Lawrie McMenemy

I WAS quite surprised to see a headline this week, that the Manchester United players had a problem I have never seen in the time I have been…

Former Southampton manager Lawrie McMenemy details who emerging England superstar Jude Bellingham reminds him of.

Many years ago, when I was involved at Southampton, I helped start off the Saints Foundation. Many years later the foundation is still thriving and…

The thing that brought all the supporters in England together this week was our performance against Scotland.

THIS time of the year, the season has been finished a while and at this stage those at the club will know who is leaving and who they want to keep.

I SUPPOSE we have to talk about numbers again – they are always a big thing in sport. There was one that impressed me more than anything after…

AS I always say, numbers are a big talking point of our beautiful game. Four Football League divisions, and the top four group and bottom three in…

SADLY, we are now out of the League Cup - but, to be fair, I wasn’t too surprised, having lost 1-0 at home to Newcastle United.

WELL, it’s a happy New Year a couple of weeks into 2023 now for manager Nathan Jones and the players, having won two games in a row.

LOOKING back to the beginning of the season, one of the outstanding football items was the fact that Chelsea, one of our biggest clubs, had been…

AS A retired manager, you often wonder where some of your ex-players are now, obviously having all retired.

WEEK-to-week club football, of course, has gone at present but there has been certain events.

ONE of the oldies in the managerial league, Roy Hodgson, who was always involved at some level in my days, is back in.

NUMBERS have been a big thing as we have said recently – with the amount of managers losing their jobs and the changeovers taking place across the…

WITH the international games taking over at present – my mind obviously goes back to my time working with Graham Taylor and England over 30 years…

I HAVE not had the pleasure of meeting Ryan Bertrand but read this week that his contract is up and the decision had been made for him to leave…

MOST games of football now provide excitement, especially when crowds are in attendance.

FOOTBALL is a game played all around the world.

I’M NOT sure how many people stayed up late enough, as I did, to watch a programme last weekend called When English Clubs Ruled Europe.

IN these recent times I think, unfortunately, there has been more negatives about our game than positives.