Mike Walters' Big Match Verdict: How McLeish missed out giving Arsenal a second kiss of death
Mirror Football Blog 21:30 29/01/12
Cheated by the Hand of Frog in Paris, beaten by the Foot of Clog in the FA Cup. Shay Given and Richard Dunne crossed paths with Thierry Henry for the ... Read more+
Mike Walters' Big Match Verdict: How three mad minutes changed the course of the season for Spurs
Mirror Football Blog 21:01 22/01/12
Harry Redknapp's first sip from the poisoned chalice of title deciders turned out to be pure cyanide. Clocks at the Etihad had ticked over into stoppa... Read more+
Wally meets...Mike Walters chats to one of football's most infamous chairmen Peter Ridsdale
Mirror Football Blog 22:30 30/12/11
Happy New Year to all troubleshooters, Red Adairs, flying doctors – and Peter Ridsdale. Come on, give the man a break. Preston’s new chairman has acqu... Read more+
Oh yes it is... it's the MirrorFootball Panto!
Pantomime season is here - which means bad acting, men in drag and cornier jokes than a box of cornflakes. English football is preparing a secret tran... Read more+
Wally meets...Sky TV presenter and Hartlepool United fan Jeff Stelling
Christmas – there’s a good nine-letter word for Jeff Stelling to sign off as the host of Countdown. His last episode in the chair of daytime TV’s po... Read more+
FA investigation may be easier task than keeping Spurs quiet for Anton Ferdinand
Anton Ferdinand may find it easier to spill the beans in the witness box than keeping Tottenham quiet. The Queens Park Rangers defender is expected to... Read more+
Wally meets...the manager who put Dean Richards on the road top the big time, John Docherty
Shortly before kick-off at Molineux tomorrow, a moment of solemnity will unite football. Four shirts, representing the clubs Dean Richards served, wil... Read more+
Wally meets...England's World Cup winning goalkeeper Gordan Banks
They sphinx it’s all over... it is now, thank goodness.National treasure Gordon Banks was among the tourists evacuated from crisis-torn Egypt this wee... Read more+
Wally meets...Mauricio Taricco
Second comings were this week’s vogue in football. No club too big or small, just dial M for Messiah.From Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool to Darren Fergus... Read more+
Any bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover will lose their monopoly of airspace above the Channel port next month.FA Cup giant-killers Dover Athleti... Read more+
Wally meets... Sergei Baltacha
Sergei Baltacha wasn’t just the man who tore down football’s Iron Curtain and brought glasnost to East Anglia.He loved being a pioneer so much that h... Read more+
For scraping the barrel, last Sunday’s visit to the grapevine was right up there with Alan Partridge’s desperate offer to replace his chat show with a... Read more+
Once a Red Warrior, Fernando Torres now has the bite of a poodle
On the Mersey beat, the natives are growing anxious.Those Texas rangers are still in charge of Liverpool, with no sign of an imminent takeover, and Fe... Read more+
Ashley Cole makes hard work of Wembley warm-up...then snubs Capello
Poor Ashley Cole - three consecutive words you don’t read often these days - didn’t just lose his wife this summer.In 79 minutes of early-season tortu... Read more+
Wally meets... A pub full of Wayne Rooneys
Down at the Shakespeare on England’s day of reckoning, I was served by a barmaid called Wayne Rooney.My pre-match meal, chilli con carne, was dished... Read more+
Wally meets... The Pukka Pie England Band
Unlike those vuvuzela horns, which sound like a plague of mosquitoes, they won’t make you feel like droning your sorrows.But when the England Band str... Read more+
Wally meets... Ron 'Chopper' Harris
Around the greens of Fox Hills, Ron Harris administered a gentle touch he rarely afforded passing wingers in his heyday.The Ron Harris Collection: pre... Read more+
Wally meets... 'Diddy' David Hamilton
Above a corner shop in Knightsbridge, ‘Diddy’ David Hamilton was ushered in to meet the owner and learn his fate.Already devastated to lose his privi... Read more+
Wally meets... Tony Kleanthous
Tony Kleanthous finally cast off his image as the nicest chairman in football – because he sacked his first manager in 16 years this week.Barnet had b... Read more+
To all but the most defiant fishmongers, it will be not so much an away trip as a voyage of the damned.After 121 years, Grimsby Town will slip out of ... Read more+
Back in an age before transfers were conducted by smoke and mirrors, David Hirst kept the fax machine at Old Trafford busy.Six times Sir Alex Ferguson... Read more+
John Terry would never park in a disabled bay again if he tried to complete the marathon in a wheelchair like Danny Mills.In a sport overcrowded by b... Read more+
Wally meets... Luther Blissett
Scorpions lurking around the campfire and his tent every night, Luther Blissett tried not to think of the love bites.By day, temperatures reached a sw... Read more+
Alan Pardew's perverse reward for landing only the fourth trophy in Southampton's history tomorrow could be the sack.Saints will take 44,000 pilgrims ... Read more+
At last, after all the rapacious tales of vanity, greed and sleaze, this is a story everyone in football can celebrate.Premier League referee Mark Hal... Read more+
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Comment: Why Liverpool need to accept Suarez is more sinner than saint
Mirror Football Blog 21:30 11/02/12Yesterday's Manchester United-Liverpool clash was a perfect opportunity to draw a line under the Sua... Read More+
Andy Dunn's Big Match Verdict: Why Rio's grand performance would make him Harry's ideal captain
Mirror Football Blog 21:30 11/02/12The idiotic refusal by Luis Suarez to shake Patrice Evra’s hand, the tunnel bust-up and Fergie’s af... Read More+
Comment: Why England need to get rid of their cosy club mentality
Mirror Football Blog 21:30 11/02/12I have been in the States this week where the sports news has been majoring on Gisele Bundchen’s pit... Read More+
Harry has won our hearts - and now he can make England proud again
Ian Holloway 21:01 11/02/12Harry Redknapp's confession in the witness box that he doesn’t even know how to send an email may ha... Read More+
Why I can't wait to face Moyes - my tip to replace Fergie - again
Ian Holloway 21:00 11/02/12I really miss pitting my wits against the best managers in the Premier League. However, next week I’... Read More+
Will Juan Sebastian Veron's football career have a fairytale ending?
Mirror Football Blog 18:07 11/02/12For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to ... Read More+
Tweet my Handshake! The best gags from Manchester United's 2-1 win over Liverpool
Football Banter 16:09 11/02/12Manchester United won the match but inevitably this encounter will be remembered more for the antics... Read More+
Watch David Beckham's amazing table football trickshot
Mirror Football Blog 11:11 11/02/12We all know what David Beckham can do on a real football pitch, but it seems old Goldenballs is pret... Read More+
Why farcical forced pre-match handshakes should be scrapped
Mark Lawrenson 08:01 11/02/12The pre-match handshake is a meaningless farce and should be scrapped. You shake the hand of an oppo... Read More+
Jose would be perfect for Spurs but Harry could manage England part-time anyway
Mark Lawrenson 08:00 11/02/12Jose Mourinho would be the perfect choice for Tottenham. And surely Spurs would be a great fit for h... Read More+
What are the odds Suarez and Evra swap shirts at the final whistle? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day
Betting Blog 22:00 10/02/12The FA reckon Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra should shake hands when they come face to face on Saturda... Read More+
United v Liverpool has always been spiky... but it used to be about football too
Brian Reade 20:59 10/02/12We should have sacked Capello two years ago Why Moyes is the right man for Spurs Those who think to... Read More+









