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Mike Ashley is a hard man to please. Chris Hughton's appointment was the first time in Ashley's tenure that a sound managerial choice was made and even at the start it was one Ashley was trying to av

Roy Keane hit the headlines again last week when deriding the modern footballers' fashion for snoods, glove, tights and all that carry on. But I'm not with Roy on this one - though you wouldn't ha

Not for the first time in midweek Steve Claridge's BBC radio co-commentary on the Carling Cup quarter-finals made for irritating listening. While Arsenal were struggling to break down Wigan, Clari

Every week, Betfair Football's star tipster Andy Gray picks out and answers his favourite question out of those he is asked on Twitter and Facebook. Here's his answer to this week's poser... "Are L

For those unsure on the merits of the two countries to be holding the next World Cups... Russia Qatar Rivals Two of the 4 favourites to win the last World Cup Two countries holding the to

It's sometimes hard to understand exactly why football has become the global dominating force which it now represents when it seems to have almost completely eroded any goodwill. The truth and accu

When your team wins a penalty, it is normally a signal for some type of rejoicing to take place. Whilst no side is ever guaranteed to convert all of their penalties, you would expect the majority of s

It's become clear that Barcelona are no longer playing the same game as everyone else but are in fact playing Barcball instead. It's no wonder no-one's beating them at football. Barcball seems to in

or something like that in correct German, was a question posed to local readers of a Dortmund paper asking who can stop Dortmund. The overwhelming answer (60%) was klein (no-one). You'd have to say

"It's the most open Premier League in years" - everyone's saying it so it must be true. The top six has a familiar look to it though, except for the presence of Bolton. Wanderers were held 2-2 at home