By Nick Harris 4 May 2010 Stoke City’s manager Tony Pulis tops a new league table that ranks “over achieving” managers in English football when teams’ results are compared to the resources at their managers’ disposal. Steve McClaren, the much maligned former England manager is at No2, while Sam Allardyce is at No3 on the […]
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Rooney wins PFA award, makes World Cup vow, and hopes Liverpool do United a favour
By Nick Harris 26 April 2010 Wayne Rooney won the PFA Footballer of the Year award last night after being voted the outstanding player of the 2009-10 season in England by his peers. After the 24-year-old striker was handed his award by Jimmy Greaves, he said he would be fit and ready to play in […]
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‘I’m delighted Newcastle are back in the Premier League … now they need more than four decent players’
Andy Cole 23 April 2010 I’m delighted that Newcastle have secured promotion back to the Premier League, and the Championship title too – that on Monday at Plymouth – but I fear that unless they spend some serious cash they’ll be going back down. Why? Because their squad could not hack it the last time […]
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Q: How much does Britain’s next Minister for Sport really care about sport?
By Nick Harris 22 April 2010 Britain will hold a general election on Thursday 6 May. The current Labour government under PM Gordon Brown will either retain power or be replaced by David Cameron’s Conservative Party or Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats. Another scenario is a hung parliament and a power-sharing regime; key posts could be […]
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‘Can Chelsea stay ahead? It’s the billion ruble question . . . and it’s up in the air’
By Andy Cole 16 April 2010 The Premier League title is Chelsea’s to lose, but lose it they can. Before anyone starts accusing me of Fergie-esque mind games – just because I am an unashamed Manchester United fan – I acknowledge Chelsea are in pole position, and deserve to be. Winning 2-1 at Old Trafford […]
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British Swimming invests in youth with unveiling of ‘world-class’ development clubs
8 April 2010 British Swimming has unveiled a select group of Development Clubs as part of its provision of a world-class daily training environment for athletes in Britain. Five clubs earned Development status by right following analysis of club performances at the British Gas Swimming Championships this month in Sheffield. The successful clubs are Plymouth […]
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‘Barca’s blueprint: flexibility, interchange, effort, fluidity, dynamism and passing, passing, passing’
By Andy Cole 2 April 2010 Arsenal were handed a footballing lesson on Wednesday night in the Champions League by the team whose blueprint they seek to follow – not to mention given a fortunate penalty by an incompetent referee. But Arsène Wenger’s side showed they’ve got some mettle by recovering from 2-0 down to […]
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Red Knights: ‘No move or bid for United this season’
By Nick Harris 26 March 2010 The Red Knights group that has ambitions to buy Manchester United from the Glazer family has this morning issued a statement saying it does not expect to finalise its proposal for any bid for the club this season. The aim of group, led by the United fan and Goldman […]
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‘At United’s level, ownership does seem like a billionaire’s game’
By Andy Cole 12 March 2010 I played a round of golf yesterday and I can’t begin to tell you how bad I was. The weather was beautiful and the conditions were ideal but I was terrible. Nothing went right and my score was so appalling that I gave up counting. Yet compared to Milan’s […]
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Red Knight fever helps MUST race to 100,000 members
By Nick Harris 3 March 2010 The global publicity attracted by yesterday’s news that the Red Knight group have started exploratory talks to raise money to try to buy Manchester United has helped membership of the Manchester United Supporters’ Trust (MUST) to more than double, and has now smashed through the 100,000 barrier. A month […]
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