The Birmingham Beelzebub

On Wednesday night, I saw the devil. He’s a Brummie. If ever there was a sign that football has descended into a slightly more active version of Loose Women, it was Adrian Chiles’ steadfast refusal to cover Sunderland’s victory over Middlesbrough in spite of his own channel actually showing the match.

Give me Super Sunday over Super Bowl any day

I’m no xenophobic, but if I never saw the NFL’s Super Bowl on my TV again it wouldn’t faze me, in fact, you could say I would rejoice. Avoiding too many crashing stereotypes, I find the brash, heavily commercialised, in your face nature of American Football just too ‘American’.

Mour to come from Jose

Jose Mourinho is never short of a comment or opinion on matters football. The self styled special one has built a reputation as one of football’s best coaches, and his attention to detail sounds him out as possibly the best tactical mind in the modern game.