The Football Times

The Football Times

Sunday, 8 May 2016

How do Arsenal create a title resurgence?

It has been far too long now that Arsenal, one of the most followed football clubs on the planet, have had their domination in the football world. Often regarded as some sort of threat to the Premier League title, the North Londoners have failed to live up to mark of their fans' expectations as their consistency and stability of good form never seems to endure for more than 4 or 5 months.




There are a lot of major concerns where an instant improvement is required if Arsenal are to get back on the horse and redeem their faith of the ‘Gooners’. To begin with, an immediate set of changes are needed in their rigid transfer policy.

Whilst names upon names of talented players from around Europe and elsewhere are always linked with a move to the Emirates Stadium during the summer transfer window, only a very rare number of players are actually recruited. It was speculated in the past that Stan Kroenke,

Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Manchester United to have a different look next season

There has been much speculation about the former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss taking over at Manchester United from his former apprentice, Louis van Gaal. The entire plot began earlier this mid-season, when the Red Devils were in unfortunate form during the week of Christmas. José Mourinho was sacked at the time by Chelsea and it was reported he’d be replacing van Gaal, with whom the United fans had been very disappointed.

United’s chief executive, Ed Woodward, supportive of van Gaal throughout the season,

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

West Brom and Delhi Dynamos team up to develop football in India

Officials of West Brom and Delhi Dynamos at the launch of their initiative
The two clubs will be collaborating with the UK Trade and Industry, the New Delhi government and the University of Wolverhampton in taking football to children as part of what is called the ‘Pass It Forward’ initiative. The Pass It Forward initiative will build on work the club have been doing in the Delhi area for the past few years. This program is expected to spread out to more than 2,000 schools in the wider region.




A group of selective students

Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Indian Prime Minister discusses FIFA U17 World Cup

As the whole nation of India is busy promoting the beautiful game and trying to get global attention in the sport, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the FIFA U-17 World Cup that is set to kick-off in India next year on his national talk show ‘Mann Ki Baat’ (The Mind’s Opinion).


The Prime Minister addressed the Indian people on the need and importance of growth of different sports in India and that football is one the popularity of which is growing day by day. After getting an overwhelming response in the first two seasons of the Indian Super League and hosting the Premier League’s themed fan park, Barclays Premier League Live

Saturday, 26 March 2016

Chelsea would be wrong to let go of Guus Hiddink

After a disastrous start to the season, Chelsea acquired the services of Guus Hiddink for the second time in order to sort out their campaign. Though there has been no official confirmation from the club, it seems that Hiddink will by replaced by Italy manager Antonio Conte after the European Championship is concluded.


Hiddink’s first stint at Chelsea came after the sacking of Luiz Felipe Scolari in 2009. Juggling his duties with the Blues with his job as Russia manager, he stay in London was a short one, as he departed at the end of the season. He enjoyed success during his short stay at Stamford Bridge, winning the FA Cup, whilst restoring Chelsea to a respectable position in the league. Meanwhile, Russia had failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.

Thursday, 17 March 2016

Its make or break for Manchester United this week

The Red Devils will be locking horns with two of their fiercest rivals later this week, facing Liverpool in the Europa League round of 16 2nd leg and cross town rivals Manchester City in a Premier League showdown this Sunday.


Both these games would test van Gaal’s men’s ability to be in the elite group of the world’s most reknowned football clubs.

United are to host Mersyside outfit Liverpool at Old Trafford this Thursday for a 2nd leg game in the Europa League round of 16 which would be their only second meeting in European competitions. The Scousers come into this game with a 2 goal advantage over their long time rivals with a 2-0 home victory in the first leg.

Sunday, 17 January 2016

Manchester United announce 'I Love United India' in Bangalore & Mumbai

Manchester United have made an announcement regarding their tour in India which will feature former stars of the club, Dwight Yorke and Quinton Fortune, as a part of the club’s global promotional campaign.


India is known to have one of the fastest growing United fanbases around the world with the country having more than 35 million fans of the Old Trafford outfit. The United legends will be arriving in India and making their first stop in Bangalore on 17th January, 2016 for the official screening of the big game against Liverpool which will take place at UB City Mall. The second event is scheduled to take place in the city of Mumbai on 28 February. The fans can enjoy this free of charge.

Is van Gaal the right man for Manchester United?

The appointment of Louis van Gaal as the successor of David Moyes at Manchester United has been questioned for a long time. It all started last season when the Red Devils had a very disappointing start to their season as they were winless for the first three games which included an opening day defeat to Swansea City at home. Fans still gave him the support, as an outsider to the English game he needed time to settle in.


During the initial period, his techniques and mentality were criticized by most. It began with the 3-5-2 formation. Nowhere in the Premier League had this formation ever been used by any successful coach, and when it came to a club as big as Manchester United, van Gaal’s ability in England had come under scrutiny.