Anyone interested in the collapse of Rangers will by now have come across the blog at rangerstaxcase.com, where an anonymous Celtic supporter has spent nearly two years explaining why the financial problems facing Rangers were much more serious than you might think had you been following the story through the mainstream media.

The multiple apologies issued by Liverpool FC employees on Sunday must have come as a relief to the majority of the club’s fans.

John Terry has suffered the humiliation of being stripped of the England captaincy for a second time, and he may yet be forced by circumstances to rule himself out of representing his country at Euro 2012.

There is a lot to admire about Tony Pulis, a serious guy who is focused on his work, who is not interested in being a star, who only changes into a suit for his post-match press conference and then does that conference standing up, the better to make a quick exit.

Manchester United’s point at Stamford Bridge may have felt almost like a win, but this was probably the weekend when the balance of the title race tipped in favour of Manchester City.

The January window brings back into focus the issue of scouting and how to tell whether a player you are thinking about buying is worth the risk.

WHEN Real Madrid lost again to Barcelona last week, the difficulty of Jose Mourinho’s task there became grimly apparent.

THE last minute of the game at the Emirates and Arsenal fans who have made for the exits can’t quite bring themselves to leave.

KENNY DALGLISH’S flaming of his hapless Liverpool players is long overdue. For months now their failure to deliver has forced Dalglish into ever more agonised public contortions as he tries to defend them.

WE ALL knew Giovanni Trapattoni wouldn’t want to look at any new players before Euro 2012, but it was still a little disappointing to hear him confirm it on Friday.