In the midst of all the euphoria and emotion surrounding Chelsea over the last 48 hours or so, there has been a steady stream of mixed messages coming...
Chelsea paraded the European Cup through the streets of West London on Sunday — marking the first occasion that England's capital has become home to t...
As Didier Drogba made the lonely walk from the halfway line to a penalty area inhabited by the imposing frame of Manuel Neuer and loomed over by a tee...
At 7.45pm this evening, when Chelsea's players emerge from the tunnel to a cacophony of noise at Munich's Allianz Arena, it is not just the weight of ...
JT: 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 Muni...
When King Kenny Dalglish abdicated as Liverpool manager in February 1991, a number of distraught supporters desperately contacted police headquarters ...
Roy 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...
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 filt...
As the sheer mind-bending ridiculousness of this season in the Premier League finally starts to settle in the minds of fans everywhere, few phrases su...
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 Braves...
When 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. A...
A 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 demonstrative...
In 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 ...
The 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...
Has 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...
There has quite possibly never been a day in human history when the word 'Manchester' has been spoken and written so frequently as yesterday. A signif...
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 ...
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, t...
When Manchester City lost at Arsenal on three weeks ago, it was widely declared that this season's title race was over. After that 1-0 defeat for City...
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. Manchest...
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...
Whatever the men on TV might have you believe, we all know the notion of supporting English clubs in the Champions League is vastly outmoded. If you'r...
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...
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 swu...
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 s...
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 an...
On Monday, Early Doors made the big, controversial call of announcing that the Premier League title race is all but over after Manchester United opene...
"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 ...
There are certain unspoken truths in football that cannot usually be voiced by pundits, players or managers. One is that arguably the most thrilling, ...
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...
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...
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 reac...
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 drop...
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 ...
Wasn't the Newcastle bubble supposed to have burst by now? When the Magpies were third in the table earlier in the season, unbeaten after 11 games, ev...
At 5pm on Saturday, three things are likely to happen: Early Doors will be beset with a mild yet growing panic about what to do with the rest of its w...
There is a rather astounding rumour doing the rounds in football that when Venky's purchased Blackburn Rovers they were completely unaware of the exis...
There is a rather astounding rumour doing the rounds in football that when Venky's purchased Blackburn Rovers they were completely unaware of the exis...
It scarcely seemed possible early on Saturday evening, when the TV cameras pulled away from the horrifying scenes unfolding at White Hart Lane, and th...
Shorn of the manager whom had come to represent a barrier to their hopes of silverware, Chelsea's insurrectionary pensioners enjoyed a slice of vindic...
When Robert Di Matteo was hired to be Andre Villas-Boas's assistant at Chelsea last June, he must have had an inkling that this would happen. The Ital...
A famous Liverpool manager once declared his preference for fact over conjecture. So, here are some facts about Liverpool's season (first three from O...
At 20 to four yesterday, this Manchester City fan confirmed what Early Doors has long suspected - it's not much fun supporting a good football team. A...
It would take the hardest of hearts not to find Athletic Bilbao's extraordinary win over Manchester United just a little bit inspiring. Not because of...
Pride. Valiance. Heroism - there are few more backhanded compliments in sport. Those and many more such attributes were lavished upon Arsenal followin...
