by Nick Ames | Mar 6, 2017 | Sports
It was raining goals in Manchester on Tuesday but where does City’s 5-3 win over Monaco stand alongside other great Champions League nights? Dynamo Kyiv 3-3 Bayern Munich – semi-final first leg, 7 April 1999 Dynamo Kyiv’s wonderful team of the late 1990s deserved a...
by Nick Ames | Feb 20, 2017 | Sports
Arsenal’s Identity However Arsenal proceed in the summer, one of their primary considerations will be the identity the club have cultivated under Arsène Wenger. That goes far beyond the football pitch: in common with most of their direct rivals at home and abroad,...
by Nick Ames | Jan 22, 2017 | Sports
A short walk downhill from the Togo team’s hotel in Bitam, northern Gabon, a graffiti artist has been at work. “Adebayor le meilleur” – Adebayor the best – is the scrawl on the side of a breeze-blocked structure, accompanied by a telephone number. Someone is clearly...