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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