"I am not a number, I'm a free man," bellowed the Prisoner. Greedy sod, he should have been grateful, because Coventry City striker Paul Williams is remembered in the tomes of football folly by just a solitary letter. Yes, one blessed letter.

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SCOTTISH LEGEND GETS THE VOGTS...
WEDNESDAY 30th APRIL 2008
Berti McVogts has most certainly landed on his feet with his latest managerial appointment...
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WILLO THE WISP SPOTTED IN LA...
TUESDAY 29th APRIL 2008
David Beckham revealed some awkward-fitting facial furniture this week, prompting rumours of a potential switch to Taliban FC next season...
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THUMPING GOOD SEASON FINALE...
MONDAY 28th APRIL 2008
Whoever said that modern football was all prawn sandwiches and corporate hospitality?
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TESTING TIMES FOR RANGERS...
SUNDAY 27th APRIL 2008
Today’s Glasgow derby completes an impressive weekend of title-deciding tomfoolery either side of the Scottish border...
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TROUBLE BREWING AT THE PRIESTFIELD...
SATURDAY 26th APRIL 2008
Defeat for the Gills against Swindon Town today could not only see them relegated, it could also re-open old wounds...
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END OF SEASON GOAL FRENZY POSTPONED...
FRIDAY 25th APRIL 2008
The mind begins to wander during a 'thrilling' goalless draw...

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FIRED UP FOR A CAREER CHANGE?
THURSDAY 24th APRIL 2008
We take a look at some of the more 'flamboyant' public football firings...

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ALL HAIL THE UNSETTLERS...
WEDNESDAY 23rd APRIL 2008
I love the lead-up to big clashes when there are as many whispers over unsettled players and transfer spectulation as there are tactics...
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IS A MATTER OF TASTE...
TUESDAY 22nd APRIL 2008
Clive Tyldesley takes to the kitchen ahead of tonights Liverpool v Chelsea clash.

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FOREIGN FOOTBALL SURVIVAL GUIDE...
MONDAY 21st APRIL 2008
An essential guide to le football continental...


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LONDON MARATHON SHIRT SPOTTING...
SUNDAY 20th APRIL 2008
We take a look at what were the most popular football shirts among our mile-craving, lunatic element of society...
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FOR GLORY OR GREED...
SATURDAY 19th APRIL 2008
Why any player would want to join a team with Chelsea’s spending power is beyond me...

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SUN SETS ON ANOTHER PREMIER LEAGUE FALSE DAWN... FRIDAY 18th APRIL 2008
The Manchester City false dawn looks pretty
overcast right now...

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CELTIC FANS IN MATHEMATICAL MIRE...
THURSDAY 17th APRIL 2008
I had to look on in some disbelief at all of the Celtic fans jumping around on invisible pogo-sticks last night...
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ENGLAND FOR THE ENGLISH... & THE WELSH, SCOTTISH, LEBANESE... WED 16th APRIL 2008
Football is full of dumbfoundedness. In other sports you may get away with describing these as 'curiosities', or 'anomalies...
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WELCOME TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE...
TUESDAY 15th APRIL 2008
It's a huge night in the Black Country this evening - well, the biggest since that midnight morris dance convention in Halesowen last Spring...
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CRICKET? YOU BET!
MONDAY 14th APRIL 2008
At this point in many years gone by I've been engaged in what I can only call 'April Apprehension'...
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RONALDO IN PLAYER OF THE MONTH CONTROVERSY... SUNDAY 13th APRIL 2008
So Cristiano Ronaldo is the Barclays Player of the Month for March. Who’d a thunk it?
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THE WRATH OF KEITH...
SATURDAY 12th APRIL 2008
Two bohemoths collide this weekend as Fort William face the fearsome might of...KEITH!
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THE WELSH ARE COMING...IS IT?
FRIDAY 11th APRIL 2008
There's a wave of success sweeping the country, the like of which was last seen when Kinnock gingered his way into Labour leadership.
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CECH TAKES PAIN HEAD-(OR FACE)ON ..
THURSDAY 10th APRIL 2008
Look out for Peter Cech in an all-over face bandage this weekend...
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BULLSH*T BAROMETER ON THE RISE...
WEDNESDAY 9th APRIL 2008
While the footy season is reaching its climax, the lesser hacks on the tabloid production line are scrabbling around for a story here and there.
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RAMS SAVED FROM RELEGATION...
TUESDAY 8th APRIL 2008
I have it on good advice that Derby County are set to be granted a dramatic reprieve from relegation...
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PLEASE MIND THE CRAP...
MONDAY 7th APRIL 2008
I bet Kayode 'oh dear' Odejayi is waking up with a headache this morning...
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WEMBLEY CULTURE PLOT DISINTEGRATES
IN TO FARCE...
SUNDAY 6th APRIL 2008
Big day out at the home of football today, but it always pays to be well prepared...
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FOOTBALL BRIBES: A CONFESSION...
SATURDAY 5th APRIL 2008
So the Premier League is apparently 'rocked' this morning by claims of a player accepting a bribe in order to throw a match...
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THE ENTHUSIASM OF YOUTH...
FRIDAY 4th APRIL 2008
Call me an old cynical bastard - many do - but there's nothing to rival football in its ability to scrub away the optimism in everyday life...
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NO CHEATING HERE, DELIA...
THURSDAY 3rd APRIL 2008
There's nothing like the thrill of the grill, so get down to the local bbq's r us and lets get cooking in the good name of football this summer.
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ROMAN GODDESS OF FORTUNE SPOTTED IN MANSFIELD... WEDNESAY 2nd APRIL 2008
As Greavsie used to bumble out to an constantly unimpressed looking Ian St John, "it's a funny old game"...
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APRIL FOOLS A PLENTY AS CUP FINALS BECKON... TUESDAY 1st APRIL 2008
As soon as the words 'Cup Final' come around, 'lifelong' supporters crawl out of the woodwork ready for their share of the glory.
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