Guilty Barcelona praised to the heavens by part of the media

By Tony Attwood When Talksport gets excited it can be a good time to take cover.  And excited they are today in their latest web statement.  They say… “In a timely report the Football Observatory of the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) have explored just which clubs from Europe’s top five leagues currently boast …

Football betrayed: why journalists and broadcasters laugh at us.

By Tony Attwood The notion that the size of Tottenham’s pitch might be the cause of their heartache might or might not be true – I really don’t know.   But I thought the importance that their manager gave to it and to the psychological fitness of their players was interesting, and something that I’d …

What’s wrong with Tottenham? Trying to find out from a Tottenham fan.

By Tony Attwood I was in a furniture shop in Market Harborough – a charming town in south Leicestershire – last weekend, and wandering around found this gigantic hearth rug covered in Tottenham emblems. Away from the games and the shouting I do try and have a moderately civilised life, so I went over to …