By Brian Sears 2 November 2012 Liverpool will start the weekend in 12th place in the Premier League with 10 points and a goal difference of minus two, three points behind Newcastle in 10th, on 13 points and with the same goal difference. Liverpool host Newcastle on Sunday at Anfield, so a win would see […]

By Brian Sears and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 31 October 2012 Premier League attendances are more than four per cent up on the same time last year, and on course to be the highest total in England’s top division for 40 years, according to Sportingintelligence analysis. The growth is all […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 30 October 2012 Liverpool’s managing director Ian Ayre has apologised in writing on behalf of the club for the inappropriate behaviour of communications director Jen Chang towards Liverpool fan Sean Cummins, the creator of spoof journalist ‘Duncan Jenkins’, during a meeting between the pair on […]

By Sportingintelligence 7 November 2012 NB: this page was originally focussed on the hurricane (see below). On US election night, coverage switches to live footage of the race for the White House: .   29 October 2012 With the eastern seaboard of the USA bracing for Hurricane Sandy to do its worst within hours of […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 29 October 2012 BT have confirmed they have signed ‘multi-year’ deals to show live matches from the top football divisions in Italy, France, Brazil and the USA on their new sports channel, BT Sport, which launches in 2013. The telecoms firm made a shock entry […]

By Brian Sears 26 October 2012 It’s been a sorry season for Southampton fans so far, with just one win and a draw from eight matches since their return to the Premier League. They’e squandered leads against Manchester City, Manchester United, Everton and Fulham. Yes, they’ve scored in every league game, but then they’ve also […]

By Brian Sears 26 October 2012 Arsenal have endured a turbulent week as their absentee American owner’s visit to London coincided with the club’s AGM and back-to-back defeats, first against Norwich in the Premier League and then against Schalke in Europe. And now they face two Premier League matches versus the two current top-flight clubs […]

By Janine Self 24 October 2012 First, a scene-setter. One jumbo-sized sofa (red), one TV studio, one journalist-broadcaster-author with a vision. Despite Boris Johnson’s nudge-wink post-Olympic speech, the BT Life’s a Pitch sofa tends not to witness too much in the way of paroxysms of tears and joy. But, thanks to Michael Calvin, a whole […]

By Sportingintelligence 23 October 2012 Tyler Hamilton, the former team-mate of Lance Armstrong who prominently blew the whistle on drug taking in his sport and who has written a book about his sporting life, ‘The Secret Race’, has responded to accusations by UCI head Pat McQuaid that he is a ‘scumbag’. Hamilton has released the […]

By Brian Sears 19 October 2012 Newcastle’s manager Alan Pardew still awaits a first Premier League win since signing his extraordinary eight-year contract but takes his side to Sunderland on Sunday in the knowledge Newcastle have a first-class record in north-east derbies in the PL era. They have played 46 derbies in that time, 26 against […]