All posts by Richard Lewis

  • Transfer roundup: Two one-club legends on the move

    One-club footballers are quickly going the way of dinosaurs and dodos. The majority of the last great batch are bowing out and moving on, with Bastian Schweinsteiger and Iker Casillas, for example, spending their storied careers at...

    • Posted July 11, 2015
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  • England go Fara than ever before in WWC

    If Mark Sampson’s England side hadn’t already created enough history in the 2015 Women’s World Cup, they won the landmark first third place play-off match at Women’s World Cup; and the Lionesses rid the demons of twenty...

    • Posted July 4, 2015
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  • Like father, like Pear-son

    Nigel Pearson has followed his son, perhaps consequentially out of Leicester City, prompting a potentially awkward conversation with ‘Mother/Wife Pearson.’ At least Nigel Pearson has good company of the list of men getting the fateful ‘You’re Fired!’...

    • Posted July 2, 2015
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  • Arsenal set to sign a cheque for Petr Cech

    Our last transfer market article was about Liverpool and this is another piece you need to Cech out! Richard Lewis takes on Arsenal’s swoop for Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech. This article, however, does come with a danger...

    • Posted June 29, 2015
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  • Liverpool’s new-look squad are a formidable sight

    Liverpool FC have signed five additions so far this summer and recently completed their first big money deal in the form of Roberto Firmino, for £29 million. The Brazilian has penned a five-year contract at the Premier...

    • Posted June 24, 2015
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  • England’s swift return to the WWC Quarterfinals

    This week, Taylor Swift was a modern day Sir Isaac Newton as she brought Apple back down to earth with the gravity of her influence in the music business. Meanwhile, the England Women’s National Team diminished the...

    • Posted June 23, 2015
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  • A Frantastic weekend for English football

    There was (finally) something for England supporters to shout over the past weekend of football, with both the men and women producing key wins. The senior England men’s team beat Slovenia 3-2 away from home in the...

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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  • Steve McClaren v Slaven Bilic — The Rematch!

    Newcastle United versus West Ham United. It’s not exactly a Premier League classic; however, next season when the two sides clash there will be an interesting subplot on the touchline between the two new managers. The Magpies...

    • Posted June 11, 2015
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  • A Jack (Wilshere) of all trades! — England roundup

    Jack Wilshere seems to be a man of all trades — in the past nine days alone he has lifted the FA Cup with Arsenal, got in a bit of bother with a Gordon Ramsey-style expletive laden...

    • Posted June 8, 2015
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  • FA Cup roundup: Wilshere rains on Arsenal’s parade

    I have got closer, in my tourism, to getting my hands on the FA Cup trophy than the Aston Villa players did at Wembley in their recent FA Cup Final against Arsenal. Arsenal’s 4-0 win was in...

    • Posted June 1, 2015
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