Inter ease past AC Milan on a night to remember the scale of Italian football
Inter came out flying for their Champions League semi-final against Milan, but the evening was really a reminder of Italian club football’s recent revival.
Articles By Ian King
Should Premier League bottom three have stuck rather than twisted with no succession plan?
It’s been a busy season for revolving doors in the Premier League but at the bottom many of these managerial changes have made little difference.
Southampton are finding that Ward-Prowse alone can’t stave off relegation
Nottingham Forest kept giving Southampton ways back into this crucial Premier League match, but Saints couldn’t take them and relegation now seems likely.
Everton stun Brighton with a five-star Bank Holiday trip to suddenly move towards safety
Everton have transformed their chances of avoiding relegation with a five-star, five-goal performance away to a shell-shocked Brighton & Hove Albion.
Can Southend United even survive this summer? The signs aren’t good
With players and staff still going unpaid and yet another winding up petition issued, there are growing doubts about the ongoing viability of Southend.
Leeds remain in peril but at least Allardyce has them standing up straight
Leeds United couldn’t come away from their trip to Manchester City with a point, but was it ever reasonable to have any expectation that they could?
With Emery, Alemany and huge transfer plans, Aston Villa may be building towards a bright future
With a new manager having already had a transformative effect on the team and a new man coming in from Barcelona, the future looks bright for Aston Villa.
Liverpool fans find their voices and keep their faint Champions League hopes alive
Liverpool continued their pursuit of Manchester United and fourth place with a win against Brentford, but have they left it just too late to catch them?
Going back to St Albans to find a club easing out of near-stasis towards the Conference
Ian King went back to watch St Albans City years after he had stood on the terraces as an adolescent. Some things have changed. some not so much.
Manchester City’s biggest enemy in this title race is not the yips but ennui
West Ham were stubborn and Manchester City were a little lethargic, but City are the current kings of creating the moments that win matches.
Coventry City are finally healing after 15 years in footballing purgatory
Coventry City have their best chance of getting back to the Premier League since they were relegated in 2001, which would have seemed unlikely six months ago.
Plymouth Argyle’s fall and rise has resulted in a club being run the right way
Plymouth Argyle will be back in the EFL Championship next season for the first time since 2010, but they’ve had a fall and rise since then.
Sky Sports will be a very different place without incomparable Stelling and important Souness
Graeme Souness leaves Sky Sports after 15 years with a mixed legacy, but also a very important capacity to learn about a rapidly changing world.
Premier League survival looks like a sprint that no-one knows how to win
Everton, Leeds, Leicester, Forest and Southampton are locked in a desperate fight to stay in the Premier League, but none of them seem ready for it.
Fulham, Derby and the case of the missing 78 seconds which cost them dear
Forty years ago, Fulham missed out on promotion by the narrowest of margins and under about the most controversial of circumstances.
UEFA moving the Champions League final to the USA would be an ESL dream come true
Ceferin of UEFA has been talking of moving the Champions League final to the USA, a reminder that no-one has the best interests of fans at heart.
Everton have been here before but Dyche is running out of time to pull them from the abyss
Losing at home to Newcastle was to be expected, but it was a result that left Everton in the relegation zone while still suffering existential doubts.
How Subbuteo made flicking to kick part of the vocabulary of football
The table football game Subbuteo is now 76 years old, but despite its age it still holds a place in the hearts of a broad church of enthusiasts.
16 Conclusions on Man City 4-1 Arsenal: De Bruyne and Haaland run riot as Gunners fold
This wasn’t the titanic title tussle that we were promised. Manchester City are too strong for any of that nonsense, as Arsenal found to their cost.
Even the biggest Frank Lampard apologists cannot clothe Chelsea’s naked emperor
The justifications for hiring Frank Lampard as a manager for any reason other than his reputation as a player at any club are diminishing by the day.
Gary O’Neil has made many (including us) look like fools with Bournemouth resilience
There have been points this season when we’ve had cause to doubt the wisdom of appointing Gary O’Neil as Bournemouth manager, but he’s proving us wrong.
Newcastle United success means that we have to redefine the ‘Big Six’
Newcastle United’s 6-1 win against Spurs may come to mark a shift in in our definition of which clubs are part of the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’.
Bayern Munich serial success breeds unmanageable expectations for Nagelsmann and Tuchel
Defeat at Mainz knocked Bayern Munich off the top of the Bundesliga. After ten straight league titles, are expectations at the club becoming unmanageable?
Six issues Spurs need to address as they face crossroads in Big Club status
Spurs seem to be unravelling before our very eyes. How can they stem this before the situation spirals completely out of control?
Mahrez hat-trick keeps Treble on the boil for relentless Manchester City against valiant Blades
Riyad Mahrez was the hat-trick hero, eclipsing Erling Haaland as Manchester City breezed past Sheffield United to the FA Cup final and on toward the Treble.
The 1923 FA Cup final: 100 years of lessons learned and absolutely not learned
This month marks the centenary of the first FA Cup final to be held at Wembley between West Ham Utd and Bolton Wanderers, a day that nearly ended in disaster.
Fulham edge out doomed Leeds on yet another day Illan Meslier would rather forget
Two goalkeeping flaps handed Fulham a 2-1 win against Leeds in the lunchtime kick-off, keeping the visitors deep in the mire at the foot of the table.
Leyton Orient: the sun rises again in the east after years of darkness and tragedy
Leyton Orient have been promoted back to League One after almost a decade away, and it’s reasonable to say that those eight years have been… eventful.
After the omnishambles, Chelsea could still win the Premier League next season
For all the catastrophising of this Chelsea season, the sheer heft of the club means that they can still attract the interest of the elite level of coaches.
Sheffield United are Premier League-bound and it might be in the nick of time
Sheffield United continue to fly high on the pitch, but their purported takeover seems no closer to completion. So what is going on at Bramall Lane?