Mourinho inching ever closer to BernabeuSOCCER ANGLES: Gonzalo Higuain’s open-goal miss against Lyon spoke of a sense of Tiger Woods-style entitlementSat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Portsmouth paying heavy price for FA Cup winSOCCER ANGLES : A plan is in the making to get clubs to advance Portsmouth €12Sat Feb 13 2010 - 00:00
Keane move may not be enough to save SPLSOCCER ANGLES: Supporters in Scotland are no fools, they know third division football when they see itSat Feb 06 2010 - 00:00
Not quite make or break, but pretty closeSOCCER ANGLES : Tomorrow’s clash between Arsenal and Manchester United will give us a clearer picture of where the challenge…Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
Not quite make or break, but pretty closeSOCCER ANGLES : Tomorrow’s clash between Arsenal and Manchester United will give us a clearer picture of where the challenge…Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
Fabregas well on the road to greatnessSOCCER ANGLES - MICHAEL WALKER: This is someone who has been around at the top level long enough to be 26 or 27, so it feels…Sat Jan 23 2010 - 00:00
Fabregas well on the road to greatnessSOCCER ANGLES - MICHAEL WALKER: This is someone who has been around at the top level long enough to be 26 or 27, so it feels…Sat Jan 23 2010 - 00:00
Benitez can't afford to Stoke more criticismSOCCER ANGLES : Even the large number of Reds who remain loyal to Rafael Benitez must acknowledge this does not look like a …Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Benitez can't afford to Stoke more criticismSOCCER ANGLES : Even the large number of Reds who remain loyal to Rafael Benitez must acknowledge this does not look like a …Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
A week in the lives of five Irish managersSOCCER ANGLES : Martin O’Neill seems to have cracked the code at Aston Villa but the past seven days proved difficult for some…Sat Dec 19 2009 - 00:00
Time for middle classes to stand up and fightSOCCER ANGLES : At some stage, if the middle classes are to really lead a challenge to the establishment, then there have to…Sat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Ireland should have one league and one teamSOCCER ANGLES: Darron Gibson and Shane Duffy come from Derry, but must choose between Belfast and Dublin for international duty…Sat Dec 05 2009 - 00:00
Mersey derby may make or break city rivalsSOCCER ANGLES: Liverpool and Everton are both going through slumps and a loss for either side in tomorrow’s Premier League clash…Sat Nov 28 2009 - 00:00
Apt time to recollect legend of Jackie BrownBack in 1937, as Paris prepared to stage the World Cup finals, the French capital played host to Éire for the first timeSat Nov 14 2009 - 00:00
Now not the time to forget The Liverpool WaySOCCER ANGLES: Rafael Benitez needs the fans’ patience and faith for Liverpool’s four games in 10 daysSat Oct 24 2009 - 01:00
Villa fans should get real and trust O'NeillSOCCER ANGLES : Surely the manager has shown with his work at other clubs he knows about building a club as well as a team and…Sat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Keane in dire need of a benign twist of fateSOCCER ANGLES: Without a victory under their new manager this season, Ipswich Town visit Oakwell today to take on Mark Robins…Sat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00
New-look Reid deserves another chanceSOCCER ANGLES: The news that Giovanni Trapattoni has signed a new contract will not have been welcomed by Sunderland midfielder…Sat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Money is not a true measure of successSOCCER ANGLES : It has been another week of fault-finding in football and you begin to wonder if these weeks are coming around…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Benitez doesn't need an inspired Bolton nowSOCCER ANGLES: A league defeat at Bolton today would remove a chunk of the credit Benitez has built up since his arrival five…Sat Aug 29 2009 - 01:00
Hull hell-bent on confounding the doubtersSOCCER ANGLES : A victory at home over Stoke City this afternoon would go a long way towards securing Hull City's Premier League…Sat May 09 2009 - 01:00
Pros and cons of having a good nameSOCCER ANGLES: After the week just gone, the only thing we can say for sure is that having a decent reputation at some time …Sat May 02 2009 - 01:00
Home-grown talent foreign to English gameSOCCER ANGLES: Money rules as never before in the game across the Channel and even Roy Keane followed the green stuff when he…Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Old masters pumped up by same pursuitDespite the intense rivalry between Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, they are driven by the same work ethic and desire for success…Sat Apr 18 2009 - 01:00
