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2010 Will Be England's Last Chance to Win The World Cup For A Decade

In just under 11 months, Fabio Capello will be tasked with selecting the nation's best 23 players to represent the country at the biggest tournament in world football...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about 3 months ago 301 reads 33 comments
What Do Overambitious Boo Boys at Arsenal Expect of Their Average Team?

In the 2003-04 season Arsenal finished the year as the champions of England in a sensational campaign that saw them finish on 90 points without losing a single game...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about 9 months ago 361 reads 35 comments
The Underestimated Importance of Football Agents

For some, the roles of agents have grown increasingly fundamental to football and the value of their importance helps to make the sport the billion pound industry it is across the world today...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 912 reads 36 comments
Ramos, Comoli, & Poyet Make Way for Redknapp in Tottenham Clearout

Tottenham Hotspur are in crisis after sacking Juande Ramos, Damien Comolli, and Gus Poyet just hours before a crucial match against Bolton. Spurs appointed Portsmouth's Harry Redknapp as a successor...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 217 reads 13 comments
Professional Football: Chasing An Impossible Dream?

Over 13 million people play football outside of the professional game in the UK. For some of them, the possibility of professional contracts with professional clubs is a very real possibility...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 955 reads 38 comments
Sky Sports to Lose Premier League Rights to ESPN in 2009?

The Premiership is the most lucrative football league on the globe, right? So it will come as no surprise that television companies across the world are currently lining up to bid hundreds ...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 2,794 reads 44 comments
Was Selling Ruud Van Nistelrooy Really Sir Alex Ferguson's Biggest Mistake?

Ruud Van Nistelrooy is arguably one of the most prolific strikers ever to grace Old Trafford, and his goal scoring record for Manchester United sits amongst the most celebrated legends of the club...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 1,661 reads 40 comments
Manchester City: Why It's Already Going Wrong

Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim has become the new face of Manchester City's inevitable revolution, following the takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group (ABUG)...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 1,162 reads 65 comments
Wayne Rooney: The Player the World Thought He Would Be?

In 2002, a 16-year-old Wayne Rooney shot to super stardom as the most exciting teenage footballing talent the world had seen since Pele...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 743 reads 28 comments
Player Power: What is all the Fuss About?

Many are aware of the highly publicized football news items this summer, about want-away professionals turning down contracts, not training hard enough, and even threatening to strike in a bid to move to their desired clubs...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 483 reads 14 comments
Chelsea FC: A Disaster Waiting to Happen?

Since the arrival of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich at Chelsea in 2003, and chief executive Peter Kenyon in 2004, I've long been sceptical about the club's ambitious desire to become a commercial power house and a global brand around the world...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 1,716 reads 9 comments
West Ham United: Could They Have Been among the Best in Europe?

In 2001 Upton Park was home to a group of the most talented youngsters British football had seen—arguably the best since Manchester United's youthful talent in the mid-'90s that included Scholes, Giggs, and Beckham among others...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 1,059 reads 6 comments
So It's 2008 and Pele Is Still the Best Football Player to Date?

Legends. It's a word bandied about a lot in the world of football today, about retired veterans and memorable players...

Written by Ricky O'Neal about about 1 year ago 706 reads 21 comments

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Ricky O'Neal Article Archive

2010 Will Be England's Last Chance to Win The World Cup For A Decade

What Do Overambitious Boo Boys at Arsenal Expect of Their Average Team?

The Underestimated Importance of Football Agents

Ramos, Comoli, & Poyet Make Way for Redknapp in Tottenham Clearout

Professional Football: Chasing An Impossible Dream?

Sky Sports to Lose Premier League Rights to ESPN in 2009?

Was Selling Ruud Van Nistelrooy Really Sir Alex Ferguson's Biggest Mistake?

Manchester City: Why It's Already Going Wrong

Wayne Rooney: The Player the World Thought He Would Be?

Player Power: What is all the Fuss About?

Chelsea FC: A Disaster Waiting to Happen?

West Ham United: Could They Have Been among the Best in Europe?

So It's 2008 and Pele Is Still the Best Football Player to Date?

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