1. 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 over 1 year ago 884 reads 1 comments

  2. 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 over 1 year ago 299 reads 0 comments

  3. 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 over 1 year ago 12,285 reads 204 comments

  4. 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 over 1 year ago 639 reads 4 comments

  5. 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...

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  6. 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 over 1 year ago 302 reads 0 comments

  7. 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 over 1 year ago 879 reads 7 comments

  8. 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 ...

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  9. 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 over 1 year ago 2,122 reads 5 comments

  10. 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 over 1 year ago 315 reads 5 comments

  11. 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 over 1 year ago 4,622 reads 23 comments

  12. 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 over 1 year ago 3,019 reads 0 comments

  13. 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 over 1 year ago 935 reads 3 comments

  14. 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 over 1 year ago 14,489 reads 46 comments

  15. 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 over 1 year ago 1,467 reads 1 comments

  16. 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 over 1 year ago 1,808 reads 5 comments

  17. 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 over 1 year ago 1,311 reads 9 comments

  18. Joey Barton: QPR Set to Sign Player from Newcastle on Free Transfer

    Queens Park Rangers seem to have pulled off something of a major coup after Joey Barton confirmed that he is to have a medical in Shepards Bush on Wednesday night after Newcastle United and Rangers came to an agreement over the midfielder...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about almost 2 years ago 1,110 reads 1 comments

  19. Premier League Predictions: Champions, Top 4 and Relegation

    The 2011-12 Premier League season is already promising to be one of the most exciting of all time. For the first time ever there are six teams who could actually win the title, and ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about almost 2 years ago 1,160 reads 8 comments

  20. Cesc Fabregas, Wenger and Guardiola Sing Pink Floyd for Barcelona Transfer

    The Cesc Fabregas Arsenal/Barcelona love triangle/transfer saga which has run for nigh on three years now finally looks to have come to an end...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about almost 2 years ago 1,378 reads 2 comments

  21. English Premier League Preview 2011-'12: Arsenal May Struggle To Stay Top 4

    Under normal circumstances the old Gunners' cry of "this will be our year" would be on the tips of many Arsenal fans' tongues...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about almost 2 years ago 8,094 reads 230 comments

  22. EPL Debate: Manchester City's Etihad Stadium Deal Evading Financial Fair Play?

    Liverpool 's managing director Ian Ayre has joined up with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Liverpool's owner John W. Henry in criticising Manchester City 's recent £400 million sponsorship deal with Etihad Airlines...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about almost 2 years ago 1,537 reads 19 comments

  23. English Premier League Changes Its "Weakened Teams" Rule

    Premier League clubs have voted to change the rules regarding "weakened teams" in competitive EPL matches...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about almost 2 years ago 1,989 reads 22 comments

  24. Bayern Munich to Sign Up Tranmere Rovers WunderKind Dale Jennings

    While the world and its sister watches Cesc Fabregas and his on/off Arsenal/Barcelona transfer with the kind of scrutiny one could associate with a microscope, Tranmere youngster ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about almost 2 years ago 1,125 reads 7 comments

  25. Robbie Keane Biography: 14 Years of a Legend Being Taken for Granted

    To say that Robbie Keane is much maligned would be something of an understatement. The ex-Leeds, ex- Inter Milan , ex- Liverpool and quite possibly the soon to be ex-Spurs striker ...

    Willie Gannon Written by Willie Gannon about almost 2 years ago 6,242 reads 26 comments