When over a number of years of a long-standing destructive campaign by a group of moronic so-called Gunners supporters’ campaign undermined the position of Arsène Wenger, Arsenal’s iconic manager of 22 years, the gang finally got their wish and he was driven out last season by disgusting abusive chanting from the stands and the […]
Arsenal supporters (?) hold up anti-Wenger banners The UNDERMINING & complete demoralisation of their team from the stands? Many of us observers of the football scene have been scunnered over recent years by the long-standing destructive campaign by a group of moronic so-called Gunners supporters’ campaign to undermine the position of their Frenchman iconic veteran […]
You may not believe it, but sometimes performance in sport actually influences what people think about politics and that can then even determine the government’s survival. Ridiculous though it may sound, such events that government had nothing to do with, can affect the decisions made on election day and boost vote share either way – […]
Scot Willie Groves [1893 West Brom to Aston Villa £100] Welshman Gareth Bale [2013 Spurs to Real Madrid £85m] Football’s transfer market is a bit like the old slave trading bazaars isn’t it? Players are bought and sold like sides of meat, but the prices are in millions here. It is a scandalous business really […]
England’s Glory Days – World Cup 1966It is often said that Football is a life or death industry – perhaps in England it has become that these days? The nickname ‘The Beautiful Game’, assigned to association football, has been much used by many pundits, but is often attributed to Pele – the brilliant Brazilian footballer. […]
There is an old football joke which goes back to the days when Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich took over London’s Chelsea Football Club in 2003, and pumped millions of pounds of cash into it buying all the top players and consequently winning the English premier league a year later (unfair in many clubs’ fans’ eyes!): […]
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