Archive for March, 2009
Who said there is nothing greater than the Messiah?
Well, get your top off and get your beer belly out because it’s time for a ‘reet mental party in Newcastle. Alan Shearer looks set to be named manager of Newcastle United until the end of the season. Brilliant. Just what I needed. My televisual haven that is Sky Sports News will now be infested [...]
Introducing England’s best midfielder……..
Now, all of you will surely acknowledge that if I were talking about any midfield player with an English nationality then this blog would be all about Paul Scholes. However, the ginger God is retired so we will keep quiet about Paul, just how he likes it. Instead I present to you, the loyal fans [...]
Smart lines for Three Lions
Pope and Swift, if you weren’t already aware, are very much on the cusp of the constantly changing trends of the fashion world. We know that black and blue is a big faux pas, that canary yellow is this season’s must have colour and that Burton is the place to go if you want to look like [...]
A new Brawn for Formula 1
Sunday, being the ‘Lord’s day’, is reserved by many for the attending of church services and the offering up of prayers. Today, however, marked the coming of a sporting saviour, a man who looks as if he will rid the sin and gluttony at the heart of Formula One and lead the masses back to watching [...]
Separated at birth: Two tiny mafiosos
We thought there was something shady about Nigel de Jong as soon as we set eyes on him. The Dutch defensive midfielder looks like the kind of chap who’s prone to selling fake DVDs to Micah Richards at the Manchester City training ground and hustling drugs on the corners of Amsterdam during the international break. We’ve subsequently discovered that he’s also prone to stealing [...]
Here come the girls. Let them walk on by
England’s Women’s cricket team arrived back at Heathrow this morning after winning the Cricket World Cup in Australia, beating New Zealand by four wickets in the final yesterday. If you are waiting for me to wax lyrical about how disgraceful it is that they do not get as much media attention and coverage as their male [...]
Arsenal hold the key to the title
They may not win the Premier League title but Arsenal will certainly decide where the trophy goes come May. Arsene Wenger’s side currently lie fourth, ten points behind Manchester United, but must face Chelsea at the Emirates and can look forward to trips to Liverpool and United in their eight remaining league games.
What makes it [...]
Spoilt Pendleton peddling backwards
It is often a tough task to teach children the art of understanding idiom. Yet, thanks to an interview with Victoria Pendleton in yesterday’s Mail on Sunday, literacy conscious parents are now able to demonstrate to their younger ones what it means to ‘call a spade a spade’ and ’shoot oneself in the foot’. In one foul swoop, the [...]
Jim’ll fixture it
So much of sport is glamorous. So much of it is about Baby Bentleys (not you David), the choice of boot (not pink Nicklas) and the choice of WAG (you’ve fared well Mr Cipriani). Yet, to say sport is all show and no substance would be to ignore the distinctly unglamorous world that lies underneath the glitz and that is dramatically becoming the fulcrum of [...]
Why big win will be Liverpool’s loss
Twelve years ago, on a rainy night at St. James Park, Philippe Albert chipped a delightful lob over the head of a stranded Peter Schmeichel to complete an emphatic 5-0 thumping of Manchester United. Five days later, United were humbled 6-3 away at Southampton. In May of that year Old Trafford was celebrating it’s fourth title in five years.
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