David Mellor

04.09.09

FIFA's tame disciplinary court's judgment on the signing of Gael Kakuta is an attack not just on Chelsea but on the entire Premier League. It has...
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06.05.09

Football: It was over before it really began. After 11 minutes Arsenal were finished and there's a lesson here for Chelsea facing a trio of Barcelona...
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29.04.09

Football: How could Chelsea, doing what they did in the Nou Camp, perform so badly against also-rans like Spurs and Everton?

22.04.09

Football: I have two problems with the FA Cup semi-finals; they shouldn't have been at Wembley, and the pitch is awful

08.04.09

Football: Just as Sir Alex Ferguson was snarling "pathetic" at questions about Cristiano Ronaldo going to Real Madrid, Lazio were attacking United for...
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01.04.09

Football: Are Arsenal about to fall victim to a foreign predator after Danny Fiszman sold a third of his shares to American investtor Stan Kroenke?

25.03.09

Football: Manchester United should resist the temptation to turn a drama into a crisis

18.03.09

Football: Do the Football Association and the Premier League think it's all over, now that West Ham have settled with Sheffield United over the Carlos...
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11.03.09

Football: The Mumbai attacks mean any game between India and Pakistan will be full of tension, or worse

04.03.09

Cricket: The Pakistan public love cricket and depriving them of watching their team compete anywhere is an effective way of making clear what a pariah...
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25.02.09

Football: It's never over till it's over, of course. But most of us know despite there being a dozen games to go, the Premier League is under lock and...
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20.02.09

Lord’s has been left embarrassed by its association with Sir Allen Stanford — but the chairman of the ECB should not be allowed to resign

18.02.09

Cricket: Sir Allen Stanford's public humiliation is a serious blow to the credibility of the England Cricket Board, and particularly to their newly...
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11.02.09

Football: Now that the dust has settled, do I feel any better about the removal of Big Phil Scolari than I did yesterday? No I do not

10.02.09

Football: The idea Big Phil was to blame is a nonsense — an absent landlord, yes men and the players must also share the guilt

04.02.09

The unseemly scramble we witnessed at the end of the transfer window is not the way football should do its business

28.01.09

Is the FA Cup in terminal decline?  It's hard not to think so, when not only the Big Four but other Premier League sides make it clear that League...
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21.01.09

Hats off to Kaka. He may be a bit weird but his decision to snub £500,000 a week in order to stay loyal to the club that made him is a shining beacon...
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14.01.09

May the force be with Chelsea at Southend tonight because on Sunday's evidence the FA Cup looks the only piece of silverware they have the remotest...
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07.01.09

News that William Hill have suspended betting on Luiz Felipe Scolari's future at Chelsea following a rush of bets he's the next Premier League manager...
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