Ken Early: Ireland end up as consolation prize for O’NeillMost supporters were happy to draw a line under manager’s time in chargeMon Jan 15 2018 - 06:00
Ken Early: Lure of La Liga will exist for as long as pay gap doesThere was a lot more at stake than a childhood dream in Coutinho’s move to CataloniaMon Jan 08 2018 - 07:00
Moments of the year: McGregor fights for his right to partyCash is king for the Notorious but he now needs a new dream to chaseSun Dec 24 2017 - 11:00
Ken Early: Manchester City are saviours of the Premier LeaguePep Guardiola’s side are quickly becoming the best team the league has ever seenMon Dec 18 2017 - 06:30
Ken Early: Pep proves Barca template can work in EnglandDespite Mourinho’s protestations, City’s clear superiority is now plain for all to seeMon Dec 11 2017 - 06:35
Ken Early: Shamefulness of the Qatar World Cup laid bareThe Workers’ Cup, a film about the hard lives of stadium labourers, is sad and revealingMon Dec 04 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Mohamed Salah is not a truly great wingerHe’s not a winger at all – football terminology needs to catch up with changes in the gameMon Nov 27 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Tony Pulis’s collecting of points misses the pointA criticism of the West Brom manager is the way his teams tend to switch off after 40 pointsMon Nov 20 2017 - 08:54
Ken Early: Ireland get the opener but Eriksen spills the beansIrish passion no match for Danish brains as lack of a plan is shown up in DublinTue Nov 14 2017 - 23:02
Ken Early: Seeing Hoolahan take the field may be a bad signIreland’s most creative player likely to feature against Denmark only if Plan A is failingTue Nov 14 2017 - 06:00
Ken Early: International teams are rubbish – but do fans really care?Everyone knows the top-level football is elsewhere, but it’s not about that anymoreMon Nov 13 2017 - 06:00
Ken Early: United’s plan went against all Mourinho's usual habitsUnited surely haven’t spent £322m to be history’s most expensive long-ball teamMon Nov 06 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Quality of Pochettino’s process speaks for itselfManager just needs trophies now to reinforce the real progress he has made at TottenhamMon Oct 30 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Klopp and Mourinho display mastery of the blame gameThe managers showed how to avoid blaming the players while blaming the playersMon Oct 23 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Mourinho bluster can’t hide his side’s ultra-defensive tacticsAnfield draw exposes gulf between respective managers’ footballing philosophyMon Oct 16 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Game changed when Joe Allen was forced offMartin O’Neill’s side again proved why they are such a hard team to kill offMon Oct 09 2017 - 22:52
Ken Early: Power play likely to be Martin O'Neill's tactic againRepublic manager to start with his most physically powerful line-up against WalesMon Oct 09 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Fire or ice now the big call for O’NeillCallum O’Dowda’s composure could keep James McClean out in CardiffFri Oct 06 2017 - 22:45
Ken Early: FAI break the mould by sticking with Martin O’NeillStriking to hear O’Neill cite the number of season tickets sold during his time in chargeThu Oct 05 2017 - 21:10
Ken Early: Barca shut Camp Nou in solidarity with Catalan voteMany on the board believed it was wrong to play on the day of the Catalan referendumMon Oct 02 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Strong case for the defence of Jurgen Klopp’s visionLiverpool have a better chance of success if they keep taking the game to the oppositionMon Sept 25 2017 - 07:15
Ken Early: Everton discovering the harsh reality of life after LukakuFilling the void left by a man who scored 40 per cent of their league goals a real problemMon Sept 18 2017 - 07:45
Ken Early: Wenger goes from bust to boom on financial dopingArsenal manager looks to have given up the fight in this era of nine figure transfer feesMon Sept 11 2017 - 08:38
Ken Early: Ireland’s lack of composure proves costlyHoolahan’s absence felt in final quarter as O’Neill’s men fail to capitalise on red cardWed Sept 06 2017 - 06:00
Without a system there is no salvation for IrelandKen Early: With a solid game plan, smaller countries can overcome more talented oppositionMon Sept 04 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Arter can be Ireland’s middle man for years to comeArter, Hendrick and McCarthy can form Ireland’s midfield unit for next few seasonsSat Sept 02 2017 - 15:37
