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Mat Kendrick Column: Time to turn off the tap-up rules!

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:29:00 GMT

TAPPING-up is rife, trust me. I’ve done it. In fact I do it several times a week.

Mat Kendrick Column: Gerard Houllier is winning over the fans with public slanging matches

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:23:00 GMT

GERARD Houllier’s slanging matches with Steve Bruce and Ian Holloway have certainly done him no harm in the eyes of the still-to-be-completely-convinced Villa Park public.

Mat Kendrick Column: Loose Skymen with Richard Keys and Andy Gray

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:14:00 GMT

HELLO, and welcome to today’s episode of Loose Skymen with Richard Keys and Andy Gray.

Alan McInally: Time for Aston Villa and Birmingham City to end season on a high

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:21:00 GMT

ALTHOUGH Villa’s hopes of Champions League football were ended by the 3-1 defeat to Manchester City, the season has still been a relative success.

Mat Kendrick: Fair Play to Burnley if they qualify for Europe

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 04 May 2010 07:16:00 GMT

FAIR play to relegated Burnley if they qualify for the Europa League by virtue of being on their best behaviour.

Mat Kendrick Column: Burnley deserve to be in Europa League

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 04 May 2010 07:15:00 GMT

FAIR play to relegated Burnley if they qualify for the Europa League by virtue of being on their best behaviour.

Mat Kendrick column: Aston Villa's Del Boy's need to play more

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:43:00 GMT

NATHAN Delfouneso’s delight and Fabian Delph’s despair have left Martin O’Neill with a problem harder to stop than the prolific prodigy and tougher to tackle than the badly-injured midfielder.

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel set to return

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:28:00 GMT

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel could return to full training next week after six weeks on the sidelines with a broken foot.

Alan McInally: Birmingham City can topple Liverpool FC

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:17:00 GMT

IT’S always exciting when one of the big four come to town and even more so when Birmingham know they’ve got a good chance as any of a victory.

Mat Kendrick: Doing the 'Wenger' is Gunner catch on

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:44:00 GMT

LET’S all do a Wenger, let’s all do a Wenger, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

Mat Kendrick: Birmingham City fans stole the show

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:08:00 GMT

LET’S all do a Wenger, let’s all do a Wenger, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

Mat Kendrick: Most Aston Villa fans do like you Martin!

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:03:00 GMT

MARTIN O’Neill is right that the Aston Villa supporters should be more grateful.

Mat Kendrick: Injuries? Stop busting my testi-tarsals

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:06:00 GMT

IT first got me thinking about modern-day football injuries when a manager told me his star striker was suffering from a ‘soft tissue issue’ a couple of weeks ago.

Mat Kendrick: Send David Beckham to the World Cup

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:02:00 GMT

UPON spotting a white-haired fella with pinkish eyes playing football in our local park, my wife once asked: “Is that one of those Al Pacinos?’

Tom Ross: Ref got it wrong in Aston Villa final

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:40:00 GMT

REFEREE Phil Dowd is not the reason Villa did not win the Carling Cup but he is a fundamental part of the reason why Manchester United won it.

Mat Kendrick:John Terry should be ashamed of himself... for that barnet!

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:20:00 GMT

JOHN Terry should be thoroughly ashamed of that embarrassing sight at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Mat Kendrick: Aaron Ramsey injury was an accident, lay off Shawcross!

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:14:00 GMT

SOME of the mock outrage which has followed Ryan Shawcross’ tackle on Aaron Ramsey is much more dangerous and over the top than the foul itself.

Mat Kendrick Column: Welcome to Ports Relief, please give generously

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:38:00 GMT

AND in a slight change to our advertised programme here on BBC Hampshire, instead of Sport Relief, we can go live to Fratton Park for a charity appeal.

Mat Kendrick Column: Referees should be about fairer football, not the fairer sex

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:36:00 GMT

IN MY opinion there’s one fundamental reason why Amy Fearn and friends are not fit enough to referee.

Mat Kendrick Column: Where did the FA Cup draw event go wrong?

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:30:00 GMT

MAYBE with the blurring of time I’m getting confused and mixing up my affection for them with the those two miserable old blokes in the Muppets.