A draw would be a good result for Rafa Benitez tonight. Rafa is realistic and well aware that Newcastle have won only two away games. They’re 14th with 35 points. Fifth-placed Arsenal have 60 points, same as Chelsea, who have…
Hosted by wild & wonderful poet Salena Godden, this was the fastest-moving Book Slam I’ve ever seen and the only one where I really enjoyed every performer. The event was in association with Wellcome Book Prize, which is now 20…
The Premier League is back at last. This has been an exciting season and the title race has been fun so far because it’s not a repeat of Man City waltzing to 100 points. What do I think of Unai…
From Martin: Afternoon Myles, If asked me in recent times and over a long period what was one of the things find least enjoyable, the answer would have been : watching England play football! Completely inferior to watching Premier League…
From Rhys Jaggar : A lot of predictable hoopla after two fine England results. But really: it was a bit like a Top Six side getting two FA Cup wins against non EPL opponents. Those are just the sort of…
Montenegro 1 England 5 Vesovic 17 Keane 30 Barkley 39 Barkley 59 Kane 71 Sterling 81 Montenegro, a tiny nation of 600,000 people, is ranked No.46 in the world and they often punch above their weight. In Podgorica last night…
Today is Jadon Sancho’s 19th birthday. Borussia Dortmund winger Sancho reckons he can play better than he did in Friday night’s 5-0 demolition of the Czech Republic. The lad admitted, “My one-v-ones weren’t as sharp. But I was just happy…
I’m beginning to think so. Like most England fans I now look forward to games like the Czech Republic tonight, rather than dread them. Southgate has built a good team off the pitch at St. George’s Park and it’s working…
Back in April 2009, the old beatnik thought that could happen. But it didn’t. However, the Champions League is usually fun . It’s very exciting when the best teams in the world play each other. Sometimes the games are very…
Arsenal didn’t play this weekend. And they didn’t get Monchi, who returned to Sevilla. I’m dismayed because I thought Emery & Monchi at Arsenal would be the greatest double act since Morecambe & Wise, and the maybe the most productive…