Football Diary
by Patrick O'Connor
THE transfer window may now be closed but its after-effects are still being felt.
The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claimed it was a traumatic period. The summer saw him lose two of his best players in Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas and Wenger was then left with a rather frantic scramble in the last few days of the window to bring reinforcements in.
Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
OVER the next few days all attention will be on the transfer window which closes on Wednesday.
Speculation will be rife over who is going to be transferred and for how much but it has been managers who have been mainly in the news in the last week.
Football Diary
By Patrick O’Connor
I live about 20 minutes walk away from Meadow Lane, the home of League One side Notts County, who also happen to be the world’s oldest football club.
They are a modest operation, their last home game attracted a crowd of just under 5,000.
Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
WITH parts of the country still smouldering from the wreckage of the havoc caused by rioters and looters, it was sad to witness the opening day of the Premier League spoilt by a nasty squabble between two footballers whose priority should have been to set a example of good behaviour to the watching millions.
The actions of these over-pampered prima donnas impacts on impressionable youth but instead of inspiration we got Newcastle’s Joey Barton and Arsenal’s Gervinho in an ugly spat during the 0-0 draw.
IF your team is having a rubbish season, try looking in the dug-out for a clue as to why.
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth reckon that a coach’s appearance could have an effect on players' impression of their competence.
IF you ever find that following your favourite football team becomes too depressing or even boring, then you could try and go ‘virtual’. According to a report in The Sun Newspaper, the Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott try to get one over on Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney after Rooney’s spectacular goal won the Manchester derby.