The pressures of being a footballer and the unremitting fear of getting it wrong

by Tony Attwood Had Per Mertesacker been English I doubt very much whether he would have done the interview that he recently gave concerning the pressure he felt during career.  Indeed he said he was glad that his playing days were coming to an end.  Exactly the sort of thing that people who have never …

Continental Cup Final Wednesday March 14 Arsenal v Manchester City Preview

By Andrew Crawshaw The second cup final this year between these two clubs, this time featuring the Women.  The Continental Tyres cup is the Women’s equivalent of the Men’s Carabao Cup and is a competition open to the 18 teams in the two divisions of the WSL.  Arsenal has traditionally done well in this competition …