Cardiff vs Portsmouth

Normally the rules of summer are that the first day we are supposed to get a proper bit of sunshine is FA Cup Final day. But not this year, oh no, the rules have changed. The sun has been and gone for another year and the rules appear to have changed also for the cup itself as for the first time in 17 years we have a cup final that doesn’t involve one of the big 4.

Rangers vs Zenit ST Petersburgh

A UK double?

So, not only is our great island supplied the 2 finalists for the greatest club competition in Europe, dare I say the world, but the UK has only gone mad and got to the final of Europe’s 2nd best club competition (after the Premiership, Serie A, La Primeria, Bundesliga, Glasgow’s Glendale Plastics League…etc etc). In fact, The UEFA Cup is now totally dwarfed by the might of the Champions League money machine and in terms of money generated these days, Rangers and Zenit ST Petersburgh’s participation is the equivalent of Ronaldo’s favourite KP snack, Peanuts.

Relegation - The last day tears

The Sky Sports shots of teary eyed youngsters cuddling up to daddy with the prospect of their heroes having to battle it out in the Championship next season, the thought of no opportunity to take on the big boys next season. It’s enough to make a grown man cry.

Blinder

Ryan Giggs

Giggys helped Manchester United to secure their 10th Premier league title with a hard fought and somewhat fortuitous 2-0 win at the JJB. He notched up a record equaling 758 appearances scoring his 3rd goal of the season and arguably the most important in the process. The man is a true legend. Many can deny that United are worthy champions.

A very sad day for the Foxes

I started supporting Leicester City in 1974. I was 8 years old, and whilst I lived in Cumbria, many miles from the East Midlands, I was wooed by their smart blue and white strip and a certain Mr Frank Worthington, possible the greatest player to ever grace a nightclub.

Farcelona

It has been the same for years, as the sun sets on the Mediterranean Sea, as the light fades from the great Spanish city, the gentle giant awakes. The Lights glare out across miles, the roars can be heard for long distances and the memories will stay in your mind forever as the Camp Nou comes to life on match day.

A life after football?

The recent demise of Paul Gascoigne has once again highlighted the pertinence of the cliche “flawed genius”. Not the first and certainly not the last footballer to self-destruct, Matt Quinn takes a look at some of the most prominent footballers to fall foul of the influences around their daily lives.

Boring, Boring Keegan!

The top two teams in the country are battling it out to the last game of the season and are separated only by goal difference. We approach the last game and three teams are still unsure of their Premier League futures. Fulham are on the verge of continuing the great “Lazarus” style, “back from the dead”, “out of the ashes” comeback to save their Premiership skin tradition created by Portsmouth and West Ham over the previous two seasons. Who says the Premier League is boring? King Kev, that’s who.

Pete’s mashing it up!

Watch out Tongy, there’s a new Pete on the street and he’s straight outta Fleet. The South-East’s Ebbsfleet United face the South West’s Torquays at Wembley this Saturday in the prestigious FA Trophy Final but the final is starting to make the headlines not just for the football.

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