Through my falling out with my country, both football and personally, I never engage in a show about the history of our game. However, at a loose end, with no Gavin and Stacey on, I flicked over to find Alan Shearer on my screen and it caught my attention, as I was at the [...]
Top 3 players of the season Vardy was simply incredible. Compare him to Costa at Chelsea and it will give you the answer to why Leicester City pulled off a miracle, and no other manager could have done it. Vardy, like Ian Wright at Arsenal, is in his late twenties which will end [...]
If you're not fed up with Jose Mourinho telling the world just how great he is or Luis Van Gaal how many countries he's won finals in then there is something wrong with you, especially if you saw Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs interview in the lead up to yesterday's Scottish equivalent to our FA Cup. [...]
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD This was the biggest ever story that has ever come out of the English press about the game in the USA, whether it NASL or MLS, as Frank Lampard and Steve Gerrard (two England captains of recent years) come face to face in Los Angeles. The [...]
Who said that 'One thing we learned about history is that nobody learns from it? I think I saw it in the Godfather? It was in a different scene from ”Keep your friends close but your enemies closer”. Well is that going on at Liverpool where on a night Luis Suarez was nailing PSG in [...]
Great memories Alan, except for me diving into your knee! Many great names and players. I miss those days as I age. I was so fortunate to play with the likes of you, Bobby Moore, Mike England, Harry Redknapp, those you mention, and so many more! But I also will never forget how you personally [...]
HODGSON ON TRIAL….HAVING ALREADY FAILED by Alan Hudson I take a break from my new book as do the players from both the MSL and Premier League, and once again I fear that the last road to Rio was a complete disaster this one could be a Chris Rea song, ‘The Road to [...]
CLASSIC DISGRACE After watching Everton join the rest of our Premier League Chumps by crashing out of the ‘Thursday Cup’ I waited for ‘Super Sunday’ to see what the difference was between the Spanish and English league. Okay, I already knew that Barcelona and Real Madrid haves the far superior individuals, although [...]
ROLLING BACK THE YEARS Players and coaches were asked to name their Greatest Ever XI. Here's what a few of the players said about me. Tommy Baldwin: "Between them I'd say Alan and Cookie set up at least 75 per cent of my goals for Chelsea. Huddy was a big, strong player, [...]
EDDIE HOWE - NO RELATION, WELL, NOT BY BLOOD! You can tell who was your best coach in a 20-year playing career, when you take into consideration it was your worst spell. Mine came at Arsenal under Don Howe, who was without a shadow of a doubt the best coach I have [...]
