Honestly, sometimes I wish I never write some things in this roundup. It’s been another week of sweeping change at the bottom of the table in Portugal and drama at the top: Porto Take Huge Step Towards Title It was this week’s huge clash. Only a win would keep Sporting in the title race. Anything […]
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This Week In Portugal: Maritimo finally win a game as Sporting do their best to shoot themselves in the foot
It’s been another week of controversy and incident in Liga NOS with Sporting (once again) providing most of the drama: Maritimo Win! Yes, we start this week’s roundup not with the important games of the weekend but with a legitimate surprise. Maritimo have won a game people! Not only that but they managed to score […]
This Week In Portugal: Benfica Lose Jonas But Portugal Goes Goal Crazy Anyway
Another week of mental Liga NOS action saw 30 goals fly in across the nine games with Jonas scoring none of them and Aves getting five! Let’s see what happened: Aves Go Wild After winning for the first time under Jose Mota, Aves were on the up heading into matchday 22 but a trip to […]
This Week In Portugal: VAR Foiled As The Bottom Four All Win
It’s been another curious week in Portugal with surprising results and a huge blow to VAR. Boavista Fans Inadvertently Foil VAR We start this week at Aves, a team I said last week needed to get their finger out soon if they wanted any chance of staying up this season. Well, lo and behold they […]
This Week in Portugal: Drama, Action and the Strangest Opening Ceremony of all Time
Another week has passed in Portugal and we’ve had all sorts of shenanigans and action going on. There’s been a trophy decided, transfers in and out, and a rather curious opening ceremony as well as another round of league action. Let’s see what happened this week in Portugal: Sporting Win a Trophy… Just Liga NOS […]
Worst World Class Footballer: Semi Final 2
Our quest to find the worst footballer in the world deemed ‘world class’ goes on as the voting for the heats has whittled our prospective field down to just eight remaining footballers. Having mixed them up for the semi finals, it’s time to get down to the nitty-gritty and find our which two will make […]
Worst World Class Footballer: Semi Final 1
Our quest to find the worst footballer in the world deemed ‘world class’ goes on as the voting for the heats has whittled our prospective field down to just eight remaining footballers. Having mixed them up for the semi finals, it’s time to get down to the nitty-gritty and find our which two will make […]
The Worst World Class Player: Heat Four
Inspired by the 5 Live World Football Phone-In and a comment Tim Vickery made, I’m running this week long series to figure out just who is the worst world class player in the game today. It’s a bit of an odd question as we look to find the worst of the best. Tim said Carlos […]
Porto Go Top As Sporting Shoot Themselves In The Foot & Vitoria Get A Giant Dose of VAR
Matchday 19 in Liga NOS was one of drama, action and moments of excellent quality. Well, unless you were watching Maritimo against Belenenses. Here’s what happened this week in Portugal: Changes At The Top It’s all change at the top of the table thanks to one surprising result. Sporting travelled to second bottom Vitoria Setubal hoping to […]
The Worst World Class Player: Heat Three
Inspired by the 5 Live World Football Phone-In and a comment Tim Vickery made, I’m running this week long series to figure out just who is the worst world class player in the game today. It’s a bit of an odd question as we look to find the worst of the best. Tim said Carlos […]
The Worst World Class Player: Heat Two
Inspired by the 5 Live World Football Phone-In and a comment Tim Vickery made, I’m running this week long series to figure out just who is the worst world class player in the game today. It’s a bit of an odd question as we look to find the worst of the best. Tim said Carlos […]
The Worst World Class Player: Heat One
Inspired by the 5 Live World Football Phone-In and a comment Tim Vickery made, I’m running this week long series to figure out just who is the worst world class player in the game today. It’s a bit of an odd question as we look to find the worst of the best. Tim said Carlos […]
BFTGT on: Strachan’s Departure
Scottish attentions are now focused on qualifying for the 2020 European Championships after an unexpected late surge brought about a narrowly heartbreaking fall at the last hurdle in Slovenia. It seemed unlikely just over a year ago, though, with a defeat at Wembley to the Auld Enemy leaving us with a mountain to climb. The […]
Leeds United Re-Own Their Home After 13 Years
The decline of Leeds United from early-2000s big spenders to Football League regulars has been well documented. The club’s financial difficulties made them a byword for fiscal responsibility before the demise of Portsmouth in the 2010s. Key assets such as Harry Kewell, Alan Smith and Mark Viduka were sold off to keep the club afloat […]