1. Luis Suarez, Patrice Evra Racist Comment Ban: Timeline of the Entire Saga

    The Luis Suarez race comment saga looked like it was coming to its end on February 11 when Liverpool traveled to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United in the latest game of the two clubs' great rivalry...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 4 days ago 5,735 reads 59 comments

  2. HTBP Podcast: Manchester United vs Chelsea, Capello, Redknapp & Merchandise

    The Hold the BackPage Podcast returns for yet another week as Willie Gannon and Tom Fox join Neil Sherwin in a near-Earth orbit to talk about the latest Premier League action, ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 8 days ago 391 reads 0 comments

  3. Arsenal 7-1 Blackburn: 7 Things We Learned from the Gunners' Win

    Arsenal have moved back into Champions League contention after a stunning seven-goal haul against a very poor Blackburn Rovers squad at the Emirates...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 13 days ago 5,917 reads 52 comments

  4. January Transfer Window: Complete Transfer List with Key Transfers Assessed

    While the January transfer window may be nowhere near as compelling, exciting or as interesting as the summer transfer window, it is undoubtedly one of the most important parts of the season...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 16 days ago 2,749 reads 0 comments

  5. Frank Lampard Has No Future at Chelsea Under Misfiring Andre Villas-Boas

    Frank Lampard 's future at Chelsea under Andre Villas-Boas has been up for debate since the start of the season...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 1 month ago 9,398 reads 55 comments

  6. English Premier League: Team of the Year 2011

    Who have been the best players in the English Premier League during 2011? We all know there have been a number of outstanding individual displays over the past year ranging from Wayne ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 1 month ago 11,715 reads 185 comments

  7. HTBP Podcast: World Football Winners and Losers of 2011

    In the final Hold the BackPage podcast for the year, Neil Sherwin, Ger McCarthy and Willie Gannon look back at 2011 in the world of football, while the latest Premier League action also gets dissected...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 1 month ago 1,551 reads 3 comments

  8. HTBP Podcast: Liverpool and Luis Suarez Have Bill Shankly Spinning in His Grave

    The HTBP Pod focuses on the on- and off-the-pitch shenanigans in the EPL this week with a firm eye cast on Luis Suarez, Manchester City , Manchester United and poor old Steve Kean...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 1 month ago 871 reads 12 comments

  9. Gary Speed 1969-2011: Football Legend Dies at 42

    Manchester City 's great run in the Premier League and poor run in the Champions League , Robin van Persie's unbelievable form, and Lionel Messi's and Cristiano Ronaldo ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 3 months ago 837 reads 1 comments

  10. Hold the Back Page: Football Weekly Podcast: Guardian Sports Blog, Ireland, NUFC

    Not afraid to pull any punches, it’s podcast time once again as Neil Sherwin, Ger McCarthy and Willie Gannon enter light orbit around the globe and discuss the latest news from the wonderful world of football...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 3 months ago 255 reads 0 comments

  11. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney...Robin Van Persie?

    Arsenal striker Robin van Persie is in the best form of his career. So far this season, he has bagged 11 goals in 13 goals in 16 games across all competitions including 11 goals in 11 English Premier League games...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 3 months ago 11,123 reads 204 comments

  12. Hold the Back Page: World Football Weekly Podcast: Van Persie, Rooney, Terry

    With the Hold the Back Page Pod orbiting the UEFA Champions League, La Liga and the Premier League there was always going to be plenty to talk about. If anything, the Pod was actually busier than David De Gea in a Manchester Derby...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 3 months ago 597 reads 4 comments

  13. Peamount United Optimistic About Champions League Game with PSG

    Peamount United will travel to France to take on the financial might of PSG on Monday morning with the winds of hope flying their sails...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 5 months ago 78 reads 0 comments

  14. Peamount United vs. PSG Last-32 UEFA Womens Champions League

    With only 20 minutes to go before Peamount United take on Paris St Germain in the Last 32 of the UEFA Womens Champions League, excitement is building as the two teams run through ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 5 months ago 144 reads 0 comments

  15. Asamoah Gyan Transfer Leaves Sunderland, Steve Bruce Facing Relegation Battle

    The season may be just four games old, but Steve Bruce and Sunderland 's season is already on a knife edge...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 5 months ago 830 reads 7 comments

  16. Hold the Back Page Podcast: Champions League/Manchester Domination of the EPL

    The Hold the Back Page podcast is one of the best football podcasts on the Internet. Run in conjunction between Setanta Sports and Back Page Football , the podcast has rapidly ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 5 months ago 199 reads 0 comments

  17. 10 Things We Learned from Wayne Rooney vs. Kun Aguero and EPL Week 4

    Manchester United and Manchester City dominated proceedings once again as the two sides continued their own private "anything you can do..." battle as both Wayne Rooney and Kun Aguero scored hat tricks for their respective teams...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 5 months ago 2,065 reads 5 comments

  18. Interview with Australian International Football Star Richard Garcia

    "The older I get, the more I love it," says Richard Garcia when I ask if he still loves the sport he has played for nearly a lifetime...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 5 months ago 212 reads 5 comments

  19. EPL Transfer News: Each Premier League Team's Best Signing

    Transfer Deadline Day has come and gone, and as Jim White on Sky Sports News would put it, "It slammed shut at 23:00!" As ever, there were shocks and last-minute deals being forced ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 6 months ago 4,548 reads 23 comments

  20. Tottenham Transfers: 5 Last Minute Harry Redknapp Targets

    He may not like being called a "wheeler dealer," but no transfer window can go by without Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp pulling a deal out of nowhere...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 6 months ago 2,999 reads 0 comments

  21. Owen Hargreaves: Manchester United to Manchester City Via Possible Retirement

    Owen Hargreaves is to join Manchester City in one of the most dramatic and sensational transfer deals of the summer after the ex- Manchester United player is believed to ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 6 months ago 916 reads 3 comments

  22. 10 Things We Learned from Manchester V North London and EPL Week 3

    We're just three weeks into the new English Premier League season and we have already seen two of the greatest team performances of recent times, two of the worst team performances of recent times, and two clubs in crisis...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 6 months ago 14,471 reads 46 comments

  23. Alex Ferguson Defends Wenger from Arsenal Supporters Before Dealing KO Blow

    Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has leaped to the defence of his rival Arsene Wenger , and has hit out at the Arsenal manager's recent critics by saying the "work he has done is the best in Arsenal's history...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 6 months ago 1,287 reads 1 comments

  24. Wilson Palacios to Stoke City? Why Tottenham Should Not Sell Their Hidden Gem

    If rumours are to be believed, Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur have entered advanced talks about the transfer of Honduran international Wilson Palacios from White Hart Lane...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 6 months ago 1,774 reads 5 comments

  25. Samir Nasri: Manchester City Star Hits out at Arsenal's Fans and Philosophies

    Samir Nasri has left Arsenal for the cash-laden pastures of Manchester City as expected. In one of the longest running transfer deals of the summer, the French international—out ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about 6 months ago 1,293 reads 9 comments