Propping up the Table: Soccer in Johannesburg, Gauteng

What a day, what a day. What a, of right, let’s stop that. We look back at the last day of the Premier League season, where there were massive thrills, movement and drama, all ending up with nothing much changing. Except, of course, a new champion. We consider Bolton & United’s chances next season, and [...]

Yes, that happened. So too, did the FA Cup, a tense top of the table clash, a relegation avoided and confirmed. Plus, with one game left in the English Premier League, there’s a lot to predict. And we have opinions on all of it. Some of them are even good. Download Podcast

Just when you thought that football couldn’t surprise you anymore, the FA go and do something sensible by not naming Harry Redknapp as England manager. Andrew says mean things about Roy, while saying he’s probably a decent choice. It’s very odd. Elsewhere, Manchester City beat United in the derby – taking the league lead on [...]

Quite against all expectations, the semi-finals of the Champions League were fantastic. We spend way too much timing talking about that, and not enough time talking about United’s draw with Everton and the rest of the week’s action. Like the fact that Wolves are down. Villa have stopped flirting and are now giving relegation a [...]

Last week we said ‘Game Over’. We’re probably still right, but not nearly as right as we thought we were. So we discuss serial giant killers Wigan (but only in a season’s run-in), the return of the free-flowing Manchester City, and – at length – we talk the FA Cup semi-finals. The merits and flaws [...]