The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The Champion is on the ropes – and it's the former corner man who could deliver the knockout blow. In these parts, Jose Mourinho is known not as the "Special One" but as "The Translator", an earlier moniker from a time when he was a mere assistant at the Nou Camp to Bobby Robson. And tonight he could knock the European Cup holders Barcelona out of the tournament, with one...
Harris Sportsthoughts (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Putting it mildly Roy Keane isn’t everybody’s cup of tea. In fact, for Ipswich fans brought up on decent-minded managers like Bobby Robson and John Lyall, he’s more like a cup of sick. But at least you know where you stand with Roy, he couldn’t be more transparent if he was made of clingfilm. During this [...]
The Flat Back Four (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Listed below are the men who have managed over 1,000 competitive matches in English League and Cup football in the modern era, and in what is arguably, the most competitive football environment in the world: Dave Bassett Alan Buckley Sir Matt Busby CBE Brian Clough OBE Steve Coppell Sir Alex Ferguson CBE Dario Gradi MBE Brian Horton Lennie Lawrence Harry Redknapp Sir Bobby Robson CBE Joe Royle Denis...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The League Managers Association honoured 14 veterans who have been in charge for 1,000 games or more They mounted the stage like stiff-kneed survivors from some brutal expedition: the 14 living veterans of 1,000 or more games in league football management. The other four – Sir Bobby Robson, Brian Clough, Alec Stock and Sir Matt Busby – were honoured posthumously as Harry Redknapp (1,131...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Only two England managers have ever beaten Brazil, and neither had a statue unveiled at Wembley on Friday. One was Walter Winterbottom, in the first meeting between the countries in 1956; the second was Sir Bobby Robson, who did it at home (1990) and away (1984). So the next stadium for Fabio Capello to sprinkle a little of his stardust on is the Khalifa in Doha, Qatar, the unlikely venue for next...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of bouquets laid at Newcastle United's St James' Park Stadium after the death of the former England soccer manager Bobby Robson have been turned into garden compost and will be sold to raise money for charity.
Extravagant Nonsense (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
In the latest in a series of PR measures designed to win over hostile supporters of Newcastle United, millionaire owner Mike Ashley today unveiled a plan to urinate on a Newcastle shirt in the centre circle at half-time during Saturday's fixture with Peterborough United. Ashley has inexplicably struggled to warm the hearts of the Toon Army since taking control of the club in 2007, despite a host of...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
From Gazza's Wembley howitzer to an infamous off-field result, here are half a dozen memorable north London derbies 1) Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal, Division One, 10 September 1988 The cliché of the local derby is of the scruffy, witless, low-scoring, primal affront to the beautiful game. Yet if that is the rule, Spurs v Arsenal has frequently been the exception. There have been loads of 4-4 draws...
The Politics Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
By Ross Everett One of Englands most beloved sporting figures, Sir Bobby Robson, yielded to his courageous fight with cancer recently at the age of 75. Even the often critical British press had nothing bad to say about the universally respected Robson, headlining their obituaries with adjectives like The Bravest Knight or simply The Legend. Robson enjoyed a productive career as a player that spanned...
History will be kind to me because I intend to write it (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Work from my six months at the Daily Mirror Carl Froch: I will knock Andre Dirrell out - even though I have not studied him Rio Ferdinand meets NBA star LeBron James - video When sportstars look twits when they use Twitter Top five gnarly surfing feats - with awesome video Top 10 most bizarre items put up for auction on eBay Summer of shame – this year’s top 10 sporting scandals The snake...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
To be an ex-England manager is tough and Sven-Goran Eriksson's is the most haunting story of all Sven-Goran Eriksson is a kindly and gracious soul who has surrendered to the amorality of the business he is in and exploited it at every opportunity, shifting in ever decreasing circles from England to Manchester City to Mexico to Notts County and maybe even to North Korea, on loan, as his rootlessness...
EPL Talk (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
One of the misfortunes of living outside the United Kingdom and supporting English football is that when a legend dies, there are incredible heartwarming documentaries and news programs shown in the UK profiling that hero but they’re unavailable due to rights restrictions where I, and many of you, live. Such was the case this past summer [...]
Bitter and Blue (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
'Everything seems to make sense to me on the pitch at the moment,' he said. 'Everything just seems to be going the way I want it to. 'I'm with familiar faces, people I would trust with my life and when you are comfortable like that, you would give everything for them. The rest just comes off the back of that. 'I've been with Mark Hughes since I was 16. If anyone knows me as a player, it's him. He doesn't...
OmniFootball (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
'Everything seems to make sense to me on the pitch at the moment,' he said. 'Everything just seems to be going the way I want it to. 'I'm with familiar faces, people I would trust with my life and when you are comfortable like that, you would give everything for them. The rest just comes off the back of that. 'I've been with Mark Hughes since I was 16. If anyone knows me as a player, it's him. He...
MAN CITY ISSUES (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Craig Bellamy has admitted that he may have to retire from international football in favor of prolonging his club career. Bellamy has been in outstanding form this season but has struggled with a number of injuries over the last couple of years. With this in mind, he fears that he may need to call it quits with Wales so he can keep his body in a good condition. Bellamy has accepted that it would be...
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