by Adam Williams | Dec 31, 2019 | Articles
Until mid-2018, the 2010s threatened to be the worst decade in half a century for the England national team. The 1970s – when England failed to qualify for four major tournaments in a row – were an uncontested nadir, the deepest darkest depths of abject...
by Adam Williams | Dec 30, 2019 | Articles
When a close friend and footballing mentor began to lose his battle with Alzheimer’s earlier this year, it was the inability to remember players’ names he’d watched week in week out which hammered home the cold indifference of this merciless disease....
by Adam Williams | Dec 18, 2019 | Articles
While Britain’s political class bumble, stumble and disgruntle in Europe, its footballing representatives continue to be first past the post. Nine entered the Champions League and Europa League group stages, nine have progressed to the next round of...
by Adam Williams | Dec 1, 2019 | Articles
Jose Mourinho is Tottenham Hotspur’s manager. Still sounds odd, doesn’t it? Juvenile, almost. Like the kind of scenario one might exuberantly play out on FIFA career mode with child-like intrigue: what would happen if this semi-mythical fallen giant of...
by Adam Williams | Nov 18, 2019 | Articles
By England Correspondent Adam Williams, in Pristina In their last competitive match before the European Championships next summer, England overcame their Kosovan hosts, scoring four goals without reply to take their tally up to 38 over the course of the...
