The 2022/23 season is Mikel Arteta’s 3rd full campaign in charge of Arsenal and as well the 3rd of his managerial career. His 1st game in the hot seat came on Boxing Day of 2019, a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth which saw Arsenal drop down a place to 12th in the table. Just a few …
Arsenal 22/23 a season review Part 1 of 3: August-World Cup: A Stunning Start. Read More »
The first ever winter World Cup appeared perfectly timed for Lionel Messi. The previous season, his first in the colours of Paris Saint-Germain, had been the toughest of his career to date. The flawless finishing we had witnessed for well over a dozen years momentarily deserted him and was replaced with efforts suddenly being denied …
The thing that often amazes us about elite sportspeople is how they make their chosen sport look like the easiest thing in the world. Whether it’s been the effortless grace of Roger Federer’s groundstrokes, or the movement and flexibility of Novak Djokovic, with his rubber-like limbs allowing him to slide and glide across the court …
Andy Murray reminds us who he is at the Australian Open Read More »
In discussing his passion for Boxing, Andy Murray explained: “There are similarities with tennis: taking time away from your opponent, neutralising their strengths, finding their weaknesses. When someone watches a tennis match they say stuff like, ‘Why doesn’t he just play to his forehand?’ But when you get out there on the court, it’s not that …
The 4 Kings and The Big 4: 2 era’s dominated by greatness Read More »
After leaving his native Argentina for Catalonia aged 13 in order to go on receiving the growth hormone treatment he needed to achieve his dream of becoming a professional footballer, Lionel Andres Messi began life in Barcelona youth teams in his preferred number 10 role, also occasionally occupying the right wing. In order to find …
Highs and Lows with La Albiceleste: Lionel Messi’s Argentina story Read More »
squeaky bum time in British English. NOUN. the tense final matches in the race to a league championship, especially from the point of view of the leaders. Word origin circa 2003: coined by Sir Alex Ferguson in an attempt to convey the tension experienced by those involved. One of the best known features of a …
Waiting on the shoulder & squeaky bum time: Ferguson in the title race Read More »
For all of my Football watching life, England have been a disappointment. I was born several days before Football came home with the opening of Euro 96, when England reached the Semi-Finals. They would not reach another for 22 years. In those 22 years, The Three Lions won one knockout game, a Round of 16 …
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are the three greatest male tennis players of all time, of which there can be no doubt. In which order you rank those three depends on an almost endless list of variables but where there can be no dispute is that Djokovic, Federer and Nadal have been the …
Since the Club World Cup replaced the Intercontinental Cup in 2005, there has been 14 winners from Europe and just 3 from South America, 2 of those coming in the first two editions. Only Corinthians have broken the monopoly back in 2010 by beating Chelsea. On 5 occasions in the past 12 years, the Champions …
When you talk of English football’s most dominant dynasties, only 2 sides can come to mind. The two Northern Powerhouses of Liverpool and Manchester United. Liverpool ruled the 1970′s and 80′s, and Manchester United “knocked them off their perch” in the 1990′s and 2000′s. During this time, both established themselves as not only head and shoulders …