The term ‘derby’, of course, has its origins in horse racing. The first Derby was run at Epsom Downs, as the race still is today, in 1780...
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England got their Russian World Cup campaign underway with victory against Tunisia in the Volgograd Arena yesterday. Just like old times. A couple of...
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This coming Sunday will see the staging of the League Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. These days it’s called the Carabao Cup, its immediate previ...
Read MoreFOOTBALL: Wembley Stadium – Arsenal’s (sort of) home from home
Joachim Low is the manager of the current world football champions, Germany. Either under that name or West Germany, they have won the World Cup four ...
Read MoreFOOTBALL: From Russia with Low (it’s pronounced a bit like ‘love’)
After two decades of enjoying the lavish banquets of Champions League football, Arsenal supporters this season are having to make do with supping grue...
Read MoreFOOTBALL: European soccer not the same for the Gunners…and Bloody BT!
Tomorrow it will all be over. The calendar will signal the end of August and the turning into September will mean that the party has ended for another...
Read MoreFOOTBALL: The transfer window – trying to defenestrate the rubbish
Yesterday saw Scotland play England at Hampden Park, Glasgow, in a World Cup qualifying match. England were in a strong position in the table and they...
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The FA Cup quarter-finals played over the past few days were mildly ground-breaking in their own way. For the first time, there would be no replays if...
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