Best performances…..Last weekend Arsenal dismantled Bolton at the Reebok and Arsene Wenger left some notes in a hotel r... Read More

Chelsea v Manchester UnitedIt is true that if Manchester United does lose on Sunday to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last season’s Champions will trail their opponents by nine points with September not even over. By a similar token - but less repeated – a United win would leave them three points in arrears with... Read More

Another chance to turn on the television and turn down the sound. Manchester United are attempting what no other team has been able to achieve – a successful defence... Read More

United's financial losses from David Conn. Jonathan Wilson looks to the future of a Premiership-bound Luka Modric and compares his style to th... Read More

The North American disease strikes again. The hockey play-offs are on and the great North American tradition of rioting when you win gets und... Read More

Matt Scott takes a look at the Premiership’s popularity in some of the developing markets. Some researched numbers on TV viewership and debunking the myth of the 1B people who “watched” Arse... Read More

An early posting this week as I am off to Baltimore to participate in the FSC show live on Thursday evening from the NSCAA annual convention. Steve McClaren and Gerard Houllier will in attendance although I am not sure when they are schedule... Read More

Part 1 There was a comment on the previous blog from travel coach. “I've seen Bobby has no love for the England team -- though I do and support Wales, Scotland, a... Read More

David Conn explains how Arsenal enjoys a financial structure that presently is beyond Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea.   It seems that Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov enjoys fencing. So it seems... Read More

Footie fan - Do you think Tevez and Rooney combo will work upfront? Bobby – We discussed this topic on Monday’s show and I don’t see how these two can’t play together. Both attract multiple defenders when they get the ball so I can see lots of opportunities being cre... Read More

It started in early August with the qualifications and now it ends in May with the final in Athens. Outside of fans from the two clubs, most people are not too interested with this match. You have pe... Read More

If you are a fan of a team in a top tier European League it is no longer good enough to just keep track of your team’s fortunes but also the Championship races in other countries. Particularly at this time of year – the reason?  Welcome to the wonderful world of UEFA Co... Read More

Let’s start in Spain this week. It seems that while Barcelona confront a reasonably straightforward stretch run the other title con... Read More

The most important league game of the weekend is in Portugal with Benfica against Porto. Sporting Lisbon blew the league race open when they went to Oporto almost two weeks ago and beat th... Read More

Champions League Draw Story Quarter-finalsAC Milan v Bayern Munich (3 April, 11 April)PSV Eindhoven v Liverpool(3 April, 11 April)Roma v Manchester United(4 April, 10 April)Chelsea v Valencia (4 April, 10 April) Semi-final Roma or Manchester United v AC Milan or Bayern Munich(24 April, 2 May)Chelsea or Valencia v PSV Eindhoven or Liverpool(25 April,  1 May) Conventional wisdom would probably dictate Manchester United, Milan, Chelsea and Liverpool in the the last four. However, the Champions League has a habit of producing a surprise side each season. Valencia at the... Read More

European Football action restarts this week and since I wrote my over-view of the matches a lot has changed and I just wanted to remind myself of the matches and what I think of them Lille v Manchester United Over the weekend, Lille lost to Lyon in the French League but are still in third place. Not bad considering the title race in France is all but over and for Lille their focus should be on... Read More