BOOK REVIEW By Alex Miller 25 August 2011 The great Bill Shankly played his one and only game for Liverpool during World War II, a Merseyside derby in May 1942, when he appeared as a guest player in a performance that left Everton totally outclassed. Shanks also turned down the Liverpool manager’s job in 1951 […]

. By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 15 May 2011 Manchester United’s point at Blackburn yesterday earned them a 19th English league title. In the run-up to the game, I interviewed Rio Ferdinand in Manchester for a feature (linked here) and another story (third item in the column linked here) in today’s […]

By Alex Miller 20 March 2011 The former Liverpool and Sweden defender Glenn Hysen has revealed his pride at the decision by his 20 year-old son, Anton, to become the first professional Swedish footballer to come out as gay – and how he hopes it might contribute to gay Premier League players feeling comfortable enough […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 13 March 2011 . On Friday, I interviewed Patrick Vieira at Manchester City’s training ground at Carrington for a piece in today’s Mail on Sunday (from where Sky lifted this) and to talk about his endorsement of France’s 2018 Ryder Cup bid. As is often the […]

By Brian Sears 3 February 2011 What do West Ham, Wigan and Wolverhampton all have in common aside from all beginning with the 23rd letter of the alphabet and all being current occupants of the Premier League’s relegation zone? They are also the only three Premier League sides so far unable to muster a point […]

By Brian Sears 16 December 2010 West Ham have their troubles to spare, gazing up from the bottom of the Premier League to see which lucky club is going to poop on them next, fearing that they’ll be in the dreaded basement place by Christmas and generally fretting about how soon Avram Grant’s taxi will […]

ALEXANDRA WILLIS is the former Deputy Editor of ACE Tennis Magazine, and alongside mag work and an affair with social media, has had the dubious honour of sitting in on a few tennis tournaments from time to time as part of her professional duties. If you happen to bump into her court-side, she’ll probably tell you […]

By Ryan McKnight Editor of FC Business magazine 19 November 2010 Although this was my first ever ‘official’ interview with Gordon, having battled for a share of the microphone with him at numerous events over the years, I always knew it was going to be a conversation of few questions and a lot of listening. […]

By Nick Harris 27 October 2010 The death of an octopus called Paul in a German aquarium has triggered a global surge in news coverage that underlines the vacuity of celebrity culture, the power of anything football-related to attract coverage, and the relentless march of clever PR. Far from being a simple cephalopod that got […]

ALEXANDRA WILLIS is the Deputy Editor of ACE Tennis Magazine, and alongside mag work and an affair with social media, has the dubious honour of following British players to Grand Slam qualifying from time to time as part of her professional duties. If you happen to bump into her court-side, she’ll probably tell you that she went […]