James Hunt picked up five important lessons this weekend as he watched the Premier League…
The value of atmosphere
Joe Hall was at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday to see Arsenal playing Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. He was struck a difference in both sets of fans that, should Robin van Perise leave, could really leave the London club struggling. There isn’t a great deal of belonging amongst the fans…
The Irish invasion
Pat Fenlon is the new manager of Hibernian. It is his first job outside of Ireland but as Paul Fisher explains, he can just look across to many of the opposition dugouts and he’ll feel at home. The Irish are taking over…
No stopping the Spaniards
Week three of The Footballing Pipelines and we’ve turned our attention to the Spanish. As Gary Linton explains, just as you were getting used to the incredible players currently breaking into their senior side; there are plenty more to come. If the rate of succession continues as it is, there might just be no stopping the Spaniards…
Bath City’s new manager
Bath City are struggling at the foot of the Blue Square Premier. Manager Adie Britton is considered to have done a good job at the club, having taken the part-timers up and seen them finish 10th last season, but as Neil Bellis finds out, someone is in relentless pursuit of Britton’s job…
Episode 16 – The Football Pubject? Never mind
Following the “success” of the first trip to record a show in the pub, we travelled back to a live recording but this time we got some more people along.
Robin van please stay
Robin van Persie has had an incredible 2011 so far. He has already scored over 30 goals in this calendar year and could break every record going if he gets at his current rate. But what happens next? Is it time for RVP to move on?
A great Belgian accident
Continuing our Footballing Pipelines series, Ryan Keaney looks at Belgium, where there must have been something in the water 20 years ago. There are fine players appearing all over, although it doesn’t appear to be down to any kind of masterplan…
Is Marouane hair to stay?
News of Marouane Fellaini signing a new contract warmed the hearts of Everton fans this week, but Simon Furnivall asks why a player whose star is on the rise would commit to a club seemingly on the slide…
Things football could learn from other sports… Respect for officials
Football is far from perfect. Kicking off a new series, Ryan Keaney looks around the world of sport to find things that can be adopted to improve the beautiful game…
