Alan Pardew

Midweek Muse: Crystal Palace dare to dream that they might succeed in the FA Cup where their gaffer Alan Pardew failed

March 16, 2016

The Eagles’ 2-0 FA Cup quarter-final win over Reading on Friday night secured their first semi-final appearance since 1995. Eagles fans have their eyes on a bigger [...]

The Offside Daily: Premier League boss is against Ballon d’Or as Wycombe-Villa aftermath courts controversy.

January 11, 2016

Only the news you need – bringing you five mainstream and five off-the-wall news stories each day! 1. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has tipped Lionel Messi to [...]

Five Things We Learned: Manchester City’s Joe Hart is candid, Aston Villa are predictably poor and problems mount for Manchester United

December 14, 2015

Jen Offord picks out five features of the Premier League weekend, including Alan Pardew’s burgeoning reputation at Palace, some welcome signs of life at Newcastle, and [...]

Five Things We Learned: Leicester are a joy, Villa look doomed and Arsene Wenger never learns

November 30, 2015

Jen Offord picks out five key features from the weekend’s Premier League action, including a perfect afternoon for Alan Pardew, the joy of watching Jamie Vardy’s [...]

Team of the Week: Manchester City and Everton stars shine, Crystal Palace run riot

November 30, 2015

Crystal Palace and Sunderland dominate the Team of the Week following two effective performances, while City, Spurs and Everton stars helped their sides continue their [...]

Five Things We Learned: United are still contenders, Sterling is settling in nicely and Klopp has a burgeoning bouffant

October 19, 2015

United’s defeat to Arsenal was just a blip Manchester United were back on song as they returned to league action with an away win at Everton, overcoming the setback of [...]

I am an architect. They call me a butcher: The lessons that Sunderland fans should heed if Allardyce delivers Premier League safety

October 14, 2015

By Tom Simmonds The confirmation of Sam Allardyce’s appointment as Sunderland’s new manager last week was met with general purrs of approval from Black Cats fans [...]

Five Things We Learned: Martial is ‘worth every penny’ and Pards still loves a ruck

September 14, 2015

Jen Offord picks out five key talking points from another horror-weekend for champions Chelsea, as Manchester United’s new boy makes a splash and Leicester leave [...]

Homesick: Why are so many Premier League teams struggling to win on their own turf?

September 2, 2015

An emerging trend in the Premier League continued at the weekend, with only three games out of the latest round of fixtures producing home wins. This now makes for a [...]

5 Things We Learned: Swansea goal celebration is a welcome addition, Tottenham striker can’t score and the full moon did funny things to the Premier League’s bad boys

August 31, 2015

Jen Offord takes a look at what we learned over the course of a crazy bank holiday weekend of Premier League action. Go wild over goal celebration I have been thinking a bit [...]