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Football Comment

An email conversation with Jeff Stelling

Published: 30 April 2007

'We are all high on the elixir of life, talking about football'

Sam Wallace: Big time beckons for Big Sam, the forward thinker

Published: 30 April 2007

The now former Bolton manager may seem like a figure from the sepia age but his visionary methods deliver success on a budget

George Cohen: 'He didn't just run for the sake of it. Bally would never hide'

Published: 29 April 2007

These are stressful times for an England hero - an old pal has died and his beloved club is fighting for life. Nick Townsend talks to him

A £5.5 million travesty - ask AFC Wimbledon

Published: 29 April 2007

Conversion of young Nigerian to a holding midfielder fills rivals with envy

Neil Warnock: What I've Learnt This Week

Published: 28 April 2007

1. Having nothing to fear will make Watford tough nuts to crack in our survival struggle

Mark Noble: Claret and blue, through and through

Published: 28 April 2007

The boy from Beckton was wanted by Arsène Wenger as a schoolboy but decided to play for West Ham, the club he supports. The classic local boy made good tells Jason Burt why he believes the Hammers will stay up

£30m or bust: The battle to stay up

Published: 28 April 2007

The desperate fight to stay in the Premiership is nearing a nerve-jangling climax. In the first of a series of pieces on the battle to stay up, Glenn Moore examines the financial consequences of failing to stay in the top division

A Survivors' Guide to the Premiership: Veterans relive great escapes

Published: 28 April 2007

DAVID PLEAT (Luton Town, 1982-83)

Sport on TV: Oatley's commentary shows the chauvinists she can cut it

Published: 28 April 2007

At about 11.10 last Saturday night during Match of the Day, Dave Bassett switched his telly off. Unless he was catching the Sunday re-run, in which case it would have been more like 7.45am.

James Lawton: Rooney has final say to steal night from megastars

Published: 25 April 2007

Maybe this is indeed a year when United will refuse to yield

Andy Hunter: Rafa and Jose - poles apart, a mutual dislike but born winners

Published: 25 April 2007

One of the boys and a boy alone; so vast is the contrast in the personalities of Jose Mourinho and Rafael Benitez it is remarkable they find antipathy to share towards each other, never mind managerial records that could have been printed from the same page.

James Lawton: Security of Emirates empire depends on restoring twin pillars of Dein and Wenger

Published: 24 April 2007

Dein not only protected Wenger's back, he enabled his brilliance

Foreign contradiction of Hill-Wood's cosy world

Published: 22 April 2007

Prince of tricks: why the gifted one deserves a double of his own

Neil Warnock: What I've Learnt This Week

Published: 21 April 2007

1. Full steam ahead as we go into The Valley after turning back clock to let train take strain

Darren Ambrose: High pressure and ray of hope in The Valley of the shadows

Published: 21 April 2007

The midfielder Darren Ambrose has played through the storms and stress of Charlton Athletic's troubled season of three managers after joining the club in happier times. Glenn Moore hears why he will have all guns blazing in the last chance saloon today

Fan's Eye View: Wenger is clearly unhappy and so are a lot of supporters

Published: 21 April 2007

The departure of David Dein was a shock. Football's history shows that upheaval off the pitch quickly transfers on to it. Arsène Wenger clearly isn't happy and neither are a lot of Arsenal supporters, including those of us at the Arsenal Supporters' Trust (AST).

Curbishley left to bemoan form against bottom clubs

Published: 19 April 2007

On the charge sheet of indictments that will be levelled at West Ham at the end of this season will be the offence of how a team can beat Manchester United and Arsenal at home, and the latter away, and lose to Watford, Sheffield United, Wigan Athletic and Charlton Athletic.

Andy Hunter: Hughes' tribe lose battle but win the war against critics

Published: 16 April 2007

Mark Hughes had two objectives on his return to Old Trafford; a place at the re-constructed scene of four FA Cup triumphs as a player and the demolition of a reputation. Only the brilliance of Petr Cech inside 90 minutes denied the Blackburn manager both.

Phil Shaw: Rooney rejoins football's aristocracy as sheer class tells

Published: 16 April 2007

When the going gets tough, the toffs get going. Wayne Rooney reasserted his right to be classed as football aristocracy with his most lethal performance of the season against Watford. Ominously for Manchester United's rivals, at home and abroad, he is greedy for games and showing no signs of fatigue.

The Nick Townsend Column: Mourinho manipulates politics of the madhouse at Bridge of high dudgeon

Published: 15 April 2007

Yes, I know. Manchester United were irresistible, utterly awesome in their eclipse of Roma. And in the somewhat unfortunately worded, if portentous, opinion of Carlo Ancelotti, coach of their forthcoming semi-final opponents, Milan, "murderous" on the counter-attack. Yet the attention of these eyes refused to wander from what, if anything, was just as great an achievement.

Ronaldo: The best since Best?

Published: 14 April 2007

In just one season he has gone from being a self-indulgent show pony to someone hailed as the world's greatest footballer. As Cristiano Ronaldo commits himself to Manchester United and the English game, Sam Wallace assesses his progress - and his potential

Matt Derbyshire: 'I didn't care about the financial side'

Published: 14 April 2007

He is one of the best young players to emerge this season. Matt Derbyshire is also a throwback, a local lad who turned down glamorous opportunities elsewhere to sign for the club he follows with a passion. With a Wembley Cup final just one match away, Sam Wallace hears a heart-warming success story

Neil Warnock: What I've Learnt This Week

Published: 14 April 2007

1. Take your eye off the ball for just a second and United will knock you for six - or seven

An email conversation with Peter Marinello: 'On my day I would like to say I was as good as Ryan Giggs'

Published: 09 April 2007

Living up to comparisons with Best; The frustration of an unfulfilled career; Surviving a canoe kidnap in Ghana By Matt Gatward

We're not underdogs in Spain, says Mourinho

Published: 09 April 2007

Jose Mourinho, the Chelsea manager, has promised that his team will take the game to Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium tomorrow night with an explosive start that, he said, will show the Spaniards that his side do not consider themselves "underdogs" in the game for a place in the Champions League semi-finals.

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