Everywhere today is the same: “The Rich List”. And a lot of the publications that cover the story can’t ever be bothered to point out that the list has not much to do with being rich. Not a sausage, in fact. It is to do with turnover – the amount of money the central account…
The scenes that greeted the sight of Gael’s blood at the WHL ground last Sunday revealed that it is never a good idea to take the Tiny Totts at face (or any other part of their anatomy) value. As the cameras revealed the baying hordes salivating at the sight of blood, desperate to bite into…
So, KGB Fulham has turned into a London version of Athletico Madrid in the Jesus Gill era. You’ll remember Gill – if the manager didn’t win the league in six weeks he was out. Mr Absent Abramovich now takes a similar view clearly, and is seeking to move on managers faster than the Tiny Totts….
I get so hooked on all the youngsters coming through the ranks all the time, Wilshere, Vela, Ramsey, Merida and the rest, that it becomes easy to forget that the Lord Wenger has a fair old ability to work with old timers too. It was widely said that when he arrived at Highbury he extended…
It would be amusing to hear all the shouting and complaining about ITV’s cock up while showing a bit of a local game from the north west the other day, if it weren’t for the greed and the crass stupidity of the footballing authorities that led up to the situation. On 1 May 2002 ITV…
First, because 23 is a prime number. Just like 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, and 19 before it, and an infinite number thereafter. Second it was Theo’s number and we all love Theo. Third it was David Beckham’s number at Real Mad, and Russians somehow think that if you are British you love…
In my story on January 26 I said that we were definitely signing Arshavin. I said this not because I thought the Lord Wenger was desperate, and not because I had deep insight into the workings of the KGB, but rather because of the array of people who had far too much invested in the…
These days, when a ref makes a dubious decision, the inclination of most people is to blame the ref’s ability. The suggestion is that referees today are simply not able to keep up with the speed of the game. What most commentators don’t suggest is that the ref might have been bought. In Italy of…
The return of Keane from a championship chasing club to a relegation flirting club just six months after he went the other way for more money, is proof if it were needed of the financial disaster facing Liverpool Weetabix. Liverpool were, let us not forget, held up as a model of how football could move…
Following weeks of anguish and annoyance expressed by fans, the Lord Wenger has agreed to step aside as Arsenal’s manager. Sir Peter Hill-Wood has announced that in a revolutionary move the manager will be replaced by a committee of fans who will decide who to play, who to buy, and who to sell, how much…
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