Early Leeds, late comebacks

SEPTEMBER. Summer makes a bid for an encore at Elland Road. The league tables have yet to harden, but Leeds United have started the season well.

The joy of six

A POINT of interest amid all the Wayne Rooney hoohah this evening – Manchester City created a little piece of club history. For the first time ever, there were six City players on the pitch for England at once.

Somewhere else

“Nobody in football gives a monkey’s as long as he’s winning on the pitch. He could be a mass murderer as long as he’s scoring goals.”
Max Clifford on Wayne Rooney

Second Summer

WHEN I call the former Manchester City winger Nicky Summerbee, he is in Amsterdam visiting his nine-year-old son Harley. The boy has recently moved out there with his mother, and father and son are exploring the city on a pair of hired bicycles.