July 31, 2020
Bolu Alabi-Hundeyin

The Heads up FA Cup Final throws up a special London affair under the Wembley arch with a clash of London rivals who happen to be the most successful sides (six apiece) in the FA Cup in this millennium. This fixture is befitting of a modern-day FA Cup final as Arsenal and Chelsea share 21…

Following the confirmation of Timo Werner’s much-anticipated transfer to Chelsea, having activated his £48 million release clause, Football Castle takes a look at how the striker fits into Frank Lampard’s team. The striker set a number of appearances and goalscoring records for a young player in the Bundesliga and has steadily developed into one of…

September 16, 2019
Bolu Alabi-Hundeyin

Frank Lampard’s Chelsea are up for a roller-coaster season after yet another evidence of their buccaneering nature last weekend. The youngblues and their equally young manager have, however, been erratic at times in the Premier League this term. They did skip past the daunting challenge of Wolves at the Molineux helped by Tammy Abraham’s first…

August 9, 2019
Bolu Alabi-Hundeyin

Football is back! After an arduous three-month wait for proper football; the pick of the opening round of Premier League football was saved for last in Manchester United’s Sunday afternoon hosting of Chelsea. It presents Frank Lampard’s bow as Chelsea manager against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s revamped charges. Chelsea have lost once from 20 opening fixtures,…

November 1, 2018
Bolu Alabi-Hundeyin

Real Madrid interim manager Santiago Solari. (Reuters) Managers hoping to make their mark and the rumbling of battle drums here in Africa grab the attention. Santiago Solari’s appointment on an interim basis might well do the trick for Real Madrid. The man who started the move for Zidane’s famous volley for Madrid in the 2002…

October 22, 2018
Bolu Alabi-Hundeyin

As a host of retired footballers take their baby steps into management this season, my curiosity as to how they’re shaping up to become the main man bears snippets of their progress so far . Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and most recently Thierry Henry have traded their football boots for trainers and with the memories…

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