Question: What’s the difference between Bob Crow and Roman Abramovich? Answer: One is a twat whose delight in walking out pointlessly irritated thousands, the other is a man whose walkout delighted thousands of irritating, pointless twats. No - don’t leave yet, I haven’t finished. Alright, maybe I shouldn’t quit the day job.
Just when you thought you’d seen it all in football, something new comes along to shock you to your very core. Something so foul and rotten, it makes the stench of Jade Goody’s perfume range seem almost pleasant. A football team have had a rather dodgy penalty awarded against them. I’m waiting for Parliament to be [...]
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “The teams could not be prised apart but this was an afternoon when Liverpool’s spirits soared and plummeted. A likely victory was taken from them with the dubious award of a penalty by the referee, Rob Styles, whose form was so poor that he would have been substituted well before [...]
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “It was a match to make grudges respectable. While Chelsea are out to avenge the loss to Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final two years ago, they were measured throughout a victory that makes them favourites to take their place in Athens on May 23. The Stamford Bridge side played [...]
As usual the Glastonbury Festival was awesome. Mostly wet and muddy but awesome. Quick highlights were Sunday night’s Pyramid Stage finale by Muse, and Loonaloop on the Avalon Stage Saturday. Oh, and not forgetting being part of the biggest single collection of fans outside the stadium to watch England’s quarter-final defeat to [...]
Lampard lures Gerrard: Frank Lampard would like fellow England midfielder Steven Gerrard to join him at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea are understood to be closing in on a £31m deal for Liverpool’s skipper after chief Rick Parry revealed Gerrard is considering his Anfield future. “Steven Gerrard is a fantastic player,” Lampard said. “I think our partnership works really well. “He [...]
Gerrard eyes Chelsea deal as Benitez takes Liverpool helm: It was the hardest beginning that any manager could have wanted. On the day Rafael Benitez took over at Anfield, Steven Gerrard gave his clearest indication he wished to take his leave of Liverpool. It emerged yesterday that the Liverpool captain, for whom Chelsea are prepared to [...]
Chelsea are ready to pay £31m up front for Steven Gerrard: Chelsea are ready to pay £31m up front for the Liverpool captain and England star Steven Gerrard. Owner Roman Abramovich wants the midfielder to be his notable signing before the new season and now he plans to use his vast wealth to get his [...]
According to the Daily Mail, Steven Gerrard has asked for a transfer from Liverpool and will put his request in writing after the conclusion of the European Championships: Steven Gerrard has made up his mind to leave Liverpool for Chelsea and has asked for a transfer. The England midfielder has told the Anfield club of his intention [...]
Steven Gerrard is once again being linked with a multi-million pound move to Stamford Bridge. Rumours have arisen in the English press indicating that Gerrard could be ready to leave Liverpool in search of a better chance of silverware. The Independent ran a story almost a month ago suggesting that Roman Abramovich had given Peter Kenyon permission [...]
