George Graham
14 results

Packie Bonner still keeping abreast of the game’s changes
- Soccer
- May 19, 2018, 06:00
“Then the door opens and in walks Jock Stein.” For a moment Packie Bonner is back in the Ballyraine hotel in Letterkenny. It is May in 1978 and Bonne(...)

La fin for Le Professeur: credits finally roll for Arsène Wenger
- English Soccer
- April 20, 2018, 13:28
La Fin. And so the credits finally roll. Like reaching the end of some heaving biopic, it may take a while for Arsène Wenger to feel able to shake him(...)

Champions League win with City would be Pep’s Porto moment
- English Soccer
- April 16, 2018, 20:35
You won. Fine. Now win again. Win better. Even in a moment of triumph, with his beautifully engineered seventh domestic title safely stowed away, it i(...)

Eddie Jones refuses to compromise in pursuit of World Cup glory
- International
- January 3, 2018, 09:00
Rarely has an England rugby squad enjoyed a briefer new year honeymoon than they have been permitted in 2018. Not that Eddie Jones cared about the hea(...)

Root of José Mourinho’s negativity may be that of a frustrated player
- English Soccer
- October 27, 2017, 23:00
It is a sad indication of the recent state of Liverpool that over the past couple of weeks they have seemed more significant as a test case for other(...)

Michael Walker: Time for Arsenal to ask the tough questions
- Soccer
- February 27, 2016, 08:30
It was a German managed by a French man but it said something stereotypical about English football: Arsenal versus Barcelona on Tuesday night and as t(...)

Fans frustrated but Manchester United defence on a roll
- English Soccer
- November 19, 2015, 23:00
For Manchester United, defence could prove the best way of mounting an attack on the Premier League title. After 12 games United have conceded (...)

Michael Walker: Defoe blinded by football’s bright lights
- Soccer
- August 29, 2015, 08:29
George Eastham needed help. Eastham and his wife had moved into a new club-owned house in Newcastle but the garden was a mess, the grate on the firepl(...)

Only sheep will be fleeced, promise Ministers
- Irish News
- April 9, 2014
Sheep were gambolling outside the Department of Agriculture yesterday. Did this signal the return to the days of the militant far(...)

Goodison revolution continues apace courtesy of erstwhile and envious admirers
- Soccer
- April 7, 2014, 12:09
The credit managers get for beating Arsenal is undergoing Weimar-style hyperinflation. There was a time when slamming several goals past(...)