Flying Kiwis – September 29
Away from home it seems the Hammers can beat anyone. At Upton Park, not so much.
Away from home it seems the Hammers can beat anyone. At Upton Park, not so much.
When a team starts as well as City did, you look at what they’re doing and you wonder: how can they possibly be stopped?
In a world where inequality still runs rife, where climate change threatens and our economies are run on scales of greed and corruption... nothing gets us more riled up than a footballer getting another footballer sent off.
And now for a sentence that I never in my life thought I’d ever write...
Right… who saw this coming? Winnie and West Ham breaking Manchester City’s flawless start to the season with a 2-1 win at the Emirates.
You can always be sure that there’ll be something to talk about after Chelsea plays Arsenal.
Last week it was David Beckham getting a role in the new Guy Ritchie King Arthur film. This week it's Ronaldo and Scorsese. For real.
Well now, ain’t this just a perfect way to start a gameweek! Mourinho and Wenger, squaring off once more.
Winnie and the Hammers finally managed to turn their away form into something tangible by beating a team worse than them, dumping Newcastle 2-0 thanks to a Dimitri Payet masterclass.
Regardless of what anyone says, Manchester United vs Liverpool is still the definitive rivalry in English football.
Fans of Premier League stars like Eidur Gudjonsen and Gylfi Sigurdsson might be surprised to hear this, but Iceland has never before competed at a major tournament.
Welcome back to normality from what was a surprisingly entertaining international week.
Too much kicking and not enough passing. Too much Ballfoot and not enough Football.
Manchester United on one side, Real Madrid on the other, and poor young David De Gea stuck in between them in a brutal game of tug-of-war.