PinnedEvery Premier League Goalkeeper EVER Ranked15th August 1992 to the 25th December 2020. The English Premier League. 318 goalkeepers. Let’s have it. FACTS AND FIGURES CORRECT AS OF DECEMBER 25th, 2020. 318. Nick Culkin — 1997–2002 — Manchester United 1 App (Sub) Here he is, the big bad boss at the bottom of the list. And it might be a bit harsh as he…Football118 min read
Jun 11An Easy Path To The FinalWhat you on about? I ain’t talking about the respective cups and leagues of individual nations, I’m on aboot the international stage. Tournaments designed to host the best of the best and still folk will complain that someone or another had an ‘easy run to the final’ in an attempt…World Cup14 min read
Jun 5FA Cup Finals (Mostly) Suck… Question Mark.The FA Cup is great. Well it’s good. I mean, it’s okay. It’s a football tournament that occasionally houses rapturous upsets, offering the chance for minnows of the British game to be on show to a larger audience playing for a greater pot. That is where the excitement, the ever-bandied magic of…Football8 min read
Jun 1THE BEST TEAMS THE WIDTH AND BREADTH AND LENGTH OF THIS LAND — 21/22PREMIER LEAGUE GK: Alisson (Liverpool) LB: Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) CB: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) CB: Joel Matip (Liverpool) RB: João Cancelo (Manchester City) CDM: Declan Rice (West Ham United) LCM: Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) CM: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) RCM: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) ST: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) ST: Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur)…Football36 min read
May 29Epilogue — Huddersfield Town vs. Nottingham Forest — EFL Championship Play-Off Final — 29/05/22Nottingham Forest vs. Liverpool. Nottingham Forest vs. Tottenham Hotspur. Nottingham Hotspur vs. Leeds United. Fixtures as historic as they are, now, futuristic. The Championship whisperer that is Steve Cooper bossed his velvety wrecking ball of a side to the promised land at the first time of asking. Forest simply denied…Football1 min read
May 28Epilogue — Wrexham vs. Grimsby Town — National League Play-Off Semi-Final — 28/05/22This is what I call Saturday afternoon entertainment. One of those mythical matches that you find on at a not-too-overcrowded pub that has a tele in the beer garden where you saddle up to a bench with a fruity cider over ice and settle in for a barnstormer that relaxes…Football3 min read
May 25How Did It End? — Premier League 21/22Back when the world was a little bit more on fire everywhere rather than just in one specific place, I predicted the how the Premier League table would look come the end of the season. That’s really put this into perspective and I’ve depressed myself. If I’ve done the same…Premier League12 min read
May 22Epilogue — Littlehampton Town vs. Newport Pagnell Town — FA Vase Final — 22/05/22Maybe my favourite footballing day of the year, and the hottest ticket in town. And while, unfortunately, one of those passes was not in my hand, I still had digital access to two cup finals in one afternoon — it’s a wonderful world sometimes. Kicking us off first was the…Football4 min read
May 17How Did It End? — National League 21/22Oh, how good it is to see the fifth tier back and, if not kicking, certainly spinning on the spot entertainingly. The ‘non-league’ levels are getting back into the swing of things and this premiere event showcased all the shine the divisions had to offer, as well as the dire…Football14 min read
May 15Epilogue — Leeds United vs. Brighton and Hove Albion — English Premier League — 15/05/22After the first half, I’d have said we deserved to go down. Dan James, Luke Ayling, Stuart Dallas — all players who cover the ground quickly, for a long time, or both. All absent against Brighton through injury or suspension. …Football2 min read
