Footballbits and pieces

Wayne Rooney has hit the headlines in recent weeks because of allegations about his private life, and his United form has appeared to suffer, with the striker managing to find the net just once in five games this season, having netted 33 in all competitions in 2009-10. And having watched Rooney fail to score again [...]

Had a little technical hitch this week but its all been sorted now and we are back. Normal service is resumed!

Bobby Smith played as a centre forward for Spurs as they won the Double in the 1960-61 season, scoring 33 goals in the First Division and FA Cup that year. Spurs have not won the title since. He scored in the 2-0 win over Leicester in the FA Cup final that year as well as [...]

So after six years away from the Premier League (and it feels like about 4 of those were speculation he was joining Villa – can you believe its been less than a month?) Gérard Houllier has officially been confirmed as manager of Aston Villa. So the immediate question – will he be a success? He’s [...]

Get used to that smile. The incredible ride continues for Ian Holloway’s Blackpool. When they won the promotion playoff last season, they got a lot of sympathy from neutrals. “How nice for them”, many of us thought. Then we started thinking about what would happen when Holloway’s attacking style met the counter-attacking speed of Premier [...]