• Ranieri’s success was a thing of the past and he was jeopardising Leicester City’s present

    The overwhelming reaction to Leicester City’s sacking of Claudio Ranieri has been anger. ‘How on earth could the club sack the Italian just months after he delivered their greatest ever success?’ It was inevitable that Leicester would have a much more mediocre season this year, the pundits argue, and...
  • Ballon D’or or Ballon snore?

    As usual, France Football have announced their thirty candidates for this year’s Ballon d’Or (full list below). Of course, the usual suspects are on the list. Favourites include Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann. However, this year’s nominations have thrown up a few surprises both in...
  • The Fairytale of the Fantastic Foxes

    In May 2008, just 8 years ago, Leicester City were relegated to the third tier of English football, scoring just 42 goals, the least from any team in the Football League Championship that season. Now they will go down in Barclays Premier League, and sporting, history. The 5000-1 outsiders for...