Last week I said that 5aside.co.uk would come up with some ideas to end the International Break. If you recall I was rather annoyed that, last week, for the third time this season, there was no football in the top two divisions. It is a ridiculous situation, really bordering on the farcical So, in a bid to help the authorities I am going to come up with some suggestions that cold stop this happening in future seasons. So starting with the most radical: 1) Scrap friendlies and allow all qualifier....

So for the third time already this season football in the top two divisions takes a break We had a daft stoppage after three games, another one barely a month ago and now, for two weeks there is no football in the Premier League or championship. And the reason for this? Our old friend, the international break. It never used to be like this. It doesn’t seem all that long ago – but in reality was probably 20 years ago, the same as most things that seem recent turn out to be! – th....