The Magpies are unsurprisingly doing well in the familiar territories of the English Championship. It’s widely believed they would bounce back to the top-flight at the first time of asking after relegation last season. At the moment, after 11 rounds of games, Benitez men sit in 3rd place, 2 points behind surprise leaders Huddersfield. The … Read more
Embed from Getty Images Leeds United will start yet another season in the Championship in new hands as former Swansea manager Garry Monk will try to take the Yorkshire side to the Premier League. The club finished 13th last season but hopes will be high of making a return to the Premier League under Monk … Read more
Burnley’s signing of Lukas Jutkiewicz has been met with an underwhelming reaction, the striker earning a move back to the Premier League despite the poor form he displayed in a two-year spell with Middlesbrough, in which he scored 11 league goals from 65 appearances. A slightly better record of 7 goals from 20 games on … Read more
It could have been much different for AFC Bournemouth. After experiencing administration and the resulting 10 point deduction that contributed to their relegation from League One in 2008, they saw another 17 points taken away at the beginning of the 2008-09 season. Relegation to the Blue Square Premier Division was avoided with the help of … Read more
It was somewhat unsurprising to see Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in the headlines this week as his side prepared for their Champions League tie with Galatasaray. Mourinho had been secretly recorded lamenting the poor form of his strikers and he was typically outspoken in scolding the journalist who leaked his private conversation, where he was heard … Read more
Born and raised in Wythenshawe, Manchester, if Ravel Morrison had shown any small amount of footballing talent he was always going to play for Manchester United, and Morrison had much more than just a little. Morrison joined the club in 2009 and signed his first professional contract on his seventeenth birthday in 2010. Later that … Read more
It is “living the dream” according to Liam Moore, the 21 year old centre-half who is currently starring in Leicester City’s Championship promotion bid. After making hi breakthrough for the Foxes at the beginning of last season before being loaned out to Brentford for the second half of the campaign, Moore has sustained himself as … Read more
Saviour the moment; Ben Watson rising highest at a corner kick to head home the only goal of last May’s FA Cup final, cementing Wigan Athletic into FA Cup folklore with a victory over Manchester City. Saviour the moment, because the FA Cup, a competition steeped in the history and heritage that Watson and Wigan … Read more
At six feet and five inches tall and monstrously strong, Oguchi Onyewu has all the physical attributes that one could want in a centre back, fast, aerial dominant and as strong as an ox, Onyewu brings a near unparalleled psychical dynamism to the field. A United States national of Nigerian descent, Onyewu’s promising career started … Read more
The Football League loan system allows Premier League youngsters to test the water at a decent level. Here is a rundown of some the players out on loan in the first half of the season. Jack Grealish The Aston Villa winger enjoyed a fruitful loan spell at Notts County, making 16 league appearances and scoring … Read more