You know it never has been easy

Whether you do or not resign

Whether you travel the breadth of extremities

Or stick to some straighter line
- Joni Mitchell, ‘Hejira’.

It has been an utterly spellbinding 12 months for us Stoke City supporters, culminating with a so-far-so-good [...] Continue Reading…

A couple of weeks ago I read an interesting commentary piece in The Times, which looked at how former players are liable to be drawn into big jobs too quickly, only to be shown the door within months when a string of poor results betrays their lack of experience.   Unsurprisingly, the article focused on Paul [...] Continue Reading…

Those of you who read my last article will realise the relevance of the title. The hens do refer to the ‘holy trinity’ of the popular Christmas song, but are dedicated not to a dead princess or lizard ruler (Jane Badler, we salute you…) Rather, to a blonde singer from the town of four [...] Continue Reading…

From this evening, The English Football Post is pleased to inform members and readers of our new Star Rating System.

Any Post (blog) you now read anywhere on our site, you will now be able to give it a rating (out of 10 stars), to let the writer know exactly what you thought of it (anonymously obviously). [...] Continue Reading…

Everton v Villa

Everton go into the game with 3 of their 4 strikers injured, Anichebe being the only one fit, while Villa also have their talisman John Carew out injured.  Villa’s last 2 matches have been 0-0 in the league, while Everton have had 1-0’s go either way. The Toffees have only scored 7 at [...] Continue Reading…

All my devoted readers will already know of my penchant for Indie music, particularly that borne out of Salford and Manchester in the early 80s. However, many will be surprised to learn that this is almost entirely at odds with my secret passion for X Factor, particularly this year. As Dermot cheekily says, it [...] Continue Reading…

In May this year Tottenham Hotspur beat off the likes of Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United to sign Crystal Palace’s 16 year old prodigy, John Bostock.  Outside the Championship (or, more accurately perhaps, South East London), Bostock was hardly a household name.  Indeed, for many, this has remained unchanged - unsurprising, given that Bostock [...] Continue Reading…

 Manchester City v Manchester United

After the 6 points taken from them last season it’s fair to say the blue half of Manchester have rattled the cage of the avid Jospeh Stalin fan who manages the red side of Manchester. City fans are still awaiting an after match comment from Ferguson after last season’s 2-1 defeat [...] Continue Reading…