Boothen End View

The dust has started to settle. The fall-out from last weekend’s 1–2 loss against Bournemouth is almost over — but not quite.

Oddly, it’s our oft-cited enemy from London, Arsenal, who have put the brakes on the runaway bandwagon that was…

Time for the media to lay off football officials?

Being a referee is a tough, lonely job. And, as football gets ever quicker, more demanding and more exposure, it’s obvious that that job will continue to…

Jonathan Walters — Crunching the Numbers

On 18th August 2010, Stoke City formally announced the…

FA must make a bold, public stance on the John Terry substitution debacle.

Amongst the headlines from Sunday’s football, the story of John Terry’s 26th minute substitution is the most controversial.

A Question of Stripes

For the second season in succession, Stoke City will play in a striped-shirt with plain back. But why?

In the aftermath of defeat to Liverpool, is the end nigh for Mark Hughes?

Waking up this morning, I half expected the BBC Sport page to be showing the headline of Mark Hughes having been sacked by Stoke…

What are the real reasons behind England’s international football failings?

There are too many non-English players in the Premier League.

This is the stock phrase when anticipating the outcome of the men’s English football team competing in…

The pantomime villain of Costa continues

So… This incident happened in the Chelsea vs Everton Premier League fixture yesterday…

Tony Pulis — A little bit of history repeating

Sometimes, you just have to bite your tongue and say nothing — even though you…