Celebratory scenes in Cardiff today as Gareth Bale has risen above England in the FIFA Rankings for the first time. The Real Madrid Forward has single-handedly dragged Wales into the top 10 and on the verge of a major tournament qualification for the first time since 1958. Gareth Bale’s Manager …
Read More »Everton set to stick with Stones
Everton manager Roberto Martinez has insisted defender John Stones will not be sold to Chelsea. The Premier League champions are expected to return with a third bid for the 21-year-old England international after a failed £26m offer. Martinez was critical of Chelsea after a first £20m bid was made public. …
Read More »#CurbsWatch – New Season, New Hope
Another season starts and that will no doubt mean a whole host of job opportunities for Alan Curbishley – more importantly has anyone seen him on their TV’s this weekend? I can’t say I did in all fairness, but I was incredibly drunk all weekend so he may have slipped …
Read More »Champions League Qualifiers Round Up
Celtic are now potentially 90 minutes away from the coveted Champions League group phase with a 1-0 win over Qarabag of Azerbaijan last night. An 82nd minute Deydrck Boyata header was the difference to give Celtic a slight advantage going into the return leg next week. In the other matches …
Read More »Weekend Activity
Spent far too much money and lost too many brain cells at a festival in London yesterday. I’m sure some stuff has happened in the Footballing world but I really don’t have the brain capacity to talk about it today. Hopefully normal service will be resumed tomorrow, maybe check the …
Read More »Delph set to move to Manchester City as they address shortage of Home Grown stars
Aston Villa captain Fabian Delph is to undergo a medical and complete a move to Manchester City on Saturday. The midfielder, who joined Villa from Leeds in 2009, signed a four-and-a-half year deal at Villa in January. His future looked uncertain when Micah Richards, who moved from City to Villa …
Read More »Wales vs Belgium in less than 60 seconds
If like me you had to miss Wales vs Belgium last night due to the fact you had to take your Mrs to a Years & Years gig (which was alright). Here is all you need to know
Read More »F.C. Top Knot – Pre Season Update
Looks like we’ve got an interesting season in the Vanarama Conference South ahead of us then. Certainly going to be easy on the eye and one for the neutrals, in my next post I will introduce the squad and give a bit of background to the creation of the side.
Read More »Real Football Man
I’ll keep the intro short and sweet, this is basically going to be a one stop shop for all my Football musing as I’ve been out of the bloody blogging game for far too long, part inspired by the rambling of Richard Keys and the other part a desire just …
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