Southampton win would KO QPR, Sunderland MUST start scoring, and Wolves on...
In our regular column looking ahead to this weekend's action, Michael Walker says a Southampton win over QPR would leave Harry Redknapp's side staring at relegation and goes over the goalscoring...
View ArticleGeorge Boyd and Steve Bruce are aiming high at Hull - Michael Walker
A boyhood Palace fan, George Boyd will get a hostile reception when he travels with Hull to Selhurst Park on Tuesday night. But with Steve Bruce's men flying high, he probably won't mind.
View ArticleManchester United v Chelsea casts shadow over Gareth Bale v Luis Suarez -...
In our regular column looking ahead to this weekend's action, MICHAEL WALKER says that on another day, when Manchester United aren’t playing Chelsea, Liverpool v Tottenham would command centre stage.
View ArticleAston Villa v QPR: Darren Bent returns - something for the weekend
MICHAEL WALKER: Darren Bent has been injured but were he to return and leap off the bench to score for Aston Villa against QPR, Harry Redknapp would surely have another ‘Sandra’ moment.
View ArticleMichael Walker at Brighton v Crystal Palace as Leonardo Ulloa stars
MICHAEL WALKER: It is about as distant as a 'local' derby can be but Brighton and Hove Albion versus Crystal Palace — Seagulls v Eagles — crackled and stung with authenticity.
View ArticleCristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale come under scrutiny in...
Every Friday, Michael Walker picks 10 things to look forward to over the weekend. This week: Gareth Bale and Charlie Adam will reignite their feud as Wales travel to Hampden Park.
View ArticleSomething for the Weekend: Bumper Easter weekend preview
The Easter weekend begins on Friday, and lasts until Monday night when Fulham and QPR kick off at Craven Cottage at 8pm. By then, things should be a lot clearer. Possibly.
View ArticleOn the road with Michael Walker: Cardiff concede two late penalties during a...
At 5pm on Saturday, none of the top nine in the Championship had recorded a win over the weekend. Everyone has got the hiccups. But why are we surprised by these bizarre results? It's the Championship!
View ArticleEx-British Army soldier Gary Gordon coaches Borussia Dortmund youth teams
Former British soldier Gary Gordon has been a youth coach at Borussia Dortmund since 1992 and has helped nurturer some of the club's top talent including Mario Gotze, Marco Reus and Kevin Grosskreutz....
View ArticleChelsea and Manchester City put on an old fashioned FA Cup thriller -...
The quintessential English football competition reached the quintessential English football stage - or at least the site of its memory - and two clubs now foreign-owned, with Italian and Spanish...
View ArticleSomething for the Weekend - Michael Walker
The race for promotion to the Premier League and battle to avoid relegation from the Championship are intriguing issues once again, while all is not well at Newcastle following their derby defeat......
View ArticleOn The Road: Michael Walker - Brentford play Doncaster in final day...
Michael Walker: After neither side could pick up a positive result, third placed Brentford will play second placed Doncaster on the last day of the League One season in a match that will decide the...
View ArticleSomething for the Weekend: League One and League two final day of the season...
It's the final day of the season in both League One and League Two and there are still plenty of promotion and relegation issues to be sorted. Ups and downs are on the agenda in the Championship too...
View ArticleAFC Wimbledon survive on League Two day of destiny
There will be another season for AFC Wimbledon, one at least, in the Football League, and there can be few corners of the country where that status is cherished quite like it is here.
View ArticleNewport return after 25 long years - Michael Walker
A 25-year exile is over: Newport County are back in the Football League. The club that crashed in 1988 with debts of £300,000 will be hosting Portsmouth next season.
View ArticleThe FA Cup begins again in 92 days - Michael Walker
MICHAEL WALKER: As the whistle blew at Wembley to announce Wigan Athletic’s triumph, hundreds of miles away in a social club on Tyneside, someone said: 'Aye, if only we’d beaten Birtley.'
View ArticleOn the road: 'Sat-nav' coaching is driving the Scottish game down a cul-de-sac
Question: can you name the Scottish Footballer of the Year? The answer is a 22-year-old striker who may be Scotland’s No 9 at Wembley and who scored twice on Saturday.
View ArticleDazzling Holland won our hearts after losing 1974 World Cup final
MICHAEL WALKER - A SHOT IN TIME: It is said history is written by the victors. The Dutch team defeated in the 1974 World Cup final challenge that. Decades on, people still recall the side.
View ArticleA Shot in Time: Arsenal goalscoring hero Ted Drake, the knockout hit
MICHAEL WALKER - A SHOT IN TIME: Rampaging Arsenal striker Ted Drake once scored seven goals in a match at Aston Villa. It was the season after he had scored 42 in the league.
View ArticleA SHOT IN TIME: Leyton Orient's Peter Kitchen was smoking hot
MICHAEL WALKER: Few thought Orient would go on a major Cup run in 1978. Kitchen was a 26-year-old who, by the semi-final, was 'the northerner who has become the Cockney pride and joy'.
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