And so the fun-filled journey that began in mid-August nears its end and what a tension-filled weekend awaits, what with a batlte for first . . . wait, what? OK, so the title is decided but at the bottom of the table and a fierce relegation scrap will be determ . . . what? [...]
Another quiet, low-key morning from the calm, sober and considered denizens of Fleet Street. Hahahaha. I kid, obviously. Judging by some the rubbish peddled as analyst, sobriety doesn’t visit the sports desk of many national newspapers very often these days. Nor does calm, for that matter.
Anyhoo, as summer follows spring, the knock-on effect of Beetface’s [...]
Remember those overwrought Mancs who were so overcome with fear over Uncle Malcolm’s stewardship of the club that they donned Norwich City kit and sang some anti-American protest chants? Well, as it turns out, green and gold appear to be Uncle Malcolm’s favouritest colours, too! And judging from the Q3 earnings from United, he’s going [...]
Right so I have to get this off my chest after watching Arsenal stumble, stutter and fall across the finish line at Craven Cottage and I’m as angry as I’ve been in a very long time. So I decided to wait until after holding my team’s training session before posting this. And those poor kids [...]
Good morning and it’s one of those wonderful days where you can smell something special in the air. No, no, no, not spring (though, fingers crossed, that’s finally arrived). No it’s the pugent odor of fear and crushed expectation burbling up on Fleet Street and given voice by aspiring poet and northwest provincialist Henry of Winter as the Three [...]
Well Wednesday pretty much went according to script for football’s most successful property developers– a valiant late charge that fell just a little short followed by vigourous backpatting and much talk about mental strength in the postmortem. No sale here. The mental strength will display itself for the final run-in, starting in south Wales on [...]
Afternoon and apologies for the lateness of this update due to technical difficulties. Specifically the kind that cause one to need to go out and buy a brand-new laptop. But the cost of new MacBook Pro pales in comparison to what the average foottballing superstar fetches on the open market these days and Matt Stanger wonders [...]
As Beetface’s lot saunters towards the league title without playing particularly well, there’s a truly scary proposition for the rest of English football to gnaw upon after the club announced record profits in Q4 2012. Without the Glazers sucking out the profits from the club like anaemic vampires, how much further ahead might the quieter side [...]
Annnnddd SCENE.
Yes, the penny (well pounds and about 117 million in the Premier League to be precise) have dropped on another transfer window and all that remains is to head to the broom closet, grab the mop and bucket and get scrubbing! And while we wipe away the stains of so many rumours, let’s look [...]
It’s always nice to have midweek games in the Premier League. It’s sort of like putting on a coat you’ve not worn for a while and reaching into the pocket and pulling out $20, an unexpected and pleasant break in the normal mundane routine during the week. And it also allows us to watch football [...]