An exciting week of action in the Champions League saw all remaining 16 teams in action. As we recap the first leg matches we will also look at how each contest is poised ahead of their return leg, to be played across Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th March. Image: ferhat_culfaz via flickr Club Brugge 1-3…
If you backed Liverpool to win the Premier League this season with either Paddy Power or Betfred, you might have be in for a surprise next time you log into your account. Those two firms have paid out early on Arne Slot’s men winning the title… despite there still being ten more games of the…
The play-off round, effectively the last 32, of the 2024/25 Champions League season has now been completed. The eight teams that topped the league phase have been waiting patiently to see which teams they will face, and with all the play-off ties having played their second legs, we now know which teams are in the…
Newcastle United will face Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday the 16th of March in the final of the 2024/25 EFL Cup. The first silverware of the season is on the line, with the Reds hoping it might just be the first of three trophies they can now collect this term. As for Newcastle, Eddie Howe…
When Real Madrid finally signed Kylian Mbappe in June 2024, it was expected that adding perhaps the best player in the world to a team that had won the Champions League and La Liga in 2023/34 would make them unstoppable. With Mbappe joining Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr and the rest of the stars at the…
Image: Chun Long Cheung, flickr. On Wednesday two things that have become highly predictable occurred: Alexander Isak scored and his goal, or in this case goals, helped Newcastle to victory. The Swedish striker and his club are on an incredible run right now and some are even daring to suggest a tilt at the title…
Image: canno73, Bigstockphoto. On Tuesday, Brazil and Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior was named the best male footballer in the world at the annual The Best FIFA Football Awards (is it just us or do they need to work on that name?). He gained some degree of redemption after what was perceived as something of…
Image: Cosmin katatonia82, Bigstockphoto Football has seen countless amazing managers over the years, from obvious picks such as Scottish quartet Sir Alex Ferguson, Jock Stein, Sir Matt Busby and Bill Shankly, to less well-known figures such as Argentine great Guillermo Stábile, who led his nation to six Copas América between 1941 and 1957. Then of…
When Arsenal visited near neighbours West Ham United at the London Stadium on Saturday evening, few could have predicted the record-equalling first-half goalfest. In an astonishing opening 45 minutes, the teams managed a whopping seven goals between them, with the Gunners going into the break 5-2 to the good. As it turned out, neither side…
Image: domjisch via flickr In July 2021 something quite remarkable happened: the unstoppable wonder-machine that is Brighton’s recruitment team made an error. Perhaps being harsh, because this was not about a player they signed, but rather one they let go. Over the past five seasons or more Brighton have enjoyed incredible success in the transfer…
