Comment Archive
These opinion pieces express only the views of the author of the particular piece. Despite their occasional use of the editorial "we," they do not necessarily represent the views of the other authors of this website.
10 October 2004
Reviving the Home International Championship England Cannot Afford Nostalgia-Driven Sentiment
24 September 2004
22 September 2004
20 September 2004
19 March 2004
18/19 November 2003
16 November 2003
14 October 2003
The Rio Ferdinand Affair: Time to Move On? Yes, but the Football Association and Mark Palios Must Take Some Lessons With Them
9 October 2003
The Aftermath of the Rio Ferdinand Affair The Football Community’s Response is Not Promising
8 October 2003
Rush to Judgment: The Rio Ferdinand Affair The Football Association’s Shoddy Conduct Shows It at Its Bumbling Worst
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Match Notes A Running Commentary on the Game
27 December 2002
A New Low for the F.A. Its Charges Against Mark Bosnich Bring It Disrepute
9 August 2002
26 January 2002
Winnow the Minnows UEFA must improve the football on display in qualifying competitions
18 January 2002
Football Shirked its Responsibility in the Bowyer/Woodgate Affair The F.A. must make its own determinations when footballers are charged with crime
3 December 2001
Ranking the Groups - Why the Final Draw Was Unfair FIFA fumbles in Busan
21 November 2001
Support Your England Stars as They Fight to Achieve Security for All Professional Footballers Remembering Wilf Mannion's fate
5 July 2001
Confession is Good for the Game Well done to the Football Association for getting it right on racism
14 May 2001
The Foreign Player Deserved Credit, Too England's Football Media Miss the Ball in Reporting the Cup Final
29 April 2001
Media Hall of Shame Award No. 1 The News of the World via Graeme Souness advises Kevin Keegan on what to expect from Portugal
25 April 2001
The Self-Imposed Burden England's continuing failure to learn from past experience
13/15 March 2001
The Old Dispute Cultural conflict in the game and UEFA's descent into absurdity
7 February 2001
Downgrading Billy Wright Does FIFA or the F.A. decide how many caps England's old captain earned?