Dempsey’s childhood tragedy

Clint Dempsey’s interview with Daniel Taylor in today’s Guardian is both compelling and moving at the same time. His bravery to tell such a sad story – and his desire to succeed in football are extremely arresting.

Oh, what a feeling…

We’ve been discussing the loss of the”feeling” of the English game lately on the FFCSweden-forum. We all have our own view on what makes the English game far superior to all other leagues in the world, it does however seem like we all have one true “feeling” that...

Healy up for European award

Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington believes David Healy deserves some reward for setting a marvellous 13-goal record in the European Championship qualifying campaign. The Fulham striker grabbed a glorious winner in the 2-1 victory against Denmark to keep alive...

A sad day in qualifying

Yesterday saw some countries play their last qualifying games for Euro 2008, for some that day is coming Wednesday. Obviously I’m not very upbeat after the worst team selection by the Swedish coaches for many, many years. I can’t believe how sad line up we fielded and...

Roberts back to face Fulham

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes has been handed an injury boost following the news that Jason Roberts should be fit for Rovers’ next Premier League game. Roberts, who has scored two times for Blackburn this season, has been sidelined since September after tearing...