Steve McClaren
Assistant manager to Manchester United, assistant manager for England, led Middlesbrough to the Uefa Cup final and now England manager.
You’d think that with that sort of resume, McClaren might be an up and coming manager with the ability to inject passion and life into England performances.
You’d be wrong, too.
Football Fashion?
Fashion matters more to football than the average supporter might care to acknowledge. Most spectators aren’t overly concerned about their personal aesthetic at 3pm on a Saturday. In fact, for that matter, many neglect to engage in even the most rudimentary of personal grooming practices full stop. Nonetheless, players have known for some time that…
The FA Will Severely Limit Their Options By ‘Going English’ To Find Capello’s Successor
With just 22 short months left on the meter, the Football Association (FA) are already pressing ahead with the courting of possible successors to current England manager Fabio Capello – who has signalled his intentions to retire from the game once his contract expires in July of 2012. Though much of the fault can be…
Wolfsburg Appoint Steve McClaren As Manager
Bundesliga outfit VfL Wolfsburg have appointed former England manager Steve McClaren as their new manager on a two-year deal. McClaren found himself linked with managerial posts right across Europe (including Celtic, West Ham and Hamburg) after leading FC Twente to their first Eredivisie title in 84 years last season, but the former Middlesbrough boss has…
Soccerlens TV: City v Spurs, Champions in Holland and Germany plus Champions League race in France
Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. The Episode 27 of the show covers the Eredivisie champions FC Twente and their coach, Steve McClaren – who went from a zero to hero after getting Twente a Champions League spot in his first season and…
Steve McClaren: from “wally with the brolly” to national champion
21st November 2007 was the night that English football experienced one of its biggest ever wakeup call as a miserable dreary wet night at Wembley saw the English National Team humbled by Slaven Blic and his Croatian side as they ripped away a nation’s hope of qualifying for The European Championships the following summer. Many…
TFT Episode 47: James Appell
Despite being an Aston Villa supporter, I owe as many of my formative footballing years to AFC Bournemouth. Then very much a third tier club, [...]
Transfer Rumors (29 May 09): Benzema in, Tevez (and more) out at United, Chelsea to land CSKA Moscow star Zhirkov, Fulham after Kaka’s brother, and more
The party is still going on in Barcelona, and there might still yet be a few angry hangovers in Manchester right now, but the aftermath of the Champions League final means transfer gossip aplenty for the loser. As you would expect, a few butts will be met by boots this summer at Manchester United, and…
Football fork – January 2007 – Liverpool bought by the DIC group
About ten years ago Nick Hancock co-wrote a book called What Didn’t Happen Next, which was an amusing look at the butterfly effect in football and those little changes which might have rewritten the annals of football. What if Southgate had scored his penalty at Euro 1996? What if Gordon Banks hadn’t had food poisoning…
How the Dutch sabotaged England’s Euro dreams
An astonishing leaked interview with former England boss Steve “Umbrella” McClaren has made it clear to British football authorities that the man they entrusted with England’s dismal Euro 2008 qualifying campaign was in fact a Dutch spy, sent in to sabotage English football. The interview (shown below) is thought to have been taken when McClaren…
Paul Merson: The Soccerlens interview
Paul Merson speaks to Soccerlens about England’s chances in 2010, Alan Shearer, and why any Germany game holds special memories for him. Watching a 40-year-old Paul Merson take to the field a couple of months ago against Scotland Legends you could see, despite his lack of pace, the touch and the vision that saw him…
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