It’s time to make Welbeck and Ramsey take the consequences

By Tony Attwood The issue of players getting injured On 10 October 2006 Arsene Wenger picked up on a comment by his old pal Lyon coach Gerard Houllier then at Lyon, who compared international managers to car thieves saying, “what the national coaches are doing is like taking the car from the garage without even …

Football for the fans: now the Guardian strikes back

By Tony Attwood Earlier this week we published a two part series called “Football for the fans”.  (The second article follows on directly from the link above). Just days later the Guardian has rushed out (on its website this Sunday) Reclaiming football for all: presenting the manifesto for a better game by David Goldblatt Sometimes one …