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Early Doors 2012-05-18 10:39
Chelsea better off without Terry

Chelsea better off without TerryJT: Captain, Leader, Legend So says the banner at Stamford Bridge, and the great man's latest act of remarkable self-sacrifice will bear fruit in Munich tomorrow night. You see, despite his waning powers, John Terry simply cannot get himself dropped. … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-17 11:15
What now for Liverpool?

What now for Liverpool?When King Kenny Dalglish abdicated as Liverpool manager in February 1991, a number of distraught supporters desperately contacted police headquarters for reassurance that the rumours were not true; his confirmed exit from Anfield would, according to the Daily Express at … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-16 10:33
Early Doors picks the England team

Early Doors picks the England teamRoy Hodgson names his England squad today after less than three days in the job full-time, proving beyond all doubt that international management is a doddle. Actually, it's only a doddle if you've got the players to carry you serenely … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-15 11:09
The Doorsie Awards!

The Doorsie Awards!With another Premier League season in the can (a contender for Sky's close-season slogan), it is time for Early Doors to blow the cobwebs off its filthy dinner jacket and substitute safety pins for cufflinks. It's time for ED's legendary … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-14 10:27
City… bloody hell

City… bloody hellAs the sheer mind-bending ridiculousness of this season in the Premier League finally starts to settle in the minds of fans everywhere, few phrases sum it up better than: "Football... bloody hell." It was a line famously coined by Manchester … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-11 10:57
Are you ready for Seismic Sunday?

Are you ready for Seismic Sunday?In a performance fit to rival that of Colin Firth's character in The King's Speech, Phil Brown summoned all the gravitas he could muster, took charge of a microphone and spoke to a spellbound nation. Summoned onto Sky Sports News … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-10 11:33
Atletico and Europa League find credibility in each other

Atletico and Europa League find credibility in each otherSadly, last night's Europa League final did not quite live up to expectations. It was a shame for the competition, which has provided such excitement in its latter stages this season. It felt as if those who had followed the … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-09 10:51
Is this the end for John Terry?

Is this the end for John Terry?John Terry had himself quite an evening at Anfield, didn't he? Three times in the first half the erstwhile England skipper and reigning World's Bravest Man was nutmegged - twice by Luis Suarez and once by Andy Carroll. The last … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-08 10:09
A clucking mess

A clucking messWhen a chicken (yes, an actual chicken) ends up in the net, but the ball does not, you know it is a fittingly shambolic way to seal your relegation. Amid chaotic scenes at Ewood Park, Blackburn lost their must-win game … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-07 10:45
City snatch supremacy from United

City snatch supremacy from UnitedWhen you have waited 44 long and frequently traumatic years to win the league title - a lifetime that encompasses a spell in the depths of the third tier - six days hardly represent an eternity. And six little days … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-06 10:03
FA Cup glory adds to Di Matteo’s compelling case

FA Cup glory adds to Di Matteo’s compelling caseA few minutes after he had got his hands on the FA Cup, Didier Drogba draped one arm around Roberto Di Matteo and with the other pointed demonstratively and enthusiastically at Chelsea's caretaker manager, as if to say "this is … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-04 11:15
All or nothing for Liverpool at Wembley

All or nothing for Liverpool at WembleyIn the hyperbolic world of English football there is always a rush to identify a "must-win" game, but it is no exaggeration to state that Liverpool's entire season rests on Saturday's FA Cup final. After a campaign beset by controversy, … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-03 10:30
Cisse suspends belief with glorious goal

Cisse suspends belief with glorious goalThe very best goals, the ones that really leave a mark, force you to temporarily suspend belief for just a second as they find their way into the back of the net. Goals like Dennis Bergkamp's pirouette against Newcastle or … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-02 11:03
Roy’s not a comedian, he’s an international football manager

Roy’s not a comedian, he’s an international football managerHas there ever been a press conference unveiling a new football manager which featured so many questions about the guy that didn't get the job? As Roy Hodgson took his place in front of the media alongside his new Club … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-05-01 10:21
Manchester City’s derby win means nothing yet

Manchester City’s derby win means nothing yetThere has quite possibly never been a day in human history when the word 'Manchester' has been spoken and written so frequently as yesterday. A significant percentage of that potential record came from Jim White, Sky Sports News' hyperactive cheerleader-in-chief … Continue reading →


