Football Diary 40
Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
THE Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich must thinking that football is a puzzling sport.
Since taking over the Stamford Bridge club nine years ago, the Russian has coughed up million and millions of pounds and has casually sacked a host of high-profile managers for failing to come up with the present he wants the most – a Champions League trophy.
Football Diary 22
Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
THE job of being a football referee is becoming more difficult every day and recent controversy over who should and should not be sent off for two-footed tackles is not making things any easier.
Indeed, it’s almost becoming a witch hunt by television as pundits pour over, frame by frame, every contentious tackle.
Football Diary 20
Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
FOOTBALL can be a deliciously wicked game at times.
Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium was awash with celebration before they faced bottom club Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
Football Diary – Hear Hear
MOST young boys who dream of becoming a footballer want to be a star striker, and it is easy to see why – they grab all the headlines and quite often most of the money: Struggling Premier League side Aston Villa splashed out £18million (the deal could eventually rise to £24million) for Sunderland forward Darren Bent last week.
Football Diary 39 – Much, much more to offer.
Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
AS the indulgent, self-obsessed Premier League glorified in its over-hyped finale, there was a splendid illustration that English football has much, much more to offer.
With the Premier League games being played on a Sunday, and my usual fare, the Championship finished apart from the play-offs, I resisted the chance to watch a game from League One or League Two but instead settled down in front on the television on a cold, wet, windy May afternoon.