Morning all. I’ve started this piece three times already and all three have ended up being deleted. This is when I wish I was writing with a pen onto a piece of paper, or using a typewriter even as there’s something about screwing up paper and throwing it into the bin. Or ripping the paper […]

Morning all. Winter has well and truly arrived yesterday as temperatures struggled to reach six degrees where I live. Throw in the biting wind and it felt much colder. Logs in, burner lit and I was snug as a bug. Elsewhere though, horrid stuff was going on. At Leicester City, owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha‘s helicopter flew off […]

Morning all. With neither Monreal or Kolasinac declared fit, Xhaka carried on where he left off on Monday night, at left back. Lichtsteiner gave Bellerin a rest and Sokratis returned to the defence giving Mustafi the chance to sit and watch on from the bench. As did Ozil, Lacazette, Iwobi, Torreira, Martinez and Jenkinson. The […]

Morning all. July 1906, Sporting Lisbon was born. It’s biggest rival is Benfica and the two clubs along with Porto are known in their homeland to be one of the “Três Grandes” (Big Three) clubs in Portugal. Never have Sporting been relegated from the Primeira Liga, not since 1934 anyway. One only has to type their […]