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Quick, name the top assistant manager of your favourite manager for a club you don’t support. You may be able to do this, but I’d wager many of you cannot (unless that team is the Republic of Ireland). In football, we focus on the manager, what he does and why he does it, and rethink […]
The 1964/65 Football League Division One Season – the last to be decided on goal average. Since the start of the 1976/1977 season, goal difference has been the standard measure of separating two teams level on points. If the two teams are level on points it is a very simple mathematical process to decide who […]
A defensively-masterful Manchester United dispatched of a young Ajax Amsterdam in Stockholm on Wednesday, 2-0, thanks to goals from midfield ace Paul Pogba and winger Henrik Mkhitaryan. Ajax largely controlled the ball throughout the 90 minutes, but United struck where it hurt when they got the chances. Coming in with an average age of 22, […]
Cork City 2-1 Sligo Rovers There was a full round of games played in the Premier Division of the SSE Airtricity League spread over Monday and Tuesday night and once again it was Cork City who came out the happiest. They faced a tricky away game against Sligo Rovers and actually trailed 1-0 at half-time […]
Philadelphia Union 2-0 Houston Dynamo The Union won again as they beat the Dynamo to record their third win in a row. Fafa Picault opened the scoring on 17 minutes, heading in from close range. Union continued to attack well and went two up, seven minutes before half time, as Ilsinho struck with a low finish. It was almost […]
The U20 World Cup kicked off a week ago, with hosts South Korea gathering 2 wins in group 2. The home team have looked impressive and deserved both their wins – against Guinea (3-0) and Argentina (2-1). There are many good talents in this side, but the stand out player, who has been their star […]
Victory over Crotone at Juventus Stadium confirmed a record-breaking sixth consecutive Serie A title for Juventus on Sunday. After their celebrations were delayed due to last week’s draw at Torino, the Bianconeri made no mistake taking maximum points against the Rossoblu, securing their 33rd Scudetto. Meanwhile, there were celebrations of a different kind at the […]
Friday, May 19 Banfield are flying high this year as they sit in 5th position. They pick most of their points up at home and usually struggle away from home. Atletico Tucuman were able to exploit Banfield’s poor away form, as they beat them 3-0. Saturday, May 20 Saturday’s early kick-off saw Belgrano draw with […]
This weekend we had the second round of the Brazilian Championship. Of the 10 matches, we hit 6 in our predictions. Below a summary of the main matches of the round: Atletico GO 0-3 Flamengo After disqualification from the Libertadores Cup in mid-week, Flamengo went away to get a good victory at Atletico. In spite […]
Malaga 0-2 Real Madrid Zinedine Zidane led Real Madrid to their first La Liga title in five years on Sunday after his side won 2-0 against Malaga. Real put the ghosts of Tenerife 1993 to bed before they even had a chance to start haunting. The night at La Rosaleda was just two minutes old […]
Manchester City is a football club that has become synonymous with success since winning the Premier League title in the 2011/2012 season. It was one of the most incredible finishes to a Premier League season, arguably, since Manchester United’s treble winning season in 1999. City had gone from “noisy neighbours” to serious contenders as the power shifted […]
Rennes-Monaco All matches this weekend were played simultaneously, as Rennes hosted Monaco at the Roazhon Park. The away squad all died their hair to the colours of Monaco, due to their recent coronation as Ligue 1 Champions. They aligned a lot of rotations in their lineup, shifting from their usual 4-4- to a 4-3-3. They […]
By their own astronomical standards, Barcelona have had a poor season. Transfers struggling to adapt and a convincing Champions League defeat in the quarter-finals for the second year running is enough to draw widespread criticism. However, Real Madrid’s first La Liga triumph since 2012 is the ultimate salt in the wounds. So, is this the […]
It’s May 7th, 2017; a sunny day in Amsterdam saw a young Ajax squad dismantle Go Ahead Eagles by a score of 4 to 0. The side played some great flowing football to keep themselves in the title race, made even more special by the fact that 9 featuring players were of the age of […]
Chelsea thumped relegated Sunderland to cap off an impressive title-winning season as Manchester City remained third, but what transpired across the other major European leagues? Real clinched their first domestic title under Zidane as Ronaldo and Benzema clinched a 2-0 win over Malaga. Barcelona’s 4-2 win over Eibar was not enough, in the end, to […]
We start off with the most important game at this stage of the season; with the title all wrapped up and both automatic relegation spots confirmed, all we needed to know now was who would be in the relegation playoff. Well thankfully that was going to be decided in one fixture; Hamburg taking on Wolfsburg. […]
After dropping their first points last week when they drew 1-1 with Galway United, Cork City responded in emphatic fashion as they were 5-0 winners against Drogheda United. Sean Maguire and Karl Sheppard got two apiece with Jimmy Keohane getting the other. There are strong rumours that Maguire will sign with Preston North End come […]
Brechin City are not one of the biggest names in world football. They aren’t even one of the biggest names in Scottish football. Even in their county, of Dundee and Angus, Brechin City are still one of the smaller teams. Despite their small nature, they have managed to negotiate their way through the playoffs and […]
Middlesbrough Football Club made their top-flight return this season, after seven years in the Championship, and ambition was high. They hadn’t had to spend lavishly to bounce straight back up, they had employed a tactically astute manager in Aitor Karanka, a man who was close friends with Jose Mourinho, and a chairman who understood the […]
Ten months of La Liga football come down to one day and two games this Sunday with the odds firmly stacked in Real Madrid’s favour. Los Blancos travel to AndalucĂa to face Malaga needing just one point to secure their first league title in five years while Barcelona host Eibar at the Camp Nou. Conspiracy, […]
