An English Literature student, currently studying at the University of Sussex, I am ambitious to pursue journalism and publishing. I write my own football blog, http://footballtalklife.wordpress.com/. As well as this, I am a regular contributor http://clsoccer.com/ and a columnist at http://strettynews.com/.
World Cup Watch – Day 2
Round-Up: Tensions have been building off the pitch; with protests and riots over FIFA and the Brazilian government’s organisation of the World...
World Cup Watch – Day 1
In the first of what will be a daily feature, Stretty News will be taking a brief look at each night’s World Cup...
A Week In Football – No shocks and no surprises as Arsenal end trophy drought with FA Cup victory
It has been a rather predictable week in football, at least on the face of it. Atlético Madrid’s momentous claiming of their...
A Week In Football – Sunderland’s miracle escape marred by ineligible player controversy
Given recent results, it perhaps shouldn’t be surprising that Sunderland were able to steal a result against Manchester United. However, with all...
A Week In Football – Mourinho’s mind games finally payoff for Chelsea
José Mourinho’s whole career has been marked by mind games. His press conferences have become an event in themselves and have largely...
Hunt for new manager goes on, but what do United need to revamp their struggling squad?
On Tuesday the inevitable happened, David Moyes was relieved of his duties as Manchester United manager and Ryan Giggs placed in temporary...
A Week In Football part 2 – Fight for Premier League survival blown wide open
Yesterday this column took a look at the wonderfully close and intriguing battle for the title and Champions League places currently raging...
A Week In Football – Injuries cost Manchester City dear and Arsenal show signs of decline
So much of the pre-match attention had been spent on two players who may or may not be fit enough to play,...
A Week In Football – Liverpool clubs seize momentum at the top of the table
This column has been away for a couple of weeks and during that time Liverpool have drawn plaudits for not only becoming...
A Week In Football – Redemption for Ozil and Solskjær, More woe for Mel and Magath
Poor Mesut Ozil has come under quite a bit of flack recently. Having been hailed the missing link in Arsenal’s quest to...
A Week In Football – The battles for fourth and survival become a little clearer
With a little over ten games to go in this Premier League season, every point now counts that little bit more and...
A Week In Football – Mourinho’s mind games fail
For the past fortnight now, The Special One over at Chelsea has been running his mouth. Mourinho has comment on everything from...