In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham for, in Real Madrid's opinion, "peanuts", and the never-explained departure of Jaap Stam appear to be… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
In a manner akin to the influence of Tiger Woods on the other side of the Atlantic, Thierry Henry has helped kick down a… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
In a bygone era, penalty-takers would put their laces through the ball and threaten to put a permanent bulge in the netting. For reasons… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
It is a certainty that Keegan would not have agreed to return unless Mike Ashley had committed to sanctioning a mammoth spending spree. The… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
Arsenal's never-improving injury list increasingly attracts curiosity rather than sympathy. — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
On Saturday morning, one of the two teams still unbeaten in the Premiership occupied a modest seventh place. It is an illustration of the… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
Titus Bramble: The only explanation for his existence in the Premiership is that he is already here. — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
Is it unprecedented for two goalkeepers employed in a match comprising seven goals to be the fixture's most competent protagonists? — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
But before Derby go, would they mind telling the rest of the Premier League - the league which it has debased with its pathetically-inadequate… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
Mauricio Pellegrino has the pace of a tricycle with a flat tyre ridden by Luciano Pavarotti, and the turning speed of an oil tanker… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
It is an indication of Chelski's warped finances that even successive titles can be regarded as failure. Spend unprecedented sums and only unprecedented success… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
