Where does football go from here?

Sunday night's Premier League final round proved why the A-League should play their last round of fixtures simultaneously. What a great night of football it was. One minute Bolton are relegated, Manchester United have the title and Tottenham are finishing in third, the next City score two goals in time added on, Arsenal rescue their match against West-Bromich Albion and Bolton concede a controversial equaliser to Stoke sending them into the Championship next season. I was on the edge of my seat all night, unable to sleep for an hour afterwards, blown away by what I had just witnessed. Honestly, it was a privilege to have seen such an end to Premier League season and it will stick in my memory for many years to come. Congratulations must also go out to Queens Park Rangers and their manager Mark Hughes who played the almost perfect game of organised, counter attacking football. Joey Barton let his team down.....again. He is officially a thug and should be let go by QPR. I will be honest, I thought he had a good season and mostly kept out of trouble, I thought he was getting 'better' so to speak. But to do what he did was just plain stupid. Does anybody else remember him getting sent-off in Newcastle's relegation season, Alan Shearer going off his head at him as he walked off? The pressure gets to him and he can't handle it. Have a look, it is worth watching a few times!

Here is Sunday's disgrace.

Anyway, well done to Manchester City they played the best football over the course of the year and deserved the title this season. But United's effort must also not be forgotten. They finished with more points than the total that won them the league last season and lost only on goal difference, a great effort from a squad that really doesn't stack up man for man with City's. I can't wait till next season.


Congratulations must also go to Juventus who completed the whole Serie A season undefeated. What an achievement. Allesandro Del Piero, what a legend, the ultimate professional who has won everything played his last game for 'the old lady'. No wonder there were tears.

There were a few tears in Milan also as they said goodbye to their own legends. Players that I have watched and respected all my life Inzaghi, Seedorf, Nesta, Gatusso, all champions. 'Pippo' even got on the scoresheet. It was a sad weekend.

When does next season start? It doesn't matter so much anyway, the fun never stops for those who follow the world game, European Championships are still to come during the northern hemisphere summer. And in Asia we have important World Cup Qualifiers to get excited about plus two Australian teams are still alive in the Asian Champions League. The UEFA Champions League final and English championship play-off final are also both on this coming weekend. My tips Bayern Munich and West Ham. Anyway, till next time.