Fabio Capello thinks Trevor Francis was the best Englishman to play in Italy. Trevor Francis thinks Fabio Capello is the new Brian Clough. Is Marlon Harewood misunderstood? Not by me I think he's great and one of my all-time favourite players. Finally, was Billy Davies due for the sack even [...] Read the original post [. Click to continue reading...

The latest video flashback takes us back to 1988 when England was a terrible football team despite finding glory just two years later in the 1990 World Cup.

This video features Brian Clough and Brian Moore. Cloughie makes a flub in the beginning of the analysis but doesn't seem to care, which is followed by commentary from the legendary Brian Moore and Trevor Francis in this match which ended 0-0.

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£17 million has been spent this summer by Rafa on one player. That's 17 Trevor Francis' or Cristiano Ronaldo's pelvis to you and me. The signing of Johnson is indicative of the evolutionary attacking mentality that Rafa has been allowed to develop over the course of the last year, and one which seems set to continue in the short-term at least. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid's €215m (and counting) spending spree seems to have Michel Platini a bit worried. In a recent interview with French sports daily L'Equipe, the UEFA President said he found the mountains of money difficult to comprehend, especially the Cristiano Ronaldo transfer, but admitted there was nothing he could do about it. Click to continue reading...

Missing in action
14 Penalties Missed By England Players In The Last Fifty Years
(not including penalty shoot-outs)
1. Bobby Charlton (v Scotland, 1960)
2. Alan Ball (v Finland, 1966)
3. Francis Lee (v Wales, 1969)
4. Allan Clarke (v Malta, 1971)
5. Kevin Keegan (v Switzerland, 1975)
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Just when you think you've seen it all, Torino have shelled out £100,000 to lure Dennis Law from Manchester City. Yes, it's 1961 and the record transfer fee paid to or by an English club has broken the hundred thousand mark.

Shocking.

The previous record was £65,000 when John Charles moved from Leeds to Juventus in 1957.

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The moment King Eric nearly became an owl Some things we love about this video: 1. The fact that a top-flight English club seems to be training in a school sports hall. 2. Reminiscing about a time when a squad containing a Swede and an American was cosmopolitan. 3. Thinking about Trevor Francis singing along at a Simply Red [. Click to continue reading...

These will be rapid fire after the fun day of news already discussed. * Shawn Wright-Phillips receives a three match ban for the kick he gave Rory Delap. Delap is supporting SWP saying he deserved what he got after his tackle on him. And through all of this, Jose Bosingwa is just laughing that he got [. Click to continue reading...

These will be rapid fire after the fun day of news already discussed. * Shawn Wright-Phillips receives a three match ban for the kick he gave Rory Delap. Delap is supporting SWP saying he deserved what he got after his tackle on him. And through all of this, Jose Bosingwa is just laughing that he got [. Click to continue reading...

Wednesday were all at sea for years...  Did you ever think that you would look at the Premier League table and see the Wigan in 7th, Hull take 20 points in the first 9 games and Fulham challenging for 6th? If  that wasn't strange enough, once Champions League semi-finalists Leeds United are currently sitting in the middle of [. Click to continue reading...

Trevor Francis As it turns out, Kaka isn't on his way to Manchester. He's staying loyal to the Milan faithful after his agent let slip that it was City who had made the offer, not United. It's a significant time for such a credit-busting bid to be scuppered, knowing it would easily have become the world record transfer, knocking Zidane's move to Madrid off the top spot. Click to continue reading...