Togo Head Home
Our thoughts are with the Togo national team today as they head home following the terrible attack on their team bus last Friday.
At times like this you realise just how unimportant football is: three men died in the sustained attack, leaving all those on board the bus probably permanently scarred in one way or another.
It [...]
Cristiano Will be £80Million ‘Real’ Man by End of Month
And so it seems that Cristiano Ronaldo will finally get his wish: by June 30th 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo will be a Real man. Real Madrid, that is, as Alex Ferguson has agreed to transfer Manchester United’s top scorer to the club for a credit crunching £80 million.
As transfer fees go, this is a whopper, which [...]
Inter Milan v Man United – Champion’s League 24th Feb 09
All of us with football shaped eyes will be looking at only one thing, come 19:45 this evening: the Inter Milan v Man United Champion’s League Last 16 match!
While most in the media are busy talking up the character’s of Ferguson and Mourinho, those of us who love football are going weak at the knees [...]
Good Week for Gazza; Bad Week for Gaza
As I stated a little controversially the other day when I questioned the hoo-hah that took place on the TV news when Steven Gerrard was arrested (he got more air time than the crisis in the Gaza Strip, which, on that day, didn’t even feature on the BBC late news), there is more to life [...]
Gerrard Arrest – Not News
I love reading the papers and watching the TV news when something which could potentially be a huge story happens, like one of the best-behaved Premier League footballers, Steven Gerrard, getting arrested and being charged with assault.
Being arrested is, in the UK, not indicative of anything other than the suspicion of an offence. Sometimes, even, [...]
