When my uncle, Dr Clifford Grossmark, was chairman of Gillingham (1961-1983), he remortgaged his house so that Gillingham could buy a player. With the Russian oligarchs running a number of football clubs around the world, times have certainly changed for a lucky few. But is this good for football in the long run? Chelsea look [...]

I think we can all admit that Newcastle haven’t exactly set the league alight this season! Following on from the successes of last season and attempting to show further progress was always going to be a tough ask. But, few would have predicted that the Magpies would have given us such lacklustre and unimaginative displays [...]

It’s the end of another fascinating week in the Premier League and time for the EPLIndex Statistical Team of the Week.   John Ruddy [Saves + Clean Sheet] Ruddy kept a clean sheet, making some important saves along the way. The ‘keeper just had to be in the Team of the Week for shutting out a free-scoring Manchester [...]