Tag: Lee Carsley

  • Some class, some crass and some undone by the final pass

    Some class, some crass and some undone by the final pass

    SIDELINE CUTS -35 Rep. Of Ireland…0 England…2 It had to happen, didn’t it? Not so much that England won, that much was a given before a ball was kicked. But, in another way, so too were the chances of Declan Rice and/or Jack Grealish – two Irishmen who jumped ship on a glory hunt which…

  • Two CC’s of shocks as magic of the Cup lives on

    There’s shaky old footage on YouTube of Manchester United defeating Northampton Town 8-2 in the FA Cup of 1970. On a pitch that, while it may not have resembled a ploughed field, definitely had the top worked down on it. That, however, didn’t stop George Best from setting a record by netting six times over…