Football in General Reviews

OK, I'll say myself right now that this isn't going to be a popular opinion, but here goes. Can someone please point out exactly what the point of football is ? To me, it seems like a group of men so dim they probably fall down quite often, chasing a bit of inflated leather up and down a really big bit of grass. Ooh ! So you got the ball ...

I'm from Wales and love my national team although the football being played at the moment is not of the highest standard. If it did everyone knows that the Uk team would be the England team plus a few others like Ryan Giggs which would solve the left hand side problem and I would put Roy Keane in the centre of midfield. You have to admit ...

Look at Manchester United at present, they look in great shape coming up to christmas. They are on a run of god knows how many wins in a row, they are 8 points clear of the premiership, in a great position in the champions league and the F.A. Cup hasn't even started yet. Is it beyond all reason that Manchester United could possible do the ...

What's the real point of football nowadays? The game of football is becoming more and more about money and less and less about the competitive aspects of the beautiful game If you think about it, if you were to join and play football for your local village or pub you would be very spurred on to prove that your pub village is ...

I do really wonder why Patrick Viera gets into the Arsenal team. By any chance it wouldn't be because he's French is it? He might be a class player but come on, if you went up to the main man himself and said to him " Bonjour" you would be his next goal scoring machine! If somebody went up to you in the street and asked ...

So. The Champion's League rakes in millions for the clubs wealthy enough to be involved, and the intense coverage of the competition elevates the players to a mythical level. What about the losers? Surely those teams, in each of the country's bottom leagues, deserve recognition for their staggering badness at football? The dregs ...

There would be catastrophic consequences if moves to cut the number of foreigners were taken. If they left, the standard of the Premiership would collapse. The Premier League is an excellent product, but only because the quality of overseas players is lifting it to a higher level. Euro 2000 was proof that we are not as good as some people would ...

In case you haven't got a clue about the game of football, I will write about the game in general. It is a fantastic sport, played by many, including myself, and it is easily the most talked about sport in respect to media and television. Then there are the triangle leagues where the top team from each gets promoted into the ...

The Home Secretary, Jack Straw, recently called for the amalgamation of the British international teams into one, hopefully more successful, British side. The supposed advantage of this one team would be greater success in major international competitions. Players such as Ryan Giggs would be given a chance to play for in the World Cup ...

Manchester United are, I feel England’s last hope of retrieving the Champions league this year, this is mainly because Arsenal are more or less out, due to their 1point out of a possible 6. They had a terribly embarrassing defeat at Spartak Moscow, (4-1). And unless they can pull 3points out of Bayern Munich at the Olympic stadium. Leeds ...

Finally, after many failed attempts ( if you believe the papers ) Rangers have signed a top drawer striker - and what a buy he is. This is the man not only to score us the goals but to basically save our season. He is a proven goalscorer not just domestically but also in Europe and also internationally. We have never ...

This is a topic that I have found very hard to decide on. Their have been many great matches over the last decade with between many great players resulting in many great goals. Through some hard though I have whittled it down to 2 goals, Gazza's goal for England in Euro '96 and Ryan Giggs goal against Arsenal in the semi-final replay of ...

I adore football, always have, always will. However that feeling was heightened in 1990 when I started to attend matches on a regular basis. My support of Crystal Palace in the time since then has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs, which I will try to briefly chronicle here (while trying to offend as few people as possible!). My first ...

UPDATED AGAIN!! - In view of the comment about the extortionate prices - I'd like to point out that over the holiday period they have slashed prices to a mere £24 an hour which works out at about £2 each to play on a top surface and keep nice and warm indoors. So give them a bit of credit where it's due really. I suppose that with the ...

Five a side football is a derivative of the 11 a side game but as suggested by the name is played by teams of 5 players each. The game has many variations on the rules but generally it is played indoors with a pitch surrounded by 4 walls and the ball is not allowed to go overhead height. The goalkeepers are confined to their ...

Nationwide 2nd division outfit, with the potential to be in the 1st division in a few years. For any football fans or anyone thinking of going to a game. Go and see the Posh. The ground has a pleasant atmosphere. If you make it a day out you will get the chance of some good shopping in the queensgate centre close by, which is an added ...

Joe Cole is a fantastic young player. He has scored some wonderful goals already for West Ham United. He has the potential of becoming one of the world's best player's. He can score goals, tackle, pass with great accuracy and he can run with the ball. West Ham have a very good squad this season and I am surprised to see them struggling in ...

Since the very public disasters over the last two decades involving football (Heysel, Bradford, Hillsborough) many changes have been implemented into the game. At this time the future of football as a spectator sport was in the balance. English football stadiums are now subject to very strict rules, regulations and guidelines, ...

What a joke this competition has become over the last few seasons, how can it be called a Champions league when some teams finished fourth in their respective leagues and in some cases have not won a league title in years (who said Chelsea?) if ever! and the final can be contested by non-champions (the year Man Utd won it they qualified as ...

Football used to be a game of skill and football supporters looked forward to the weekly game. Supporting your local team was important and became part of our culture. Today there seems to be more violence than ever before among supporters. Some claim that the level of violence is just the same, but we hear more about it now. My own ...