Tag Archives: Derby County

Typically elusive as they are, memories delight in playing tricks on us. So it is that we recall Benito Carbone as being part of the first wave of foreign players to our shores as the Premier League’s new-found riches gave it a cosmopolitan sheen. He was a novelty in that …

Salary caps and squad restrictions are seemingly ‘imminent’ in the EFL after clubs voted in favour of reducing the threshold required to change financial rules. The EFL are considering limiting the amount clubs in all three divisions can spend on player wages, alongside a potential limit of just 20 players …

The latest inductee into the 90’s Football Hall of Fame is Sheffield Wednesday icon Benito Carbone. Affectionately known as ‘Benny’, the Italian playmaker arrived at Wednesday from Internazionale in 1997 and a plate of the driest-looking pasta was immediately thrust into his face for a misguided photo shoot with then …

Paul McGrath was a football legend for Manchester United, Aston Villa and Ireland during the eighties and nineties. The Irishman, who could perform excellently in almost any position that a manager asked him to, was a star performer at two World Cups, an FA Cup winner, won two League Cups …

Football photography has managed to capture some of the most memorable and iconic moments in the sport’s history in a way that has ensured they remain imprinted on our minds forevermore. There is something enchanting and alluring about great sports photography, and football has been able to produce enough incredible …

Wayne Rooney may well be the greatest goalscorer in the history of both Manchester United and England, but he has admitted that he was never a ‘natural goalscorer’ and ‘should have scored more’. The forward, now plying his trade in the Championship with Derby County, is one of the finest …

Phil Jones has paid to tribute to ‘sporting great’ Wayne Rooney and believes the achievements of his former teammate are ‘under-appreciated’. Jones played alongside Rooney for club and country during a career that has seen the latter write his name into the history books, winning a wealth of major honours …

Wayne Rooney has labelled this weeks events surrounding footballers and their wages as a ‘disgrace’, saying that a 30 per cent wage cut shouldn’t be agreed unilaterally. There has been plenty of talk about football’s finances this week, with a number of Premier League clubs controversially placing their non-playing staff …

The best dribblers are the ones with no fears, no inhibition and love the thrill of running downhill into the opposition’s heart.  Dribbling can be a fool’s errand; running into blind alleys or straight into a defender is par for the course if you are at all hesitant about the …

Wayne Rooney has discussed his ‘transition’ from player to coach following Derby County’s FA Cup defeat to former side Manchester United. The former Manchester United captain played the entire 90 minutes as Derby were comfortably beaten 3-0 by their Premier League opponents at Pride Park, Odion Ighalo scoring twice for …