Predictions: Who will be 2010/11’s main winners and losers?

If everything I predicted 12 months ago came true I would be a very rich and happy man right now. Unfortunately Arsenal let me down in the league, West Ham failed me in the FA Cup and letting my heart rule my head in the SPL by putting £10 on my beloved Aberdeen to win the SPL really was a waste of ...

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Predictions: Who will be 2010/11’s main winners and losers Part 2

Well you’ve heard what our Panel members have had to say for themselves, now it’s time for the “experts” to have their say. We’ll start off with writer Hugh Larkin. He loves the underdog but he thinks Chelsea are just far too strong for anyone to cope with and thinks Arsenal and Spurs are going to...

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Fantasy football 2010/11 reminder

Do you think you can spend £100 million better than Manchester City’s Roberto Mancini? Do you think you could assemble a better squad than Spurs boss Harry Redknapp? Do you think you can guide your side to glory like Chelsea’s Carlo Ancelotti? If so then we want to hear from you. We at Squarefootba...

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Squarefootball fantasy football invitation 2010/11

I saw more action and excitement this summer down at the mortuary than I did at the World Cup in South Africa. There was also a better atmosphere between me and my ex-girlfriend than there was inside the grounds, thanks to the constant drone of those awful vuvuzelas. And as for entertainment, I th...

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Leicester City: Sousa given a so-so welcome by Foxes

I thought Usain Bolt was the fastest man in the world but I think Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric could give him a run for his money. The former Portsmouth chief wasted no time in finding Nigel Pearson’s successor but the way Pearson left the club has left a shadow hanging over the club. Normally...

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Leicester City: Why was Pearson allowed to leave the Foxes?

When I heard Nigel Pearson had left Leicester City to join Hull City I was stunned. After all, this was the man who had not only galvanised a club but an entire city. When he took over at the Walkers Stadium, Leicester City had just dropped into the third tier of English football for the first tim...

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Leicester City: Who will replace Pearson at the Walkers Stadium?

I thought Brazil would win the World Cup this year. I also thought Andy Murray may have won Wimbledon. But I never for one second thought that Nigel Pearson would leave Leicester City. The former Middlesbrough captain revived the Foxes following Ian Holloway’s awful spell at the club and almost le...

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Get on side and sport your colours for Shelter this World Cup

In celebration of this years FIFA World Cup, housing and homelessness charity Shelter are teaming up with Nationwide Building Society, Official England Team sponsor, to launch their fantastic footy fundraiser, Strip4Shelter. Shelter is asking people across the country to replace their regular work ...

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England: Who should Fabio choose as his No 1 for South Africa?

In less than 100 days the greatest show on earth kicks off in South Africa but England manager Fabio Capello still has major issues to resolve before he finalises on his squad who will be given the task of bringing the World Cup home. Who will fill the left-back role if Ashley Cole fails to recover ...

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Is Wayne Bridge right to turn his back on England?

Representing your country in the World Cup is supposed to be every footballer’s dream. Every one bar Wayne Bridge that is. The Manchester City left-back has kicked his international career into row Z due to the fall-out of John Terry’s alleged affair with his ex-girlfriend and mother of his children...

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Which 16 English stadiums could host World Cup 2018 and will Merseyside miss out?

It does seem a bit presumptuous to invite cities (and Milton Keynes) to bid for the right to be part of the attempt by the FA to get England chosen as the 2018 World Cup host nation. But given the success of the London Olympic bid there is some optimism that England could get this twice in a lifeti...

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The Old Firm: Premier League? You’re having a laugh!

Martin Luther King famously had a dream of racial equality and an end to discrimination. I too have a dream but sadly it isn’t as prophetic as that. I just want to live to see Aberdeen crowned as SPL champions. Now that may sound ridiculous to many of you given the Dons’ recent lack of silverware bu...

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Manchester derby: Was this the greatest Premier League game ever?

Sir Alex Ferguson has described Manchester United’s action-packed 4-3 over their rivals Manchester City as the greatest Manchester derby of all time and it’s hard to refute that claim. From start to finish it was pulsating viewing and had absolutely everything a fan could ask for – goals galore, def...

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Championship 2009-10 Previews - Leicester City

Leicester City returned to the Championship at the first time of asking and, looking at the squad now at their disposal, there should be few problems in holding their own following promotion. Nigel Pearson wasted little time in securing permanent deals for on-loan defenders Wayne Brown and Jack Ho...

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Who will win the Championship, League One and League Two?

Forget those Saturday afternoons traipsing around the shops with the other half. Forget about cutting the grass and mending the fence and you can definitely forget about visiting the in-laws because, yes, the Football League is back! Middlesbrough and Sheffield United got the new season under way ...

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Leicester City: Can Pearson lead the Foxes back to the top flight?

While former Premier League giants like Leeds United struggle to get out of League One Nigel Pearson guided Leicester City back into the Championship at the first time of asking with relative ease. The Foxes took the third tier of English football by storm last season recording a club record 23 ga...

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Squarefootball's fantasy football challenge

Do you see yourself as the next Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger? Do you think you can pick a better team than Harry Redknapp or Rafa Benitez? Brilliant, then why don’t you join us in competing for the coveted Squarefootball fantasy league crown? For the past few years we at Squarefootball towers...

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Sir Bobby Robson - A tribute to a true gentleman

The world of football lost one of its most famous sons yesterday. Sir Bobby Robson, the former Ipswich Town, Newcastle United, Barcelona and England manager, passed away aged 76 following a long battle with lung cancer. Fans, players, pundits and managers have been paying their respect to Robson wit...

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Plunging Pound Could See Transfer Focus Switch To Football League

With the opening of the January transfer window looming large, speculation is rife as to which big name stars from Europe’s major leagues will be winging their way to the Premiership over the next few weeks. However, with sterling’s collapse against the Euro meaning that transfer fees for players b...

