When Danny Baker said on his radio show on BBC Radio Five Live a couple of weeks ago that his appearances would be “spotty” for a while, it was difficult not to fear the worst. Due to illness, Danny…Read More
If this week’s Wayne Rooney saga has done anything other than earn the Manchester United striker a huge pay rise and, presumably, an even huger grudge from his manager, it’s added yet another hammer blow to the wedge that…Read More
Here at twofootedtackle.com we’re all about the grassroots. The statistics that come out of the game are generally quite damning. Over the last couple of years, the Football Association has been seeking to address the difficulty the game has…Read More
Football hooliganism, we’re told, is back. In reality it never went away, instead becoming both reduced and displaced as legislation, policing and the repulsion of the ordinary supporter combined with the post-Hillsborough/Italia ’90 modernisation of the game and its…Read More
On Sunday I was sitting in a pub in North London watching the last few minutes of the Manchester City v Newcastle match on ESPN, securing a seat for the four o’clock Chelsea v Arsenal kick-off as the pub…Read More
For reasons unfathomable the Sky corporation has decided that Sky Sports News, previously available on Freeview, should now be broadcast in high definition and thus must be paid for via subscription. For the indolent, the impecunious and aficionados…Read More