Football Dull Derby Day Epitomises Season Spring is here and as we see first snow drops, then crocuses, then daffodils, then tulips, fruit blossom and bluebells, the cyclical nature of life is apparent. Night follows day, follows night, the tides ebb and the tides flow. Sport, like much of nature, tends to be cyclical too and… Continue Reading
Football Can Manchester City Add to FA Cup Haul? With the March international break behind us, and England recording the two routine wins that everyone expected them to achieve, thoughts turn back to domestic action. Most teams, however, will have to wait a little longer for the football to resume, because before the Premier League gets going again, we… Continue Reading
Football Man United Unveil Plans for New Stadium Manchester United are one of the biggest and most successful football clubs in the world. And yet, in recent times, they have become, dare we say it, something of a laughing stock. Since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club, over a decade ago now, at the end of the 2012/13… Continue Reading
Football Man City and Man United’s Hopes for the Rest of the Season Manchester United are the most successful team in English football and that fact is even more evident when we restrict ourselves to the Premier League era. They have won the Premier League title a massive 13 times, finishing second on a further seven occasions. Manchester City, however, are second, with… Continue Reading
Cricket Manchester Originals Cricket Fixtures for 2025 With temperatures across the UK regularly dipping below zero at night, the memories of the heavy snow at the start of January still fresh, and named storms seemingly making the news almost every week, the 2025 summer of cricket seems a long way off. Manchester continues to get its normal… Continue Reading
Football Both Manchester Giants into the 4th Round Back in May 2024, Manchester United upset the odds to overcome Manchester City in the FA Cup final in front of a packed Wembley Stadium. Kobbie Mainoo was the Man of the Match and scored one of his side’s two goals as they produced a superb display to claim a… Continue Reading
Sports Manchester’s Sporting Heroes Manchester is a city known for many things, be that its role in the Industrial Revolution, its amazing music or, of course, its two incredible football teams. There is so much more we could mention but our focus here is on sport in general, and in particular the individual stars… Continue Reading
Football Fascinating Third-Round FA Cup Ties for Manchester Giants There are several important dates in the football calendar that come around every year, and that fans will have in their diaries, or certainly in the back of their minds. The date that the new season’s fixtures are announced is one, the first and last games of the campaign, the… Continue Reading
Football Hat-Trick Hero Haaland Fires Norway to Nations League Promotion Football fans always want to see the best players strutting their stuff on the biggest stages possible. Manchester City superstar, Erling Haaland, is doing all he can to ensure his nation, Norway, play at the highest level. He scored a hat-trick in his side’s 5-0 hammering of Kazakhstan on Sunday,… Continue Reading
Football Amorim Gets Better of Guardiola Before Joining Red Devils Rúben Amorim will commence his role as the head coach of Manchester United on 11th November, 2024 after managing Portugal’s Sporting for four and a half years. But before he left his role at the Lisbon club, the footballing Gods determined that Amorim’s final home game for Sporting would be… Continue Reading