Matt Allen
Latest articles by Matt Allen
Arsenal vs Liverpool preview: Are Gunners tough enough for Benteke battle?
By Matt Allen published
Premier League Premier League | Emirates Stadium | Mon 24 Aug | 8pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: Stoke vs Swansea
By Matt Allen last updated
Premier League Premier League | Britannia Stadium | Sun 19 Oct | 4pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: West Brom vs Sunderland
By Matt Allen last updated
Premier League Premier League | The Hawthorns | Sat 16 Aug | 3pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: West Brom vs Tottenham
By Matt Allen last updated
Premier League Premier League | The Hawthorns | Sat 12 Apr | 3:07pm
Postcards from the World Cup #8: Star-spangled sorrow with the Americans
By Matt Allen last updated
Postcards from the World Cup Matt Allen feels the genuine heartache during Team USA's crushing extra-time defeat to Belgium...
Postcards from the World Cup #9: Lessons learned from our cultural experiment
By Matt Allen last updated
Postcards from the World Cup Throughout the World Cup, Matt Allen has been watching games with folks from other nations. Here's what he's discovered...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Chelsea vs Tottenham
By Matt Allen last updated
Premier League Premier League | Stamford Bridge | Wed 3 Dec | 7:45pm
Why Spurs must ignore Van Gaal and turn to one of these five managers
By Matt Allen last updated
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham are being strongly linked with a move for legendary Dutch coach Louis van Gaal, but, as Matt Allen explains, the north Londoners would do well to assess their options first...
The FourFourTwo Preview: South Korea vs Algeria
By Matt Allen last updated
World Cup 2014 World Cup Group H | Porto Alegre | Sun 22 Jun | 8pm
Greatest individual seasons: AVB helps Gareth Bale break free at Tottenham (2012/13)
By Matt Allen last updated
Greatest Seasons The Welshman was firmly in public consciousness as a buccaneering winger by 2012, but still there was something holding him back from greatness. Matt Allen remembers the year in which Bale finally broke free – and wooed the Bernabeu bigwigs
Why everything you think about the third-place play-off is wrong
By Matt Allen last updated
World Cup 2014 It's cast aside as the game no one – especially the two teams involved – cares about. Matt Allen tells you why the apathy just won't wash...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Everton vs Arsenal
By Matt Allen last updated
Premier League Premier League | Goodison Park | Sat 23 Aug | 5:30pm
6 of football's crassest money statements: Balo's brag, CR7's island and a champagne war
By Matt Allen last updated
Like Harry Enfield’s obnoxious Loadsamoney waving wads of cash around in the Thatcherite ’80s, footballers – and FIFA officials – aren’t shy about letting the world know just how loaded they are...
Top 10 Liverpool vs Chelsea games: Shankly spirit, Jose's finger and Stevie's slip
By Matt Allen last updated
Top 10 Matt Allen raids the archives to bring you the best episodes from an often hot-tempered rivalry...
Five reasons Spurs must start copying Arsenal
By Matt Allen last updated
Tottenham Hotspur Despite recent wins against Arsenal, Tottenham still lag behind their biggest rivals. Matt Allen reels off the big reasons why Spurs could do worse than imitate their neighbours...
Postcards from the World Cup #1: bongo drums, tramps and Caipirinhas in Camden
By Matt Allen last updated
Postcards from the World Cup Matt Allen kicks off his tour of London's best World Cup hotspots with the Brazilians for whom this means the world...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Brazil vs Mexico
By Matt Allen last updated
World Cup 2014 World Cup Group A | Fortaleza | Mon 17 Jun | 8pm
Chelsea vs Swansea: Will it be Diego or Radamel leading the Blues' line?
By Matt Allen last updated
Premier League Premier League | Stamford Bridge | Sat 8 Aug | 5:30pm
The crying game: Why was everybody sobbing at World Cup 2014?
By Matt Allen last updated
World Cup 2014 The 2014 World Cup was an emotional affair, but why? Matt Allen tries to find out...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Stoke vs Hull
By Matt Allen last updated
Premier League Premier League | Britannia Stadium | Sat 29 Mar | 3pm
Report card: Champions City time it to quiet perfection while others falter
By Matt Allen last updated
Manchester City They only led the league for a fortnight - but, as Matt Allen writes, it was the most important fortnight...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Argentina vs Iran
By Matt Allen last updated
World Cup 2014 World Cup Group F | Belo Horizonte | Sat 21 Jun | 5pm
How Tim Sherwood can save his managerial career
By Matt Allen last updated
Tim Sherwood Matt Allen picks apart the outspoken Tottenham chief's White Hart Lane reign, and points out the mistakes he can't make again...
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