Amazon deal is same old PL bullsh*t rather than new frontier
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Amazon are not the new frontier for Premier League broadcasting.
Johnny Nic
An ode to Jabulani-taming, Liverpool-beating Diego Forlan
Man United fans still love Diego Forlan despite his average record. But what a f***ing player when he left…
Manager in the media: Everyone’s favourite, Rafael Benitez
Johnny loves him, you love him, everyone loves Rafael Benitez. Don’t they?
Man United fans: Stop clicking, stop buying, stop reading
Manchester United fans have the power to change football media. Stop clicking. Stop reading.
Tribalism is not fandom: Time for football clubs to act
Extreme tribalism has just become an accepted part of football culture. It should never be this way.
The World Cup battle of the broadcasters – day one
Johnny Nic analyses the battle being waged on TV and the wireless. It was an impressive start from almost all concerned…
Stop fretting about relegation. Instead, embrace it…
Dropping out of the Premier League shouldn’t be seen as the death knell we’re told it is. It can actually be bloody good fun…
A Football365 love letter to… Peter Drury
Could you imagine Peter Drury commentating on you making love? You surely can now.
Can we stop being so weird when it comes to Pep Guardiola?
City lost a couple of matches to a couple of excellent teams. So why is Pep treated so bizarrely?
A Football365 love letter to… Chris Sutton
Chris Sutton might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but there is something to be said about a man who speaks his mind.
A Football365 love letter to…the retiring John Motson
Motty is delivering his final live BBC commentary this weekend. Read all about the voice and the coat…
VAR is a battle in war for the soul of football…
David Wagner hates it and even if authorities ever get it right, Johnny Nic says it’s fundamentally wrong…
A Football365 love letter to…football programmes
Programmes have had a place in football from the very beginning. But how do you get the job of selling them?
A Football365 love letter to… Ally McCoist
Here begins the campaign to get Ally McCoist on our screens more often. Is he ever not smiling?
Football’s macho culture remains a dangerous beast
Why is football still all about being ‘hard’, and showing no weakness? It is emotional illiteracy
A Football365 love letter to… Roy of the Rovers
From his numerous kidnappings, to being shot and left in a coma, to scoring all the goals. It’s Roy Race.
Newcastle United: The European empire waiting to happen
Newcastle United are less a sleeping giant, more a club placed in a coma by Mike Ashley. Salvation is close.
A Football365 love letter to… When Saturday Comes
It was so far ahead of the curve that everyone else didn’t even know there was a curve. Here’s to WSC…
A Football365 love letter to… Peter Jones
The voice of football radio commentary for three decades, and a poet in his own right: “…and the sun shines now”
A Football365 love letter to… Ian Wright (Wright, Wright)
A wonderful player, and a fine pundit who is pretty much wanted by all. Everyone loves Wrighty.
Rooney buffoonery? There is much more to it than that…
Critics of Rooney are often silly, but so too are his fans. This is the rich telling the poor how great the rich are.
A Football365 love letter to: Fantasy Football League
Johnny puts on his pyjamas, returns to the ’90s and says a big HELLO! again to Baddiel and Skinner’s Fantasy Football League…
A Football365 love letter to… Jimmy Armfield
A wonderful player, an excellent manager, a delightful co-commentator, and a brilliant man.
A Football365 love letter to… Gazzetta Football Italia
It’s the one you’ve all been waiting for. James Richardson, Gazza, gelatos, ice cream, pink newspapers…
A Football365 love letter to…Brian Moore
The man who ruled football commentary for an era. Brian Moore that is, not Johnny Nic.
A little more education, a little less British brutishness
Intelligence is dismissed as unimportant in British footballers. It might be time to smarten up.
A Football365 love letter to… Des Lynam
“Shouldn’t you be at work?” Des Lynam gets some overdue love from Johnny. Was he definitely not James Bond?
A Football365 love letter to… Alan Hansen
He dominated the football media for two decades, but we haven’t seen him for ages. Time to return, Al.
A Football365 love letter to… Barry Davies
In his new series, Johnny Nic is celebrating the great people in football media. Barry Davies is first up…
Football people on TV: Ray Houghton
Once a part of English football’s finest ever club side, Ray Houghton is now a part of the punditry furniture.