Archive for January, 2010
Admiring glances across the Pond at men with large shoulders
Earlier this week, I had a lapse. To be honest, I don’t really know what came over me.
I was indulging in my regular trip to the BBC Sport website to check up on the latest news and views. As ever, there was much on offer, including the increasingly speedy Murray bandwagon in the build up to his battle [...]
Time to recognise Redknapp’s true colours
He had to do it, he just couldn’t help himself. I was having such a good week but then Arry Redknapp reared his ugly, how did I spawn such a handsome son, head and ruined it all. My annoyance refersto the Tottenham managers signing of Eidur Gudjohnsen from under the noses of London rivals West Ham. The [...]
Window shopping lacking its old appeal
My God this is boring isn’t it? This January’s transfer window has been the dullest since it was implemented in 2002. As far as the big four go, Ancelotti doesn’t want to get naked, Wenger wants to prove he doesn’t need to spend, Benitez is being forced to try and convince a mid table club [...]
Separated at Birth: Masters of survival
If you had to compile a list of men that represented everything that was great and good about England, Adrian Chiles and Ray Mears would be in the top five without question. Just take their names; you can’t get much more British butch than Adrian and Ray can you? Funny then, we think, how they resemble each [...]
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Pope and Swift, as you may have noticed from our inactivity, have been busy indulging in academia over the past few days. Hours chained to a desk can be tough and insanity is always a small step away. Which was why we were so delighted by this little beaut we found on YouTube (other video [...]
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If ever there was a photo that summed up a Test match (aside from Flintoff consoling Brett Lee in 2005), Pope and Swift would argue this was it. On first glance, it’s your average ‘Two England batsmen, heading to tea, on the fifth day of a Test match’ photo. Look closer though and you can almost hear what [...]
Separated at birth: Brothers from another Southern Hemisphere country
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Born in South Africa. Born in Australia. It’s like potayto/potahto to Pope and Swift. Apparently the gene pool is pretty small below the Equator too. Jonathan Trott, the once South African, now nationalised English cricketer, is the spitting image for through and through Aussie Lucas Neill. It’s bad news for the Warwickshire batsmen though; I mean, [...]
What do you get when you take two fat blokes and lots of alcohol?
Darts. Well essentially, that is the stigma which the game has thanks to it’s marmite like qualities. But despite the phenomenal dedication and skill displayed by men and women professionals in the sport, darts will, in some quarters, never be recognised as a sport. The conflicting attitudes mean that it doesn’t matter how many world [...]
Bobby bandwagon about to grind to halt
If anyone enjoyed New Year’s Eve more than Bobby Zamora, Pope and Swift would be surprised. The Fulham striker would surely have greeted the new year with glee for the simple fact that many are touting him to board a very special plane to South Africa in June. Six goals in seven games at the back end of [...]
Everyone’s second favourite club
Dreams don’t come true but apparently miracles do. Yesterday, in the mother of all FA Cup shocks, my precious Leeds United sent arch rivals and geographical neighbours Man United packing from England’s finest cup competition at the third round stage for the first time since 1986. Words cannot really describe the feeling. But it was [...]