Articles by John Nicholson
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Johnny NicHayes is setting standards on the touchline and in the media
TV broadcasters have no excuse to stick thoughtless ex-players on while Emma Hayes is busy raising the bar.
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Johnny NicWater palaver as fictional Ronaldo hams it up for £4bn
Cristiano Ronaldo says water beats Coke, even if George Costanza knows that no way does wine beat Pepsi.
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Johnny NicEngland don’t look like England and that’s brilliant
England played more like Germany than John Nicholson can ever remember as they controlled v Croatia.
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Johnny NicMicah Richards: the glorious, howling antidote to modern life
Any man who can mellow Keane while bringing sunshine into all our lives is alright by Johnny...
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Johnny NicPredicting the 30 England responses to Euro 2020 exit
The first phone-in after an England exit will echo the Twitter madness. Johnny predicts.
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Johnny NicMarxism? Booing the knee is about just one ism
People are not booing a peaceful gesture because of Marxism. And that means it can now never stop.
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Johnny NicN’Golo Kante is the smiling clairvoyant with two hearts
This week we pay tribute to N'Golo Kante - the only Chelsea player that everybody loves.
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Johnny NicPress conferences are tired vestige of journalistic arrogance
Who do press conferences actually serve? Because it certainly isn't the players, the managers or the fans.
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Johnny NicDoes the Cult of Pep lead to this poking of the beast?
We know Pep Guardiola is not stupid so is it ego that drives this need to make everything harder?
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Johnny NicAlan Smith: Loved in Manchester; forgiven in Leeds?
Johnny Nic remembers the homegrown Loiner who swapped Leeds for Man Utd.
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Johnny NicFootball’s coming home…to everyone’s TV screens
Farewell football’s economic apartheid; Euro 2020 is on its way to all our TV screens.
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Johnny NicCrying in the kitchen at the noise of football fans…
All it took was a purr of appreciation from Villa fans and John Nicholson was crying in the kitchen.
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Johnny NicVeni, vidi, Vidic: Hail, Nemanja – the last of the double-hard b*stards…
Nemanja Vidic was always ready for war. Actual f***ing war. Johnny Nic eulogises over Man Utd's former skipper...
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Johnny NicTottenham need a radical plan: What about Emma Hayes?
Tottenham need a new manager but do they need a new man? John Nicholson has an idea.