So it’s German football on TV – and its 1-0 to BT Sprout

by Sir Hardly Anyone. The German League is up and running again, and so is the Sprout which has the rights to show their games.  The current deal says BT can show five games a week, but it seems likely that they will negotiate a change to that, as the ghost games come thick and …

How does stress affect sports performance?

It is not something that we read about very often but the issue of stress is one that is at the heart of playing football at a professional level.   Just as actors, musicians, TV presenters and others may or may not feel nerves upon getting up on the stage or in front of the cameras, …

Paedophile case comes back to haunt Man City and Crewe Alex but papers won’t report it

By Tony Attwood It was almost four years ago that I wrote on this blog that “we have just been told that Manchester City has launched an investigation into links between [the paedophile Barry] Bennell and the club. Meanwhile Crewe Alexandra’s most famous employee, ex-manager and director of football, Dario Gradi, denied any knowledge that …