Matt Wooding

Interview with Members of England Squad

Posted by Matt Wooding on September 8, 2010 at 4:46 pm

Recent trouble in the private lives of England’s stars has rocked the football world. As ever The Subs Bench is on the pulse and bringing you the latest news regarding football’s biggest stories! Enjoy our interview with England

Canada vs Honduras in the Morning Light

Posted by Matt Wooding on September 8, 2010 at 2:07 am

First things first, congratulations to Paul Stalteri on winning his 83rd and record breaking cap, which is no mean feat considering at times the national team has seemed to be nothing but a distant memory. Now to the game and a very impressive performance. Canada’s central three in midfield did an excellent job of stopping Honduras [...]

Canadian Crowds

Posted by Matt Wooding on September 7, 2010 at 10:12 am

There is little doubt amongst Canadian football fans that the crowd tonight in Montreal is going to be pro-Honduran. There has also been a lot of bitterness towards the size and makeup of the crowd in Toronto for the Peru game. I would even go as far as to say some of the comments I [...]

Canada vs Peru in the Morning Light

Posted by Matt Wooding on September 5, 2010 at 11:39 am

Canada lost 2-0 in Toronto to Peru, but what did it teach us? Well first of all, while Canada can’t really complain too much about the result, 2-0 probably flattened the Peruvians a little. The game was for the most part played out by two relatively even teams. The difference between the teams was the [...]

Sven-Goran Eriksson Interview

Posted by Matt Wooding on September 2, 2010 at 5:21 pm

Sven has interviewed for the Aston Villa job, and as ever The Subs Bench has its finger on the pulse and managed to snare an exclusive talk with the Swede. He talks about his career highlights, how he wants to be remember, his feelings on potentially leading Aston Villa and of course his history with [...]

Transfer Deadline Day Review

Posted by Matt Wooding on August 31, 2010 at 2:06 pm

Watch out Chelsea, because here come Liverpool. Scousers everywhere are celebrating with the lucrative capture of superstar left back Paul Konchesky. Forget fourth, Liverpool must surely be aiming for the title now!
Arsenal’s title hopes were dealt a massive blow with the news the Manuel Almunia will be between the posts until at least January.
It was [...]

Blatter Control

Posted by Matt Wooding on August 31, 2010 at 9:57 am

We are very proud and honoured to bring you all an EXCLUSIVE Blatter Control as we sit do with the FIFA President and dicuss his life, his understanding of the game and how he sees the game moving forward. Don’t ask how we got the interview, just accept it for what it is and enjoy [...]

Martin O’Neill 24 Hours On

Posted by Matt Wooding on August 10, 2010 at 1:05 pm

It has been about 24 hours since I first found out that Martin O’Neill had walked away from Aston Villa. My initial reaction of shock was quickly replaced with anger as to why he would have done this so close to the season starting. After all, it was fairly evident at the end of last [...]

Emile Heskey – England’s Hero

Posted by Matt Wooding on August 3, 2010 at 10:41 am

Cheekbones, or James Milner as he is also known has had a busy summer. I was lucky enough to spend some quality time with him in South Africa which was nice. Despite both playing for Aston Villa we don’t get much of a chance to hangout. Cheekbones tends to hang out with the ‘cool’ guys [...]

Day One Thoughts

Posted by Matt Wooding on June 12, 2010 at 6:58 am

Well it was great to finally get the games underway. Mexico for me were very disappointing, with the exception of Dos Santos, I thought they looked slow and almost uninterested after the first 1o minutes. Granted they were extremely unlucky to have a goal ruled out for offside, but professional players shouldn’t let that effect [...]