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Draw something 20 Dec 2012 | 02:20 pm
There’s nothing in club football quite like the rigmarole of a UEFA Champions League draw. With a level of bureaucratic drudgery normally only found in George Orwell’s 1984, the Michel Platini led org...
You Can’t Win Anything With Kids 16 Dec 2012 | 06:28 pm
I’m already falling for Paul Lambert. From his European cup winning pedigree to his willingness to experiment tactically – and of course signing Christian Benteke – every day he impresses me more and ...
The Miracle of Castel di Sangro – Joe McGinniss 16 Dec 2012 | 06:17 pm
From the very first page all the way to the last, Joe McGinniss’ rollercoaster ride through the lows and highs of a season in Serie B reads more like a work of fiction than fact. That’s nothing to do ...
Abandon hope all ye who enter here 21 Oct 2012 | 05:20 pm
“I’ve got troubles Lord but not today, because they’re gonna wash away” – Joe Purdy I address this diatribe to nobody but the rapidly decaying voice of optimism that inhabits the back of my mind. That...
Playing by the rules: Ashley Cole, Confucius and the Leveson Inquiry 14 Oct 2012 | 05:05 pm
“How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity” – William S. Burroughs The words had barely left his fingertips before they ignited a fire that swept through the media devouring everyone ...
We should be ashamed: What John Terry and Andrew Mitchell tell us all about ourselves 29 Sep 2012 | 02:20 pm
So, after successfully defending himself from a criminal charge relating to the same incident, John Terry has now been found guilty by the Football Association of “using abusive and/or insulting words...
Oh brave new world that has such people in’t! 23 Sep 2012 | 04:22 pm
In terms of the greatest transfer coups in the history of football this has to rank right up there. I know, I was as shocked as you when the news broke earlier in the week. After all, this was a strik...
The Horror 16 Sep 2012 | 01:32 pm
“Mr Speaker, the families were right” I’m not a Liverpool fan and I’ve never been to Hillsborough but, like many others, I’ve found this past week incredibly painful. I was four when that dark day in ...
Thomas Dewar and the history of the Community Shield 14 Aug 2012 | 05:16 am
After the rip-roaring success that was the European Championships, the build up to the return of top flight English football at Villa Park yesterday afternoon may have felt like something of a hangove...
…bad heads and heavy hearts… 2 Jul 2012 | 01:16 am
With bad heads and heavy hearts, we bare the pain together, this peculiar agony of allying yourself to eleven men, who poured heart and sinew into their endeavours, who stood up to be counted, when...