Shearer,too, can hear hum of the bacon slicerSOCCER ANGLES: In 2003 Mick McCarthy took over a demoralised Sunderland with few games left to avoid the big dropSat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Arsenal need to spit out this nonsenseSOCCER ANGLES: There is an unchecked arrogance about Arsenal at times and the worst part of that is the unchecked bitSat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
Europe has become a safety net for LiverpoolEven with the turmoil behind the scenes at Anfield, it still does not solve the conundrum of the Rafael Benitez LiverpoolSat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
Not Ashley Cole's finest hour but . . .SOCCER ANGLES: The Chelsea left back is not the first young man to get disorientated in the fog of London fame, and he will …Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Down below, and 54,000 reasons to worrySOCCER ANGLES: In a fascinating week, when the Continent’s elite danced and battled from Milan to London to Madrid, Darlington…Sat Feb 28 2009 - 00:00
Man from land of Orange to restore orderSOCCER ANGLES: Gus Hiddink is said by Mark Viduka to have the rare ability to get players to be 100 per cent willing to go out…Sat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
Manic transfer window grist to Sky TV's millSOCCER ANGLES: Premier League bigwigs are unlikely to accede to a possible request from club chairmen for the scrapping of the…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
Given set to leave Newcastle as City up anteSOCCER: SHAY GIVEN’S position at Newcastle United is expected to be resolved within the next 48 hours and the indications are…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
A strong attack starts with a strong defence Its Year Zero at LutonSOCCER ANGLERS: If Manchester City were offering €110 million for Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, it might seem inflated, but…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Treble completed in epic fashionFROM THE ARCHIVE: Liverpool complete cup treble in May 2001 Liverpool 4 Alaves 4 AN EPIC. Pure and simple, an epicWed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
Clough kid might make slow haste popularSOCCER ANGLES: Jose Mourinho and his ilk will, we hope, learn from a young man in no hurry, serving his time before taking over…Sat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
Given considers positionSOCCER: MICHAEL KENNEDY, the solicitor who represents Shay Given, took the highly unusual step of releasing a statement last…Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
Poyet in frame for Leeds postEvents at Blackburn Rovers are all part of the flavour-of-the-month short-termism that afflicts British professional footballSat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
Cloughie knew the real trickSOCCER ANGLES: The players at Sunderland may not have grown frightened of their manager, but they grew tenseSat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
Gerrard's staying power proves pricelessSOCCER ANGLES: Steven Gerrard has become so important to the team and the club that he has become entwined, as he said, in its…Sat Nov 29 2008 - 00:00
Keane laughs off last week's rumoursSOCCER ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE NEWS: A SERENE and smiling Roy Keane yesterday laughed at the hysterical events of the previous…Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Have England got ahead of themselves again?SOCCER ANGLES: Not for the first time, there's talk of England winning another World CupSat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Strange days have to be relishedSOCCER ANGLES: Hull's success, Delap's secret weapon, Spurs and Newcastle holding up the league, who would have thought it at…Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Keane rates his work 'below average' at StokeSOCCER: ROY KEANE has never been slow to criticise members of the opposition or those on his own team either on occasion, and…Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
Ready to rededicate himself to the causeEverton supporters believe David Moyes has done more than enough to warrant a new dealSat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
Kinnear gets it wrong on several levelsSOCCER ANGLES: The manager's outburst revealed a lack of awareness of where he is and what he is doingSat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Leader of the pack Keane needs a victorySOCCER ANGLES: The Sunderland manager believes he is now facing his biggest challenge in the jobSat Sept 20 2008 - 01:00
New World order rises in the EastlandsEnglish football's New Order starts today in the North west, the cradle of the gameSat Sept 13 2008 - 01:00
Trapattoni era has Keane's approvalROY KEANE had some harsh words for certain football people yesterday but they were balanced by appreciation for Giovanni Trapattoni…Sat Sept 13 2008 - 01:00
Benitez needs to cash in or pay priceSOCCER ANGLES LIVERPOOL HAVE not won a Premier League game at Arsenal, Chelsea or Manchester United since Rafael Benitez became…Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