Ken Early: Billionaire owners toying with real fans’ clubsMost takeovers by wealthy owners end in failure and it simply adds to fans’ alienationMon Aug 28 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Conor McGregor remains the man for all seasonsEven in defeat McGregor will continue to polarise opinion and nowhere more than his homelandMon Aug 28 2017 - 06:00
Ken Early: Despite defeat in the ring McGregor has still wonDubliner never stood a chance against the master but comes away with $100m in the bankSun Aug 27 2017 - 11:23
Ken Early: Mayweather learned quickly not to take his eyes off McGregorMayweather will try to make his opponent feel lost and lonely in the boxing ringSat Aug 26 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Matic is not a top player and Chelsea have upgradedCurrent Chelsea manager wants players who are tactically flexible – and he won’t tolerate slackingMon Aug 21 2017 - 08:17
Ken Early: What the Dickens? Spurs’ scrooges called out by RoseThis is the premiership, not ‘Oliver Twist’, and Rose was right to ask for more moneyMon Aug 14 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Neymar intent on being best-paid if not the bestBrazilian not moving to PSG for the challenge – money remains his bottom lineMon Aug 07 2017 - 07:45
Ken Early: The rest of Ireland’s campaign is about holding onIreland struggled to get going in a game they would have been expecting to win at homeMon Jun 12 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Ireland’s Uruguay win a classic of the June friendly genreAviva treated to a fun evening as Martin O’Neill’s men warm-up nicely for AustriaSun Jun 04 2017 - 21:26
Ken Early: You can’t ‘run’ a game without a well-run teamCriticism of Paul Pogba ignores context – no one can run the game in Mourinho’s UnitedMon May 29 2017 - 05:00
Ken Early: United clinch Europa League to salvage seasonJose Mourinho’s side back in Champions League after win over Ajax in StockholmWed May 24 2017 - 22:27
Ken Early: Manchester needs football in times like theseGame takes on symbolic and emotional importance for Manchester United playersWed May 24 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Arsène Wenger’s reign can’t survive on past gloriesThere has always been a clear time to say goodbye even for the best managersMon May 22 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Agents making the most of warped systemMino Raiola made €49 million from Paul Pogba’s transfer due to inconsistent systemMon May 15 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Liverpool are a long way from socialism these daysShankly’s club along with the rest of the Premier League are the ultimate neoliberalistsMon May 08 2017 - 12:30
Ken Early: Joey Barton ban raises questions over sport’s gambling cultureBanned Burnley midfielder right to highlight the link between the media and gamblingMon May 01 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Are Spurs the best in England? They are certainly not the luckiestBeing praised will be no consolation to Tottenham if they keep missing out on trophiesMon Apr 24 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Documentary shatters the myth of Les BleusRacial unity symbolised by France’s World Cup winners did not survive in post-9/11 worldThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37
Ken Early: Mourinho delivers another smash-and-grab classicManchester United manager’s tactics were once again devoted to nullifying oppositionMon Apr 17 2017 - 10:07
Doctor Sócrates review: the thinking, drinking, footballing geniusBrazil captain was a self-styled free spirit who fell victim to his own contradictionsSat Apr 08 2017 - 06:00
Ken Early: Koeman still feeling ‘manly’ despite Coleman calamityEverton manager’s comments on Ross Barkley reflect reality of Premier League footballMon Apr 03 2017 - 07:00
Ken Early: Second-string display shows talent pool lacking depthMartin O’Neill knows he will need his frontliners back for Austria qualifierTue Mar 28 2017 - 22:40
Ken Early: Every player is a Neil Taylor until the rules are enforcedReferee did not send off Bale because he would have been accused of ruining the gameMon Mar 27 2017 - 13:04
On Tyranny review: ‘Post-truth’ is another term for ‘pre-fascism’American democracy is in crisis, and Timothy Snyder’s book is a call to fight backSat Mar 25 2017 - 06:00
