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…
It is often said that to win the EPL a team needs an English spine. There’s no evidence presented for this – it is just something that is said. Watching Brazil last night I think I’d sooner my team had a Brazilian spine rather than one made up of John Terry types, but each to…
OK we have not covered everyone, but there is a smattering here – and more will appear over time. Latest addition: Leicester
18 Dec 2007: New Leicester boss Ian Holloway attacks reports that he’s using the press to unsettle Plymouth striker Barry Hayles. ‘I don’t like it: it’s very damaging. I was proud of what I did at Plymouth, and very proud of the Plymouth fans, so I’m not going to raid their team. I’m looking at…
A surgeon who has worked on Thierry Henry says it will be more difficult than ever for him to stay free of injury. Professor Nic Maffulli, a London-based specialist, treated Henry for an Achilles problem last year and believes Barcelona have taken a risk. “His problem after the World Cup was the lower back. It…
Wenger communicates. That may not be a big surprise – he is articulate, intelligent and a linguist. But there are two big reasons why, if we didn’t know, we might have assumed he would not communicate. And those reasons are, the British press and the action of other managers. The British Press When Wenger came…
In 2001 Barrow and Chester were drawn against each other in the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup. However both were owned by Stephen Vaughan. This was not against the rules, but it did mean that the teams could not play each other. Vaughan then sold his share holding to Mr Brown – a…
There’s managers, and there’s Pardew Within days of our deciding to capture passing idiocy in football Arsenal played Charlton at the WengerDrome on Jan 2 2007. Charlton were managed by Alan Pardew, late of West Ham, a man who had caused M Wenger to lose his temper and resort to a push in the technical…
In November 2005 Kettering Town, a Conference North club, appointed Paul Gascoigne as manager. 39 days later Kettering Town sacked Paul Gascoigne, after which he gave, what the Scotsman newspaper described as a “rambling, self-contradictory interview on Sky Sports News” which was “almost too pitiful to watch”. Later Mr Gascoigne was arrested on suspicion of…
Throughout the summer of 2007 every single newspaper in the UK ran stories which said that Arsenal were in trouble. They had sold Henry, and Fabregas and Wenger were about to follow him to Barca. In desperation Arsenal were looking to make a big name signing. Dead beat centre-forwards who scored just a handful of…
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