- Steve Wilson
- 18 May 09, 10:58 AM
It's that time of the year when anyone and everyone seems to feel entitled to hand out their own football awards to whoever has caught their eye, sold the tastiest pie, preserved the most stone-age loo or even won a cup or two.
So with the end of the season in sight, I have decided to set myself, and you, a challenge. It is to select two teams; the first with one outfield player from each of the top ten sides and the second with one outfield player from each of the bottom ten sides. In goal will be the best keeper from each half of the table.
I am well aware that I could be accused of indulging in a pointless exercise, but what the hell. I'm writing this in my spare time and I promise I will not be claiming any associated expenses!
Continue reading "My teams of the season"
- Steve Wilson
- 13 May 09, 10:24 AM
For decades, British football and drinking went hand-in-hand. It was a partnership built on the need for young men to let off steam and bond with their team-mates.
Managers gave tacit approval to such sessions and excesses went largely unreported.
How times have changed! Now even indulging in any alcohol at all following .
Continue reading "Football puts boot into booze"
- Steve Wilson
- 8 May 09, 08:30 AM
So are just one game from glory - one game from joining an elite band of European football's most successful clubs.
The names rolled off the tongue of Sir Alex Ferguson himself on Monday at his press conference prior to the Champions League . "My biggest regret is we haven't won the European Cup more times," he said. "We have a terrific history but it is not the same as Real Madrid, AC Milan, Liverpool, Bayern Munich or Ajax. We have regrets about that."
Real Madrid (nine wins), AC Milan (seven), Liverpool (five), Bayern Munich (four) and Ajax (four) are the members of that special club which Manchester United crave to join. United are not far behind with three wins - in 1968, 1999 and 2008 - and could draw level and maybe even eclipse Liverpool, Bayern and Ajax by the time Ferguson retires.
What's more, if United beat Barcelona in Rome later this month, then the 67-year-old Scot will join Bob Paisley as the only manager to win the European Cup three times.
Continue reading "Man Utd determined to join elite club"
