Tuesday, November 26, 2024

The Latest Football News and Opinions From 90 Minutes Online

The Future of Mr Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard clappingThe fact that Sir Alex Ferguson is no longer manager of Manchester United and that Frank Lampard no longer plays his football in Chelsea blue are reminders of one inevitable truth that even applies to football, nothing lasts forever. At the age of 34, Steven Gerrard is out of contract this summer. With the Liverpool captain and his club still a long way apart in contract negotiations could this be the end of Gerrard’s tenure at Anfield? And should it be?

 

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Crisis Averted

Swerve in the road

Here’s a stat for you (and after all, who doesn’t like a good football stat!?), have a look at the current Premier League table and take everyone from 4th place and below. They are ALL closer to bottom of the league QPR than they are to top of the league Chelsea. There, let that digest for a moment.

 

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AFC Bournemouth have got the Eddie know-How(e)

We all know that the Championship is a hugely competitive league and this translates to the attendance figures that it gets. Last season it maintained its position as the 4th best attended division in Europe, with an average of 16,647 fans turning up per game. And the team with the highest occupancy rate across the football league was AFC Bournemouth at 91%.

 

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England: Pointless

Pointless (courtesy of televisual.com)It seems that the England football team are going through a bit of a popularity crisis. Well, the England men’s team are anyway, but we’ll get onto that later. Can it be true? Is interest in our national team at an all-time low?

 

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Scotland look at the bigger Euro 2016 picture

Scotland v Republic of Ireland 2014

Ask any football fan within these islands (and beyond for that matter) who they consider to be the best Scottish manager of all time, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the shortlist will contain the usual suspects.  Unquestionably, and understandably, said list will feature Matt Busby, Bill Shankly, Jock Stein and, more recently, Alex Ferguson.

 

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