At least Fergie didn’t use his cricket bat… David Beckham never saw it coming. Alex Ferguson ruled Manchester United with an iron fist and wrung the very best out of generations of players to lead them to 13 league and two European Cup titles (and many others) during his time in charge. Ferguson used to […]

6 years ago

“At the moment, Paul Pogba is that guy…” There’s always one, says Wes Brown. When he started out with Man United in 1996, Ryan Giggs was the player in the spotlight. Do something good and he’d be heralded to the heavens. George Best re-incarnated. But then, one mistake or one bad game and the jury […]

7 years ago

“Why are you lying? Don’t lie.” Michael Owen vs. Alan Shearer (Round 1) and Jon Walters vs. Roy Keane (Round Infinity). This is what international football breaks are all about. The break in top level club football, for the international window, often shines a light on other football stories and characters. In the past week, […]

7 years ago

Footballers love pranks. Glenn Whelan was minding his own business until Kenwyne Jones put a brick through his car window… The history of English football, writes Wayne Farry, is dotted with teams that loved to prank both each other and, well, everyone else. Wimbledon’s Crazy Gang is probably the most famous example of this, thanks to […]

7 years ago

Sergio Aguero’s touchline spat with Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola looked to have been settled by Gabriel Jesus, until V.A.R got involved. The City striker had traded barbed words with his manager after being substituted, for Jesus, in his side’s 1-1 draw with Tottenham. Any bad blood that may have been simmering looked to be […]

7 years ago

“WhatsApp groups, carnage! Brilliant, though.” Jon Walters and Steve Sidwell had a fair few clubs between them, especially in the later years of their footballing careers, so they would have been well used to the club WhatsApp group(s). According to Walters, there would usually be three groups at a club – one with players and […]

7 years ago