Articles By: Charlie Scott
A sometime English student and self-confessed football obsessive. As soon as I realised, at the age of about 14, that unlike in my dreams, I wasn’t going to be a professional footballer for Tottenham Hotspur I began considering alternative careers. For the past two years I’ve written about football for the Newcastle University paper, and last year spent an enjoyable month or so being The Observer’s Ghana fan as part of their ‘World Cup Fans Network’ (Damn you Luis Suarez). I try to take in as much football as I can, but focus most of my attention upon the top divisions in England, Spain and Italy along with any major european or international competitions.

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Charlie Scott / April 12, 2011 6:14 pm

The Classic Spur: Luka Modric

The omission of Tottenham’s Luka Modric from the recently released shortlist for PFA Player of the Year is one that will have hurt not only the player himself, but also the many football purists out there. Let’s face it, Nani missed out because other players think he’s a twat. The same can’t be said for Modric. The diminutive central midfielder

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Charlie Scott / April 11, 2011 11:06 am

Lennon et al

As Aaron Lennon succumbed to a sore throat last Tuesday night that ruled him out of Tottenham’s Champions League quarter-final clash against Real Madrid, arguably the most important game in Tottenham Hotspur’s recent history, we take a look at other examples of players and teams whose performances have been controlled by unusual exterior factors. While Lennon had strongly asserted on his Twitter

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Charlie Scott / March 20, 2011 12:00 pm

Real Madrid vs Holland: The Unwanted Dutch

Two summers ago Real Madrid made it clear that they would go to whatever length to ensure that Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder would not be at the Bernabeu come the end of the transfer window. The manner in which Florentino Perez, the Madrid president, and his managerial puppet at the time, Manuel Pellegrini attempted to rid the team dressing

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Charlie Scott / March 19, 2011 2:29 am

Great Expectations

Two former ‘next Maradonas’, Pablo Aimar and Javier Saviola, lined up for Benfica in Paris on Thursday night as they secured a place in the next round of the Europa League at the expense of Paris Saint-Germain. Neither had much of an impact on the game and both players were second-half substitutes, epitomising their careers in recent years. A delightful