Pitch Invasion

The Premier League unveils proposals to play ten games overseas. What does this mean for the future of football?

Manchester United Chief Executive’s house “attacked” by angry anti-Glazer protesters.

Did the Glazers mislead the government when they promised not to raise ticket prices?

Why Man Utd’s record profits aren’t something supporters should celebrate.

You may have heard Fergie’s rant about the fans at Old Trafford for the 1-0 win over Birmingham on New Year’s Day — “That was the quietest I have heard the crowd, it was like a funeral,” Ferguson said, “The players need the crowd sometimes but the atmosphere inside the ground wasn’t good.”
But what most […]

As we hurtle into 2008, Brian from The Run of Play looks at what not to care about in the coming year.

The start of a new year is traditionally a time to take stock, reassess your priorities, and decide what to focus on during the year to come. For football fans, that means figuring […]

Photo Daily’s on a seasonal break this week, but football fans don’t stop for Christmas and nor do they moderate their behaviour, as this charming photo illustrates.

Note: as Another Joe points out in the comments, one should be careful to take this photo at face value. . .
Photo credit: johndoe40 on Flickr, via the Pitch […]

Alex McLeish and Dick Advocaat go back a bit. As the latter moved upstairs from the manager’s chair to the general manager’s office at Ibrox in 2001, he recommended to Rangers Chairman David Murray that he should pluck Alex McLeish from Hibernian to take up his old job. The two have been friends ever since, […]

Editor’s note: Brian, whose own marvelous Run of Play blog you really should be sure not to miss out on, will be bringing his brand of insight and irreverance weekly to Pitch Invasion.
In light of yesterday’s sensational arrests for fraud and corruption in football (scene: Police officers in riot gear swarm through the door of […]