Michael Walker

Terry Venables had been sold a vision by Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale that within months collided with financial reality

The domestic league never was the problem child, Irish football has been let down by its administrators

Villa’s increasing prominence and US investors behind City can only help Birmingham, the club and place

Casement Park has been chosen to host Euro 2028 matches in Belfast, but the site is a stark reminder that Irish football remains a complex subject

The American’s playing career has taken in places as varied as Los Angeles, Zagreb and Ballybofey

Ange Postecoglou's football philosophy evokes memories of the glorious era of Bill Nicholson and Danny Blanchflower's Tottenham – discipline with flow and meaning

Club confounded by myriad issues, the latest being Mason Greenwood and United hierarchy’s approach to his ‘situation’

Were Manchester City and Pep Guardiola not so brilliant, and rich, this would be a genuinely intriguing contest

Clubs nationwide are crying out for long overdue investment in the domestic game and Connacht’s top two clubs are eager to be part of the required transformation

The first all-Manchester FA Cup final represents something old and something new and questionable, writes Michael Walker

Season 2023-24 is on the horizon and Red Devils once again require a flash of Fergusonian ambition and daring

A colourful managerial career that began at Limerick takes another twist as experienced boss snaps up a lucrative opportunity to keep club in the top flight

It’s hard to imagine the striker playing for another London club if he decides to end stay at Spurs

For such seemingly modern businessmen, club’s hierarchy came to a very old-fashioned conclusion: it’s one man, the coach, who is the problem

The Middlesbrough and Ireland defender tells Michael Walker about bio-mechanics, his advice to younger footballers and the strides being made under ambitious managers for club and country