Archive for September, 2009
Betting tales – The late show loss
K-Town One, of previous Betting Tales fame, has gone one better and experienced one of the worst feelings in betting, that of losing a bet in the last minute. The unfortunate flutterer in question looked like he was onto not one but two winners, each for £50, only to see the prospective winnings disappear due to two last [...]
Switched on Strauss will have thought of everything
How naive you are if you think that Andrew Strauss was simply being generous when he allowed Angelo Matthews to continue his innings in England’s ICC Champions Trophy match yesterday. Matthews collided with Graham Onions as the Sri Lankan attempted to run a quick two and was controversially run out. Matthews had just passed his half century, was batting [...]
Time for Foster to become super chilled
Sir Alex Ferguson has said today that he will keep faith with young goalkeeper Ben Foster in the absence of the injured Edwin Van Der Sar. This is potentially a monumental decision in both Foster’s career and England’s hopes of winning the World Cup next summer.
Foster has undoubted talent and this has been recognised by both [...]
Separated at birth: Frankie goes to Wolverhampton
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It’s genius we know. But for so long, Pope and Swift never clocked on that Frankie Fredericks and Chris Iwelumo are near identical. Never before have we seen two men with more closely matched, open-mouthed running styles than the crocked Premiership striker and Africa’s finest ever sprinter. Such is the similarity that we are currently investigating [...]
Betting tales – The early season punt
The new football season does have it’s pitfalls. Like, for example, remembering which online betting accounts you opened the previous campaign in order to take advantage of the sparkling array of good-but-never-as-good-as-you-think promotions.
With that in mind, an acquaintance of ours conducted a kind of betting spring clean, checking their online accounts, trying to remember passwords, failing [...]
Why do I hate Notts County?
Can anyone guess which result pleased me the most this weekend? No, it wasn’t the thriller in the Manchester derby (although it did bring a smile) it was Morecambe’s 2-1 win at home to Notts County. My strange and unexpected joy at this result and my very laddish fist pumping and grunting at County’s defeat made me immediately ask [...]
Be more like Bradley
Bradley Johnson was Dennis Wise’s last signing for Leeds United, acquired just two weeks before the former Chelsea man left for Newcastle. With his bags barely unpacked, Johnson was suddenly faced with a new manager, Gary McAllister, who didn’t think he was any good. Despite starring in Northampton Town’s midfield for two years, he was out of favour [...]
Separated at birth: Two superheroes
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Anyone who beats Roger Federer must be superhuman and Juan Martin del Potro is no exception. The Argentine somehow beat the world’s greatest tennis player in one of the sporting upsets of the decade as he became the first South American in years to win a Grand Slam. In defeating the five time US Open [...]
I am sorry but…..
….I hate Liverpool. And I genuinely feel a little bit sorry for them. I am writing this at half time in their UEFA fourth v third league tie against Debrecen and I’ll be honest, I seriously do not know how the Liverpool fans can put Rafa Benitez on banners with the likes of Paisley and [...]
Seperated at birth: The Fash and the fake
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Poor old Caster Semenya. First, the South African 800m runner is made to take a gender test after remarkable improvements in her performance led many to question whether she was a man. Now, to compound matters, Pope and Swift flag up the unnerving similarity between the 18 year old and the legendary John Fashanu (average [...]