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Sir Alex Ferguson forecasting two-team battle at the top

18.11.09
Sir Alex Ferguson believes the Premier League will turn into a two-horse race as usual this season... more

Fergie's a bully who needs to be punished

23.10.09
How much longer should the world of football tolerate the tantrums and discourtesies of Sir Alex Ferguson? ... more

Arsene Wenger is a trophy away from joining game's elite

02.10.09
Arsene Wenger remembers the sense of disappointment and anti-climax that greeted his arrival at Arsenal... more

Sir Alex Ferguson hails 'incredible' rival Arsene Wenger

02.10.09
Sir Alex Ferguson has said Arsenal owe a huge debt of gratitude to Arsene Wenger... more

Police probe Craig Bellamy’s clash with pitch invader

21.09.09
Police have confirmed that they are investigating an incident involving Craig Bellamy at the end of the Manchester derby when the Welsh international appeared to strike a supporter who had come on to the pitch... more

Bacary Sagna happy with early season form

19.08.09
Arsenal right-back Bacary Sagna believes their impressive conquering of two difficult early-season challenges proves their desire to win trophies... more

Big names who have dropped down

22.07.09
After Sven-Goran Eriksson's surprise appointment as director of football as Notts County we look at some other examples of lower league teams springing a surprise with the appointment of a big name... more

Can soccer go socialist?

08.05.09
The Culture Secretary wants English football's Big Four to share their wealth - but he will have his work cut out to realise his ambition... more

Porn in the home - it's the nation's dirty secret

01.04.09
One thing that seems to have been lost in the media blizzard surrounding the Home Secretary's dodgy expenses claims is the nature of the "entertainment" that was charged by Richard Timney - Jacqui Smith's husband - to the taxpayers' account... more

There's only one Brian Clough

26.03.09
Michael Sheen portrays the maverick football manager Brian Clough to perfection but Peter Morgan's adaptation falls short of glory in The Damned United.... more

Paranoid United victims of their siege mentality

25.03.09
Football: Manchester United should resist the temptation to turn a drama into a crisis... more

Cracks showing as Rafa has Fergie on the ropes

23.03.09
Football: With Brian Clough posthumously restored to our thoughts by The Damned United, this seems a useful moment to recall the tightest bunch finish to a title race English football has known... more

My book wasn’t meant to be an assassination of Brian Clough

19.03.09
Writer of the moment David Peace should be celebrating after last night’s premiere of The Damned United, based on his controversial novel about the legendary manager. Instead, he tells us, he’s still trying to clear his name... more

Premier League casualties - clubs that have struggled since relegation

19.03.09
If Charlton find theselves playing League One football next season, they will face some familiar names as the football league is full of teams who have fallen from greatness. Here we look at some of the biggest names to depart the Premier League only to become lost in football ignominy ... more

The Damned fine life of Brian

18.03.09
The Damned United is a tragedy and a love story about Brian Clough, who happened to be a football manager but this isn't a football movie.... more

Top 10 transfers that never happened

15.01.09
As Manchester City's on-off transfer saga over Brazilian star Kaka continues, we take a look at some of the top transfers that fell apart...... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Path from pitch to dugout is usually full of pot-holes

08.12.08
In anticipating the latest Battle of the Boardroom Bozos at Upton Park, an enduring mystery rears its head once again... more

Few options for Duffield to catch his falling Star

18.11.08
It is tempting to say that the announcement to the City last Friday from New Star Asset Management is the worst that John Duffield has ever had to put his name to - but he's had a few lately that are competitive.... more

Capello the alchemist is turning us into pure gold

17.10.08
Matthew Norman wonders if Fabio Capello could be the new Brian Clough, whether Sachin Tendulkar's record will ever be beaten, and what effect the credit crunch will have on London 2012... more

Film

08.10.08
Given the financial hurricane that devasted the City last month, that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for British film and our leading directors and actors ... more

Gorby has a lot to answer for as football loses its soul

05.09.08
Many people might be held accountable for the transformation of domestic football into a bamboozling madhouse, but Matthew Norman blames Mikhail Gorbachev... more

The Life of Brian: £5million movie on 'Old Big Ead' Clough

21.06.08
A £5million movie based on the life of the late, great football manager Brian Clough has begun shooting in time for its cinema release next year. Actor Michael Sheen takes the role of the man nicknamed 'Old Big Ead'.... more

Fergie sets sights on doing it again

23.05.08
How the greatest manager in the world is planning next season before his achievements in Moscow have even sunk in... more

The stage is set for Grant to finally take the lead role

22.04.08
The Chelsea boss has had a rough ride since replacing Mourinho, yet he now stands on the verge of surpassing his predecessor... more

'I'll help to end the f***ing disgrace that is Heathrow'

27.03.08
Whoever said "it is better to travel than to arrive" never went to Heathrow on a bank holiday weekend... more

Wenger is setting the tone for Arsenal's distasteful petulance

18.02.08
One of the immutable laws of football states that any team will assume the character of a long-established manager.... more

And next year's winners will be ...

15.02.07
The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes.... more

The queen and I

08.02.07
He took home an Evening Standard film award this week and is up for 10 Oscars, yet Stephen Frears isn't sure why his royal drama is such a hit. Maybe because it's about British dottiness, he says.... more

The man who rewrites history

27.10.06
Peter Morgan is Britain's hottest television, film and stage writer. His brilliance is in imagining the private conversations of the power players. Just don't call it docudrama, he says.... more

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