IN October 2012, a mutual friend introduced Pep Guardiola to Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest chess player of all time. Guardiola was on a sabbatical between his job at Barcelona and his eventual move to Bayern Munich, and during their first dinner in New York,...
On this week’s AFQ Football, the panel discuss the fallout from the weekend’s results for Liverpool and Manchester City. To get stuck into that and the rest of your questions, Andy Heaton is joined by Gareth Roberts, Lizzi Doyle, Mike Kearney and Phil...
SOMETIMES, the best players in the game are most conspicuous by their absence. It evokes a sense of loss on a football pitch, so profound that the person and their presence can still be felt despite the fact they cannot grace the occasion. Mohamed Salah in Kyiv is a...
Manchester City and United may be looking to do some business in the January window, but do their problems run deeper than they may seem to? Joining Rob Gutmann to discuss and run the rule over both Manchester clubs is Gareth Roberts, Josh Sexton, Fuad Hasan and Tim...
ANYONE who was at Leicester on Boxing Day will tell you that there was great joy in bloodying the noses of Jamie Vardy and his mates. On top of that though, there was also the opportunity to inform their merry band of (literally) Middle Englanders that we are...
“DO not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention.” (L. R. Knost) “When the call came in autumn 2015, I felt we were perfect for each other. If anything, now I feel I...
THE many differences between Klopp’s and Guardiola’s tactics have been spoken and written about for as long as recent memory serves. The Spanish style of tiki taka and the German gegenpressing, which define what both managers do about as well as the UK has defined its...
THIS is all about small margins. With the clock ticking down to a disappointing climax on Saturday, Manchester City finally took the lead against Southampton. Meanwhile, 70 miles south on the M6, Liverpool were behind and struggling to overturn a 1-0 deficit. A...
TO the more experienced Liverpool supporter there remains a level of bemusement about Manchester City and their current football swagger. As much as they try to walk the walk – and both team and manager are quite clearly among the best – the whole ‘we belong among the...
Who will impress on the opening weekend of the Premier League? There’s some tasty fixtures for the first week after a busy summer transfer window. Neil Atkinson is alongside Ian Ryan, Paul Hogan and Adam Smith to preview all of the weekend’s action on this...
