Well, what about Irwin? Or Evra? Anyone else? Everton fans are a proud breed. And the proudest of them all, Leighton Baines, has called it a day as he leaves behind memories of goals and assists to warm the cold Merseyside winters for years to come. Baines was a top player. But the best? On […]

6 years ago

“He pushed them into a situation where they felt they couldn’t lose him, because he was maybe their one world-class player.” On Sunday, Dean Henderson will play his final game of the season for Sheffield United. Whatever happens between then and September 2 [the proposed start of the 2020/21 season] Henderson is unlikely to be […]

6 years ago

“You’re one of the few lucky ones that have been asked back, so you must have done something right!” During his last appearance on The Football Spin, Jamie Carragher was eagerly looking forward to the day Liverpool would be declared Premier League champions. Five weeks on, and four weeks since that title win was confirmed, […]

6 years ago

“This is not going to become a David De Gea press conference. We’re just going to stick together.” Ole Gunnar Solskjaer answered two questions about the beleaguered David De Gea in his press briefing before Wednesday’s crucial clash with West Ham, and that was it. The Manchester United goalkeeper has made a number of errors […]

6 years ago

“My brother was howling like a pig, and the neighbours thought some terrible scene had happened in our house.” Ireland had a way of making so many of us lose our minds in the Jack Charlton era. When Ronnie Whelan scored one of the greatest ever Irish goals – ‘Even though he shinned it’ – […]

6 years ago

“Whenever Alex Ferguson talked about courage, it was about the courage to have the ball.” Jack Grealish may have attracted the dismissive ire of Graeme Souness, on Sky Sports at the weekend, but most football fans have had a long time to assess the Aston Villa midfielder and they like what they see. Villa are […]

6 years ago