England’s Number One

Well nearly… Congratulations to David Stockdale on a well-deserved call-up to Fabio Capello’s England squad for the friendly against Denmark this week. Stockdale has seriously impressed during his two periods between the sticks this season whilst Mark...

Gatesy’s Transfer Window Roundup

Sky Sports News didn’t lie to us. It was all happening in the transfer market yesterday. Though for large parts of the day fans of people reporting of not a lot and reporters stood outside empty training grounds would have been in their element, in total over £200m...

Gatesy’s Premier League Roundup

Well, hasn’t the world of football been busy since we last met here. As Tor has covered in her excellent away day report we did rather well up at Stoke. Though I’m not sure she stressed how awful the tea actually was. Now, I’m used to my correct views being ridiculed...

Gatesy’s Chilly Weekend Roundup

 It’s a worry and a scary time for us all when both I and Lawro get our predictions correct. This was one such day. Upon first trudging out of The Emirates on Saturday evening I wasn’t as down as I usually am after a loss. I’d been expecting far...

Gatesy’s Weekend Roundup

Now, as discussed previously I’m fairly superstitious about my football and I’m all for omens too, good or bad. If I can hold my breath all the way through the tunnel the train goes through I know it’ll be a good day. If I get to the station and a tube pulls in just...