Football

Like the Premier League the top of the sere a is tight with Napoli leading, Juve second, Fiorentina third and Inter fourth. After a couple of defeats to Lazio and Milan, Fiorentina put their season on track with a solid win over Torino last Sunday morning ( 2-0). We have strengthened the squad with [...]

I am not a huge fan of modern Premiership soccer. The analysis on tv and radio is poor and under informed, the coverage in the press has reached saturation point, the whole social media thing grates on me.  Every year teams change as if dealt a fresh deck of cards. I found that I could name the [...]

I can easily recall a conversation with a Fulham supporter some 22 years ago. There were only 2500 of us then, so we were all on first name terms. Justin, in assessing our chances in the forthcoming season, said ruefully but correctly: “Just like every other season. Out of every competition [...]

Seven weeks after Kit Symons was predictably dismissed for not meeting the targets set Fulham finally appointed a head coach. In that period not one win was recorded and a transfer embargo imposed for falling foul of the Financial Fair Play rules. There was was a notable absence of club [...]

On balance overseas managers have improved our domestic soccer. Men like Arsene Wenger have improved the training, diet, fitness and attitude of his players and transformed Arsenal from a team known for its dull, percentage football (one nil to the Arsenal) to a fluid attractive side that have [...]

When John Pargiter, bereft of any decent golf, called for advice on Seagulls’ chances before the match I could not be optimistic. We had conceded 4 goals in the last two matches and were playing the league leaders Middlesbrough without Solly March, Liam Rosenior, Gaetan Bong, Sam Baldock and [...]