PEOPLE just cannot get their head around the fact that Leicester City are not a little club, that their elevation to the fringe of the “big six” was not through sheer toil and acumen but because they have sound financial … Continue reading Leicester City win the facemask final
IN DAYS of old, newspapers all over Britain would be preparing their FA Cup specials about this time of year, some getting their caricatures ready for their four-page supplements, others persuading players to pose on the Wembley turf with the … Continue reading FA Cup Final: The football match that used to stop the nation
FA CUP final day was always special when you were a kid. Perched in front of the TV all day, absorbing everything from “How they got there” to “It’s Knockout”, by the time 5pm came around you were exhausted and … Continue reading Rats in the shed: Leicester City’s 1969 FA Cup final
LEICESTER City may reach their first FA Cup final since 1969 and could well meet the club they faced back in the days of David Nish, Allan Clarke and Peter Shilton. Unlike in 1969, when Leicester were relegated to the … Continue reading Leicester City hit by a loss, but still rising nicely
WELL IT’S back and although some of the big hitters have yet to kick-off, it’s clear that the song remains the same for some football people. All three newly-promoted teams were beaten, two comfortably and one pushing the reigning champions … Continue reading Premier League Opening Weekend: Tough on new boys and rusty defenders
WHAT CAN you really say after a 9-0 drubbing except sorry? You had to feel some sympathy for pale-faced Ralph Hasenhüttl, facing the TV cameras after a seismic home defeat that extended Southampton’s current run to one point from five … Continue reading Hasenhüttl’s house of horror