Early Doors 2012-04-30 10:57
Does Tevez hold the key for City?
Big football stories are like Fernando Torres goals: you can go ages without one and then, suddenly, you can't seem to move for them. Just as editors of Monday's football pullouts were putting the finishing touches to their 10th page … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-27 11:27
Guardiola deserves a break, not the England job
Today could well mark the end of an era, if reports claiming Barcelona head coach Pep Guardiola is to announce his departure from the club are to be believed. Many sources are claiming that the 41-year-old will use a press … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-26 10:45
The final that no one expected
After 210 minutes of absorbing, exhausting, exhilarating football, the Champions League this week delivered, with wonderful unpredictability, the final that absolutely no one expected. Prior to the start of this week a bold prediction would have stated that one of … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-25 11:21
10 brave Blues, one silly boy
When David Beckham was savaged by the tabloid press after his red card for kicking out at Diego Simeone in the 1998 World Cup - with headlines including the inaccurately rehashed one above - his petulance cost his team their … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-24 10:39
Chelsea face Barca at their most desperate
Chelsea travel to the Nou Camp this evening with Barcelona in a state they have not been in for some time: desperation. In relative terms, at least, the European champions host the Blues in the second leg of their Champions … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-23 11:15
United counting cost of Vidic absence
When Manchester City lost at Arsenal three weeks ago, it was widely declared that this season's title race was over. After that 1-0 defeat at the Emirates it seemed that Manchester United were shoo-ins for an unprecedented 20th English league … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-20 16:57
Parking the bus gives Chelsea a chance
When Jose Mourinho first introduced the phrase "parking the bus" to the English language he did so in a derogatory tone, bemoaning the overly negative approach taken by Tottenham in a match against his Chelsea side in 2004. It was … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-20 16:57
England need to get real for Euros
Joe Hart talks as good a game as he plays, but his belief that England can win the European Championships is as dangerous as it is misguided. Manchester City goalkeeper Hart is one of the few English players who can … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-18 10:21
Chelsea-Barcelona: Who to support?
Whatever the men on TV might have you believe, we all know the notion of supporting English clubs in the Champions League is as outmoded as a powdered wig. If you're going to back a Premier League side in Europe, … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-17 10:57
Arsenal feel ground beneath them move
Early Doors loves a crazy statistic, especially when it is alarming but encapsulates a solid truth. Like, for example, that only Jose Enrique has made more tackles in the league this season among the Liverpool squad this season than Lucas … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-16 10:15
Has goal-line technology debate crossed the line?
As the ball stopped agonisingly short of the line, and Martin Atkinson blew his whistle for a goal, several things happened. The FA Cup semi-final swung emphatically towards the way of Chelsea. Tottenham threw their hands up at the injustice … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-13 10:45
Is Comolli a scapegoat for Dalglish failure?
ED is the first to admit that its 'exclusive sources' are dubious at best, but it did hear some weeks ago that Kenny Dalglish had all-but decided to step aside in the summer, apparently disillusioned with the nature of modern … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-12 11:21
Where would Wigan be without Martinez?
In this day and age it is hard to find a genuine first in the English top flight. It's especially difficult to do so without the rather significant and arbitrary caveat that is the phrase "in the Premier League era", … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-11 10:39
FA in the dock over decisions
Early Doors expects you are aware - if you will excuse the vulgarity so early on a Wednesday morning - of the concept of the s**t sandwich. In practice this rather evocative phrase means to deliver a piece of bad … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-10 11:15
Fourth is where the fun’s at
On Monday, Early Doors made the big, controversial call of announcing that the Premier League title race is all but over after Manchester United opened up an eight-point gap over Manchester City at the top of the table. This morning, … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-09 10:33
It’s over
"It's better to burn out than to fade away." Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Kurt Cobain quoted the above lyric in his suicide note, and celebrity Manchester City fan Noel Gallagher often performs the song … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-06 11:03
All hail the reign of Spain
At a time when Spain's economy is causing global investors to break out into a cold sweat and bark furiously into their phones while wiping caviar off their braces, it is at least comforting that in football terms its stock … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-05 10:21
Chelsea driven by Barca revenge
There are certain unspoken truths in football that cannot usually be voiced by pundits, players or managers. One is that arguably the most thrilling, exciting sight at a game is a punch-up. When fists start swinging, commentators quickly tell us … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-04 10:57
Barcelona are Federer – where’s Djokovic?
Is it just Early Doors that felt its attention drifting as Barcelona pulped Milan last night? There is only so much pleasure you can take from watching somebody push at an open door. The first leg was compelling simply because … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-03 10:15
Valencia wings United closer to title
Fans of Manchester United at Ewood Park had plenty of reasons to be cheerful last night. Recent dispatches gave them the excuse to take a favoured old chant about Patrick Vieira out of mothballs, which they did with relish. The … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-04-02 10:18
What now for Dalglish and Liverpool?
If a single snapshot could be said to encapsulate just how far Liverpool have regressed as a club in this waking nightmare of a season, then surely it came with 10 minutes remaining of their 2-0 loss at Newcastle - … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-03-30 10:48
Only wins can save City now
The symbolism was just too potent for The Sun to ignore: Roberto Mancini pedalling away on his little bike as a red juggernaut loomed ominously behind him, ready to overtake and then speed away into the distance. As an image … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-03-29 11:24
BBC row proves City are a big club
ED was left bemused by the reaction of the Twittersphere in the wake of Manchester City's decision to ban BBC journalist Dan Roan. The diva-esque reaction came after executive Patrick Vieira took issue with the manner in which he was … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-03-28 10:42
Di Matteo starting to make his mark
When things are going for you as a manager, they really go for you. Just ask Roberto Di Matteo. A little more than a month ago, Andre Villas-Boas dropped several senior Chelsea players to the bench for the Champions League … Continue reading →
Early Doors 2012-03-27 11:18
Mistakes don’t just happen at Old Trafford
Michael Oliver is one of the best referees in the Premier League. He may only be 27 years old, but he has risen through the divisions on merit to the point where he is now a fully-fledged FIFA official. The … Continue reading →
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