An Alternative Reality: A Championship Manager/Football Manager Dream Team

They say that you should never meet your heroes. Perhaps that should also say “you shouldn’t watch your Championship Manager Legends play in the real world.” On several games, Northern Irish International Danny Griffin was a go to guy if you needed a centre back that could bring the ball out from the back and also do a job as a holding midfielder. It was guaranteed that if you didn’t snap him up early he would always, without fail end up at Arsenal. It was sad then, that seeing the actual player up close and personal several years later playing for Stockport County, he didn’t quite stand out as much as I hoped he would. 

More than just a game

Crystal Palace’s 3-0 victory over Brighton meant way more than just 3 points

CollinsBeans Awards 2011

It’s awards time on CollinsBeans.

Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be documenting the winners of the CollinsBeans Awards 2011 – one of the most sought-after football decorations around…

And to get proceeding underway, we give you our ‘Worst Team of the Season 2010/11’. Rather than start with the winners and success stories of the last 10 months, we’re kicking off by setting the bar low. Very, very low when it comes to a certain Gary Neville…

World Cup 2010: Team of the Tournament

‘Surprisingly’, not an Englishman in sight...

World Cup Dream XI

To celebrate the start of the World Cup, I've picked through years of memories to give you the ultimate World Cup Dream Team

Premiership Overrated XI

Are they really any good?

Dream Team – James Cowley

James Cowley, Leicester City fan and great friend of CollinsBeans, selects his ultimate XI

Dream Team - second edition

Featuring everyone's favourite Italian...

Dream Team - first edition

Comprising 3 Italians, 3 Ballon d'Or winners and a Crystal Palace legend, here is the first of our Dream Teams...

Dream Team

One of the very best aspects of football is that we all have different opinions. Some say Pele is the greatest player of all time. Others back Maradona. A few may even have another name in mind…