All news by author: Dave Kidd

AFTER 95 minutes of excruciating shambles, England were heading home from these Euros in disgrace.Then, just a couple of minutes of football later, Ga

IF you need a decent dose of perspective about England’s progress at the Euros, listen to Cole Palmer.When Chelsea’s main man was just 12 years ol

FOOTBALL hasn’t come home yet — but opportunity keeps knocking loudly on the front door for Gareth Southgateand England.Southgate is rarely

GARETH SOUTHGATE has the best players in the Premier League, the Bundesliga and La Liga at his disposal.And yet England still couldn’t defeat a team

HARRY KANE has launched a bullish defence of his own form and fitness.The England skipper and all-time record scorer has been widely criticised for su

GARETH SOUTHGATE defended Phil Foden by hailing the under-fire England star’s ‘unsexy’ graft.Boss Southgate held a team meeting to help Three Li

KOBBIE MAINOO is such a confident and composed individual that you ­cannot imagine him losing his cool.Asked by a potty-mouthed journalist from one o

PHIL FODEN and his ­partner visited a mystic for a tarot-card reading before the Euros.Psychic medium Chloe Smith wouldn’t divulge exactly what she

WE used to compare Jude Bellingham to other English footballers.To Wayne Rooney in 2004, to Paul Gascoigne in 1990.But now we’re beyond

WELL, there’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that we will soon be experiencing the blessed sound of bagpipes retreating into th

JURGEN KLINSMANN knowsmore than most about the fierce footballing rivalry between England and his homeland.The legendary German goal machine hel

JUST as England were dreaming about emulating 1966 and all that, here was a horrific reprise of 2016 instead.Gareth Southgate’s men, favourite

FEW people played a greater role than Ken Bates in revolutionising and globalising English football.During his controversial 21-year reign as chairman

WHILE manager of Galatasaray in 1996, Graeme Souness celebrated a cup final victory over Fenerbahce by planting his club’s flag in the centre circl

MAYBE it’s the sheer weight of history, maybe it’s supreme self-confidence, maybe it’s black magic from the men in white.But when Old Big Ears i

WEST BROM’S team of 1998-99 may seem an unlikely breeding ground for future Chelsea managers.But Enzo Maresca is following in the footsteps of his

HERE, in what was likely to be his last match as Manchester United manager, was Erik ten Hag’s ‘football bloody hell!’ moment.In one of th

WHEN Jurgen Klopp announced his Liverpool departure plan back in January, Roberto De Zerbi was installed as second favourite to succeed him.When the f

IF ever a fight demanded a rematch, then it was this instant classic.Even the clamour for an all-British duel between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua wi

TYSON FURY’S unbeaten record was ground to dust in the Saudi desert.Ukrainian warrior Oleksandr Usyk outpointed Fury to become the first undisputed

THESE are likely to be a historic couple of weeks for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City machine.But before they could complete an unprecedented

THIS is what Manchester United supporters used to recognise as ‘Squeaky Bum Time’ back in the era when they were involved in title races.On a tens

THE hallmark of champions, so they say, is the ability to win matches while not playing at your peak.So what of a team who lead 3-0 at half-time, away

JURGEN KLOPP was genuinely surprised to hear it, on the January day when he announced his intention to quit Liverpool at the end of the season.It was

AS an image to symbolise the arrogance, excess and utter crassness of the Premier League, it could not have been more cruel or more perfect.Here was a