As I reached the top of the steps entering the Stretford End the horrible sickness feeling I had disappeared in an instant. I was here, the Theatre of Dreams, the home of the greatest football team on earth.
What a year 2011 has been for Danny Welbeck so far. After suffering from injuries that curtailed the end to his season out on loan to Sunderland, the young Manchester-born forward has started the season on fire for Manchester United scoring 5 goals.
Seeing as the international break is upon football fans, To the Lane and Back will take this opportunity to analyse what is perceived to be Tottenham’s strongest starting XI, one player at a time.
A popular description of America is “the land of opportunity”, this has been emphasised by many high profile footballers venturing across the continent to finish off their careers.
Exactly 25 years ago yesterday Manchester City played, and lost to Leicester City in the old Division One.
One of the interesting sub-plots of the season so far at Old Trafford has been the fact that Manchester United’s £30m striker Dimitar Berbatov appears to have fallen behind Danny Welbeck in the pecking order at the club.
In the light of this weekend’s controversial sending off in the Merseyside derby I am wondering is it now finally time we looked at bringing in video replays to make sure we get the big decisions correct in football once and for all?
It seems that the negative stereotypical view of modern day footballers is again in the media spotlight. As we have all read lately it seems to be largely circled around Carlos Tevez. Although what he did in Munich was unforgiveable, he isn’t alone.