Duncan Alexander

WE’RE only a couple of months until Halloween so here’s an old horror story from the 1970s. POV: it’s late summer 1973 and you’re a major English football club, six years on from winning the league title while it’s only five – just half a decade – since you were crowned champions of Europe. Like … Duncan Alexander | Manchester United: The New Normal

BACK in 1987 Newcastle United introduced Brazilians to English football in the form of Mirandinha, a pocket-sized forward who did a reasonable job and had an exceptional chant (look it up). Was the often dour nation ready for the shimmying grace such players could offer? Probably not, but the footballing world in 2022 is different … Duncan Alexander | Let’s Be Frank: Bruno is Elite

Season Review So that was 2021-22. Man City won the league and Norwich finished bottom. But some unpredictable stuff happened too. To honour the fact that we have just enjoyed the 30th Premier League season let’s confound all respected marking systems by ranking each team’s 2021-22 out of 30.   Arsenal Lost their first three … Duncan Alexander: “Each team’s season rated out of 30”

BEFORE the invention of social media a reasonable way to pass 10 minutes was to try and remember FA Cup finals in reverse order. Some would get stuck on the confusing double Portsmouth era of the late 2000s, others would get misled by false memories of the last few cup finals at the old Wembley, … Duncan Alexander | Give Us a Cup Final to Remember

THE off-field news at Manchester United just keeps on coming. Last week the club officially announced Erik ten Hag as their new manager for 2022-23, the latest figure chosen to bring back the glory that once flowed as plentifully as ship canal water. This week, as David Moyes, the first figure selected post-Ferguson to perform … Duncan Alexander | Mend It Like Chelsea

WE’VE all seen Champions League finals that just didn’t have it. Often the tension is too much, the temperature is too high, the fear of failure too palpable. This time three years ago we were about to witness two of the greatest Champions League semi-finals in the competition’s great history. Eventually, somehow, Liverpool and Tottenham … Duncan Alexander | As Good As It Gets

EVERYONE was delighted to see Christian Eriksen return to professional football after the shocking events of last summer, but surely no-one thought he’d be this good. A move to struggling Brentford made sense for the Dane, back to the city where he had played out the majority of his career and to a promoted club … Duncan Alexander – Toney Eriksen: Expect A Call

CHELSEA’S hopes of becoming the first English side to retain the European Cup since Nottingham Forest took a severe blow on Wednesday. Real Madrid – who if they win the Champions League this season will have been European champions at least twice as often as any other team on the continent – cruised to a … Duncan Alexander: “Karim Benzema, a man enjoying arguably the finest season of his career”

THEY say there’s no such thing as a friendly in International football and ahead of The Three Lions’ double header against Switzerland and Ivory Coast we’ve come up with a belter of a quiz, guaranteed to have you noodle scratching in abundance! Think you’ve got what it takes to tackle it? Bring it on!   … Duncan Alexander: The England Friendlies Quiz