By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 17 February 2012 A story about Liverpool fan Lenny Woods’ impending latest trip of many to Wembley to watch his club Liverpool prompted a lively Twitter debate about whether his 33 trips there to watch his club was a record. FOR THE MOST RECENT ALL-TIME […]
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RANGERS CRISIS: Mystery deepens over Whyte links to former jailbird associate
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 15 February 2012 Two business associates of the beleagured Rangers owner Craig Whyte have spoken about their links to Whyte, but have raised more questions than answers in the process, particularly in relation to the role one of them has played in the Rangers takeover […]
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Football titles world league: Rangers top, but who is most dominant?
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 14 February 2012 Rangers, giants of Scottish football for almost as long as the game has been played there, have entered financial administration as a result of an outstanding tax case. A much-quoted statistic over the past 24 hours is that Rangers have won more […]
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ALEX WILLIS: ‘The Spanish are reeling at the Spitting Image-esque doping slurs’
* ALEXANDRA WILLIS is a multimedia tennis journalist who flits between the All England Club, SportingIntelligence, the TennisSpace and a few other outlets, while tweeting copiously and trying to improve her backhand in her spare time. If you happen to bump into her court-side, she’ll probably tell you that she went to Oxford (and not […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Djokovic, Nadal, Federer – as close to perfection as tennis has ever been
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 13 February 2012 The three-way rivalry in men’s tennis between Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer is the closest to perfection the sport has ever seen, according to new analysis by Sportingintelligence of every result in the 175 men’s singles Grand Slam tournaments of […]
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Man City visit Villa, their most profitable opponents, riding crest of points wave
By Brian Sears 10 February 2012 Manchester City visit Villa Park on Sunday 12 points better off after 24 games than ever before in their Premier League history. City’s previous best at this stage of a season was the 45 points from 24 games last season when they finished third. They have 57 now. As City’s circumstances […]
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A city united: Manchester goals deluge keeps record in sight
By Brian Sears 10 February 2012 The Premier League remains on course for a second successive season of record scoring. In 240 games so far in 2011-12, which equates to 63 per cent of the season played, there have been 677 goals, or an average of 2.82 goals per game. If that level is maintained, […]
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Deloitte’s football clubs rich list: #RM #FCB #MUFC #BayernM #AFC #CFC #MILAN #INTER #LFC #SCHALKE
By Sportingintelligence 9 February 2012 The 15th edition of Deloitte’s Football Money League was published today, and the compilation of annual accounts from Europe’s highest-earning clubs in the 2010-11 season has a familiar look to last year. The top 20 clubs by income are shown in the chart below as are the top 20 from […]
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David Ginola ‘will make a full recovery’ after skiing smash
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 8 February 2012 The former Tottenham and France star David Ginola is recovering in France after a skiing accident on Tuesday left him with five broken ribs and a broken collarbone. Ginola, 45, who was the Footballer of the Year in England in 1999, has […]
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‘Crashgate seemed like a gift to Romain Grosjean. It was actually a poisoned chalice’
* MARK THURSFIELD is a journalist and PR advisor, working across sports from skiing to motorsport. After founding his own sports magazine in the 90s, he worked for Eurosport TV then Sportal.com – the first major sports site of the dot com boom – before setting up on his own in 2001. He also plays […]
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