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Caicedo? Mac Allister?

Those matches used to happen - I can't remember when they stopped (early 70s?) but there was once a Football League team

I asked earlier where this huge revenue is going to come from and no-one has yet answered. A game in the EPL brings in approx £15m in global TV rights. I reckon a non-competitive game like this would bring in less but there may be a few million in sponsorship: the north sponsored by Britain's...

It's a good point: if Norwich and Brizzle are two of the teams promoted this year (perfectly possible) then they would presumably count as northern teams. And if Watford joined them then they too, bizarrely, would be a northern team (assuming an equal split between north and south) It's a...

Saw a wise comment on Twitter along the lines of "If Americans are so good at marketing sports, how come their team games are only played in the US and the big, global sports have little following there?" It's a valid point. Football and cricket dwarf all other teams sports, gridiron and...

Interesting reaction on Twitter: the English fans think an All-Star game is an absolutely dumb idea; American 'soccer' fans think it's great and the limeys are so stupid for not having tried it before. Personally, I can't see how it's going to be a big money raiser. A one-off exhibition match...