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Players we love to hate: Robbie Savage

Before Cristiano Ronaldo arrived on the scene, Robbie Savage was undoubtedly the most universally hated player in the Premiership. He made Roy Keane and Wayne Rooney look like choirboys with his constant moaning to referees, he wound up everyone with his gamesmanship and in-your-face style of play, ...

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League One 2008-09 Preview - Leicester City

Although strongly fancied by many to bounce back to the Championship at the first attempt, it has to be noted that the bigger clubs that drop into League One do have a history of struggling to adapt. Managerial instability hasn’t helped Leicester’s cause in recent times, so Milan Mandaric’s backing...

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Who's next in Mandaric's line of fire?

Ian Hollway's exit from Leicester City came as no real shock to the football world. After all he had just guided the Foxes to the third tier of English football for the first time in their history and Milan Mandaric isn't exactly known for his patience with managers. So as Leicester City prepare fo...

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Leicester City: Portsmouth revival offers hope for Foxes

The shock of dropping into League One may yet to have worn off for Leicester City fans but optimistic noises are already being made about the club's future. Owner Milan Mandaric has said he will remain at the Walkers Stadium and although Ian Holloway may not, the Foxes boss has spoken of a bright f...

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5075 Leicester City: Together At La

by : Colin Illingworth When Milan Mandaric distanced himself from rumours linking Ian Holloway with the vacant manager’s job at Leicester City you just knew it was only a matter of time before he would be arriving at the Walkers Stadium. The former Bristol Rovers, QPR and Plymouth boss was refused...

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4974: Next Leicester City manager -

by : Alex Wolstenholme Gary Megson came and went at the Walkers Stadium, leaving Leicester City £300,000 better off and looking for their third permanent manager of the season. Chairman Milan Mandaric has to decide whether to appoint an untried manager alongside a director of football or, as with ...

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4973: Milan Mandaric’s Managerial Me

by : Mark Carlton ‘Roll up, Roll up who wants to tackle Milan Mandaric’s managerial merry-go-round? Is it you sir? Mr Paul Jewell or how about you Mr Peter Reid? What do you mean you don’t fancy it? Of course there’s job security, don’t worry about it, that issue is only a minor technicality.’ Ano...

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4882: Championship Focus: Mad dogs,

by : Jeff Gold Wednesday, late August. It’s been a hectic summer. Milan Mandaric employed a new manager, one “with hunger, drive, commitment and potential to aspire to our dreams”; twelve new players arrived at considerable expense; just last weekend the team played promotion favourites Watford and...

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4775: Next Leicester City manager -

by : Alex Wolstenholme Martin Allen lasted just three league games as the manager of Leicester City before becoming the first Championship boss to part company with his club this season. Chairman Milan Mandaric has said he will go for a 'more experienced' man at the helm next time around and as us...

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4597: Leicester City: Allen looks to

by : Alex Wolstenholme After sacking Rob Kelly towards the end of last season and deciding not to appoint Nigel Worthington on a permanent basis, new Leicester City owner Milan Mandaric opted for Martin Allen as the man he hopes will take the Foxes back into the top-flight. "I needed someone with ...

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3899: Championship: Leicester City w

by : Alex Wolstenholme A new chapter could soon be written in the history of Leicester City Football Club, a history that has been up and down to say the least over the past decade, with the move to a new stadium, relegation, promotion and relegation again and the club going into administration in ...

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3066: Championship season review: Le

by : Alex Wolstenholme What had been a fairly dismal season until January for most Leicester City fans, ended on a positive note after new manager Rob Kelly guided his side away from the foot of the table and to Championship safety. Kelly had previously worked under Craig Levein, who came to Engla...

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2962: Leicester City: Kelly’s heroes

by : David Hulott Interest in Saturday’s game between Leicester City and Reading at the Walkers Stadium was, quite rightly, largely focused around the visitors and the confirmation of their long anticipated elevation to the top-flight. Even so, not only did Leicester do their best to spoil the pro...

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2910: Leicester City: League Cup Win

by : Hugh Larkin There was a time around the Millennium when Leicester City were intent on making the League Cup their personal preserve. Martin O誰eill took his over-achieving Foxes to three Finals in four years, the last of them in 2000. Success was based on some no nonsense but highly professiona...

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1310: Championship: Craig Levein can

by : David Hulott It says much about the current standing of the Scottish Premier League that Craig Levein decided that switching from a club that he had helped establish as the third force in Scottish football for one in the lower reaches of the English Coca-Cola Championship was seen as a career ...

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1297: Championship Form Guide: Incon

by : Alex Wolstenholme Craig Levein has already seen for himself one of the main problems he faces as Leicester boss in just the first few games of his reign. Leicester were very good in all areas of the pitch when they defeated Coventry 3-0 in Levein’s first home game but then were undone by a ver...

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1210: Championship: Leicester City d

by : Alex Wolstenholme When the bookies drew up their odds for the next Leicester manager the name of Craig Levein was nowhere to be seen on the list and his appointment was one that took the media as well as Leicester fans by surprise. Whatever his time at the club brings, Levein is an imaginativ...

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768: PREMIERSHIP: Who's going where

by : David Hulott There was something worryingly predictable about the way in which Leeds United appointed an agent, Phillip Morrison, to sell off their few remaining star names before the club had been even been officially condemned to the drop. A new regime may be in control at Elland Road, but ...

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560: PREMIERSHIP: Leeds in Administ

by : Red Kitching Ever since Leeds’ financial woes were brought to the attention of the football loving public, it has seen many people inside and outside the game draw parallels with what happened with Leicester City, probably the most high profile club to go into administration. Leeds are likely ...

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