Matt Allen
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The 12 best Manchester United vs Arsenal games: buffets, brawling and the Busby Babes' last hurrah
By Matt Allen last updated
The finest games from one of English football's most entertaining fixtures we ever did see. Ten just isn't enough...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Arsenal vs Man United
By Matt Allen published
Premier League Premier League | Emirates Stadium | Sun 4 Oct | 4pm
Wayne Rooney vs Bobby Charlton: who's got the best England scoring record?
By Matt Allen published
England The England skipper has beaten Sir Bobby Charlton's goal tally for England – but which player's achievements are most impressive? Matt Allen investigates...
Swansea vs Man United preview: Gomis and Ayew to present toughest test yet
By Matt Allen published
Premier League Premier League | Liberty Stadium | Sun 30 Aug | 4pm
9 hugely disappointing club record signings
By Matt Allen published
Transfer news What a waste of money, says Matt Allen...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Tottenham vs Man United
By Matt Allen published
Premier League Premier League | White Hart Lane | Sun 28 Dec | 12pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: West Brom vs Man United
By Matt Allen published
Premier League Premier League | The Hawthorns | Mon 20 Oct | 8pm
Derby day flashes in the pan: the stars who picked their (rare) moment carefully
By Matt Allen published
Premier League Matt Allen recalls the otherwise forgettable players who made headlines on their club's big day...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Man United vs Swansea
By Matt Allen published
Premier League Premier League | Old Trafford | Sat 16 Aug | 12:45pm
Top 10 drunken escapades: gun toting, egg scoffing, hotel trashing and cup smashing
By Matt Allen published
Top 10 Alcohol isn't funny, kids. OK sometimes it can be, as Matt Allen recalls...
Report card: Man United plumb the depths in season of shame and horror
By Matt Allen published
Manchester United Replacing Sir Alex Ferguson was never going to be easy - but as Matt Allen writes, it became weekly torture for the Red Devils...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Man United vs Hull
By Matt Allen published
Premier League Premier League | Old Trafford | Tue 6 May | 7:45pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: Man United vs Man City
By Matt Allen published
Premier League Premier League | Old Trafford | Tue 25 Mar | 7:45pm
Michael Owen: One-on-One
By Matt Allen published
The Big Interview "Madrid felt Liverpool weren’t matching their valuation of me and I thought it would be good to go to Newcastle"
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
The FourFourTwo Preview: West Brom vs Tottenham
By Matt Allen last updated
Premier League Premier League | The Hawthorns | Sat 12 Apr | 3:07pm
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
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...
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...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Chelsea vs Tottenham
By Matt Allen last updated
Premier League Premier League | Stamford Bridge | Wed 3 Dec | 7:45pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: France vs Honduras
By Matt Allen last updated
World Cup 2014 World Cup Group E | Porto Alegre | Sun 15 Jun | 8pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: Stoke vs Hull
By Matt Allen last updated
Premier League Premier League | Britannia Stadium | Sat 29 Mar | 3pm
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