Articles from the author

This week sees the last of the major European cup competitions till next March. It's still hard to pick a favourite for the main one, the European Champions Cup.

Well, now the European Champions Cup goes into its hibernation till March, by which time all sorts of things may have changed; teams, form, personnel. How do things look at present?

Have England's top clubs forgotten how to defend? One asks this as Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool prepare to go into battle today and tomorrow in European competition.

The Brian Glanville Column: Only Valencia now look impregnable

Glanville Column: Confederations Cup is highly overrated

Free Kick: Is David Beckham shrewd or stupid?

Glanville Column: Chelsea takes a rollercoaster ride

Glanville Column: Chelsea getting their priorities wrong

Glanville Column: Baptism of fire for United goalkeeper

The Brian Glanville Column: Bowyer back for better or for worse

The Brian Glanville Column: A tale of two dreadful blunders

Next Saturday, I shall be in Cardiff to see the World Cup qualifying game between Wales, who are well out of the money, and the best Polish team since that splendid side which deserved to reach the Final of the 1974 World Cup in West Germany.