It is Tuesday afternoon in Wolverhampton city center and Monica Lopes, the owner of Aromas de Portugal, has just welcomed a couple of regular customers into…
Sol Bamba knows what the message will be from Neil Warnock as he leaves Cardiff’s home dressing room on Sunday. “Before we go out, the gaffer always reminds me…
As Jamie Vardy ushers Boris, Billy and Ralph out of the door and the sound of barking becomes more distant, the conversation inside turns to Harry Kane, Sergio…
There was a time when we used to sneer at the antics deployed by South American nations, or the histrionics on show in La Liga, wondering how supporters put up…
Mido has been talking with refreshing candor for an hour, explaining why he predicted Mohamed Salah would be 10 times as good as Raheem Sterling, accepting he…
As Carlos Carvalhal prepares to clear his desk – the fourth manager to do so at the Liberty Stadium in the space of 19 chaotic months – thoughts turn to…
From turning out for non-league Leatherhead to being released by Fulham, sleeping on a friend’s couch at Oldham and dipping into his own pocket to train at…
As Chris Mepham tells his story in the same west London hotel where Ryan Giggs asked to meet him a couple of months ago, it is tempting to wonder how…
