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• The Most Competitive Premier League Ever?

  Now that we have another International break out-of-the-way, we can concentrate again on the runners and riders in the Premier League race. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Hedging My Bets on Top of the Table Clashes

  

  As I pulled into the car park at Gatwick Airport I was pretty sure I had remembered everything for my latest sojourn to Scotland.  Everything that is bar a coat. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Introducing “The Handful”

  

  One is oneTwo is a braceThree is a hatrickFour is a haulSo how do you refer to someone who scores five in a game? I asked my esteemed colleagues from the Spanis... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• More Than Just a game…North London Prepares for a Battle Royale on Sunday

  In November 2017 it will be the 130 anniversary of the first meeting between the teams we know today as Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Our Road to Wembley is Closed for Another Season

  

  Last week I was criticised by a few people for not being happy after our fantastic win against Cray Wanderers, instead focusing on the erratic (and incorrect)... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• It’s All in the Interpretation

  

  “It’s all in the interpretation”That was the final word on the matter.  The referee had spoken.  Case closed.Back in the summer, along with representatives... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Which League is Winning the Sack Race?

  

  Question – Which English league has so far seen the most managerial sackings?For those fans who live in the warm, safe environment of the Premier or Football... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Economic Theory Explained by Football – 18. The Resource Curse

  The resource curse, also known as the paradox of plenty refers in footballing terms to the situation that exists at the highest level of the professional game... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Will Fulham Win the Sack Race This Season?

  Mike Miles reports on a trip down to Craven Cottage.I may support West Ham, but I love going to Craven Cottage. Not least because it is a 45-minute walk from... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Economic Theory Explained by Football – 17. Endogenous Growth Theory

  In the seventh of his deep-thinking articles, our in house Economist Stuart Fuller tries to explain famous Economic theories by using football as the model. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Bulls Create FA Cup History in the Sun Shine

  

  The was the top FA Cup tie in the Preliminary Round. That was undisputed as AFC Mansfield were first in alphabetical order. It was also another first for AFC... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Economic Theory Explained by Football – 16. The Moral Hazard

  

  Back by popular demand (well, at least from one person) for the new season is the continuation of our series on trying to explain Economic Theory by applying th... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Open Season

  

  It was only fit that West Ham’s official opening game in their new home was actually taking place three days after they first played here. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Championship Reputation

  

  There can’t be many fans who dislike Fulham.  OK, perhaps apart from Queens Park Rangers fans and a smattering of Chelsea supporters, although the vast... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Tide Has Turned

  

  Michelle: What do you prefer? Astroturf or grass? Rodney: I don’t know, I’ve never smoked AstroTurfIt’s been almost ten years since I started The Ball is Round. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• 1966 and Not All That

  

  In celebration of the 50th anniversay of our greatest ever footballing day as a nation, below is an extract of the chapter I wrote for Mark Perryman’s... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Seven Year Itch and How England Can’t Scratch It

  

  After the short hop across the Channel to Lens on Tuesday I was heading back again a few days later to visit Lille for the fifth Second Round game of Euro16. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Young Turks Bounce the Czechs

  

  My original ticket application for the European Championships was divided into two distinct trips that would essentially have taken in a game in every venue,... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Teargas and Tantrums in the South of France

  

  There’s nothing unusual about stories of strikes affecting public services and transportation in France. As far back as I care to remember there’s been stories... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Long(est) Goodbye

  

  When Bobby Moore virtually turned the lights out at The Boleyn Ground around 11.33pm on Tuesday 10th May, most West Ham fans shed a tear as the fine old... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2016 SOCCER, SPORTS