September 2017

Weekend Wanderings: Chelsea host Man City, What next for Carlo Ancelotti?

September 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Another week has gone by with another managerial casualty along the way (so long Carlo Ancelotti). With the Champions League and Europa League fixtures fresh in the mind, [...]

Liverpool lucky, Arsenal profited from Bobby Madley’s low confidence, Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

September 28, 2017 // 1 Comment

It proved to be perhaps the busiest weekend of the Premier League for officials, and not just those with the whistle. Assistants and even fourth officials come under Mark [...]

Michelle Owen: New format frailties for the Women’s Super League

September 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

As the women’s game continues to grow and gather pace, The FA’s approved reform of the Women’s Super League raises more questions than it answers for Michelle Owen in [...]

Premier League: Team of the Week ft. Man United, Chelsea, Tottenham and Everton

September 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

FA Women’s Super League striker and Wales international Helen Ward picks her performing side of the week. GK – David De Gea (Manchester United) A close game against [...]

How capos and supporters’ groups make the MLS and NWSL incredibly unique

September 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Megan Cleary looks at the role of capos in North America’s soccer and how they and supporters’ groups can help bring the atmosphere to the stadiums in both the [...]

Chelsea’s red card was spot, plus more praise for Jon Moss in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

September 20, 2017 // 1 Comment

In a weekend full of contentious decisions and questionable penalty claims, Mark Halsey from youaretheref.com has given us his two cents on the Premier League’s biggest [...]

Premier League: Team of the Week ft. Man United, Man City, Newcastle and Swansea

September 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

FA Women’s Super League striker and Wales international Helen Ward picks her performing side of the week. GK – Nick Pope (Burnley) The young goalkeeper was thrown [...]

EFL: Give the EFL a chance

September 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Now I love the English Football League; the Championship in particular. I’m one of those crazy people who thinks that the Championship is actually the best league in the [...]

Women’s football: WSL transfer window winners and losers

September 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Women’s Super League transfer window has closed with a resounding slam after one of the busiest and most intriguing periods of activity since its inauguration. The [...]

Weekend Wanderings – Arsenal travel to Chelsea, Bayern Munich look to get back on track

September 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Alasdair Hooper takes a look at some of this weekend’s big talking points in football… Urgency and the demand for success has never been higher – just ask Frank De [...]