Hello! Welcome back to today’s XI! For no particular reason, I have decided that today we should look at the best XI to have been managed by Roy Hodgson. The Premier League’s oldest manager started his first job in management in 1976, and during his 44 year career he has managed 20 different teams. This… Continue reading Ultimate XIs- Roy Hodgson
Hello! Welcome back to another Ultimate XI, some of you will have seen my ‘Premier League One Per Club’ last week, and today I am doing the same but with the Bundesliga. While I don’t claim to be the biggest fan of German football, I still do keep a fairly close eye on the results,… Continue reading Ultimate XI’s- Bundesliga One Per Club
Hello! Welcome back to another daily blog, today we are going to be taking a look at England’s all time best XI based on their performances at World Cups. Why? I hear you ask, in my long battle to avoid boredom I have been watching the 1966 World Cup final today, so that gave me… Continue reading Ultimate XI’s- England World Cup XI
Hello! Welcome back to another Ultimate XI, today we are going to be looking at players with the poorest disciplinary records! To be considered in this XI, a player must have received at least four red cards in the Premier League (it was five but no goalkeeper has got five). Let’s get into it! GOALKEEPER-… Continue reading Ultimate XI’s- Premier League Red Cards
Hello! Welcome back to another blog, today we are going to be putting together an XI of players who have been part of ‘invincible’ campaigns. Going unbeaten through a whole league season is a marvellous feat, and only a handful of teams in football history have done it. I’ve decided to only use a maximum… Continue reading Ultimate XI’s- Invincibles
Hello! I’m back for another blog, and today’s XI will be looking at the all time greatest Arsenal team.... since they have been playing at the Emirates stadium. The Gunners moved to the Emirates in 2006, and they have won just three FA Cups in that time. So this XI will be based on players… Continue reading Ultimate XI’s- Arsenal Emirates Era
Hello! I hope you are all coping well with staying at home, hopefully you aren’t getting too bored! Today’s XI is comprised of players from Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland and the Faroe Islands). None of these countries have ever won a World Cup, with Denmark being the only country to have won a… Continue reading Ultimate XI’s- Scandinavian Dream Team
Hello! Most of you will know the drill by now, but anyway today’s XI is comprised of players aged 35 or older! Let’s get into it! GOALKEEPER- Samir Handanović The shelf life of goalkeepers is clearly a lot longer than those of outfield players, with some keepers even managing to make it to 40 while… Continue reading Ultimate XI’s- Over 35’s
Hello! Welcome to another daily blog, we are on day six now, and today’s is a treat! Today’s XI is fairly niche and it is a personal one for me, I can only choose players who I have seen in a random encounter. This is quite hard to explain, but you will see exactly what… Continue reading Ultimate XI’s- Random Encounters
Hello! Welcome back to another Ultimate XI, today we are going to be looking at players who stuck to one club throughout their whole career. This is a feat that is very rarely achieved in the modern day, with lucrative contracts ten a penny. But this XI is filled with stalwarts who have left a… Continue reading Ultimate XI’s- One Club Men
A Groundhoppers Guide to the Pyramid 