10 years. Football, in comparison, gets a bad press, and often deservedly so. Whether it is abusive, racist fans or p...
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Moody Shows Fletcher That All Is Far From Lost

16 December 2011

The news that Manchester United and Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher faces a fight to save his career at the age of 27 after it was revealed that he is suffering from a debilitating bowel condition will have been met with great interest by both Sir Steve Redgrave and Lewis Moody. Fletcher has...
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The Two Most Famous Number 10's in the World

4 August 2011

There are certain days in my line of business that I am unlikely to forget. Fighting Roy Jones junior in the ring over three rounds comes to mind, as does playing cricket for Australia, tackling Jonah Lomu, racing against Michael Schumacher or playing golf with Tiger Woods. Yesterday can now be adde...
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Trevor Francis Tells Tales of Clough at the European Grand Prix

27 June 2011

When you spend a weekend covering a Formula One Grand Prix you always bump into the most unexpected people and Valencia was no exception for the European Grand Prix won - of course - by Sebastian Vettel. I was joined over lunch with the lovely people from Marussia Virgin by Trevor Francis, formerly ...
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A Final Farewell for Wonderful Walter

16 May 2011

So farewell Walter Smith, one of the nicest and most successful managers in British football history, who yesterday steered Glasgow Rangers to yet another SPL title before bowing out and allowing his cheeky lieutenant Ally McCosit to take over the helm at Ibrox. Walter will be sorely missed and you ...
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Sian Massey Should Be Allowed To Get On With It!

29 January 2011

The one innocent party in the whole sexism in football row that has dominated the week's back pages (and in some cases front pages) is official Sian Massey, yet today, for the second time this week, she has been prevented from officiating a football match because of the attention she will receive fr...
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Will Snubbing Sportsvibe Save Ipswich?

11 January 2011

Simon Clegg phoned me the other day in response to my suggestion that I should be the next manager of Ipswich Town FC. � Clegg and I go back a long way because he used to be the CEO of the BOA, which meant he and I crossed friendly paths for many years at and in between various Olympic Games. � SInc...
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