All Entries Tagged With: "Football"
The English Brooklyn Dodgers Return!
There is a generation of men for whom sport is set in stone. Certain teams are good, some are bad and some are indifferent and will always remain so. In the USA, this would be the Brooklyn Dodgers generation. No matter that they moved more than 4000 miles away, to these guys they will always [...]
Kicking Around The Political Football
Britain is facing a General Election today where every seat in Parliament is voted on and the leader of the largest party generally becomes the new Prime Minister. This tradition may be deviated from today, with good reason if the Conservative’s David Cameron somehow emerges at the front. (Best election joke I’ve heard so far [...]
ESPN’s Coverage Borders On Absurd
The inside of betting shops, underneath a teenager’s bed and a changing room – what do these three murky and hallowed places have in common? None of them should ever see the light of day and certainly not be illuminated by the light of a live TV camera but ESPN, with their FA Cup coverage [...]
Wanted: Footballing Time Machine
One of the most exhilarating feelings in the world is the slow dawning of reality back into the world after putting down an especially engrossing book. You know what I’m talking about; the return of the senses that had previously been in a field during the 1860s under fire from Union forces with bullets, gore [...]
The Luck Of The Drawer
Another big difference between you and your football brethren o’er the pond is our attitudes regarding luck and fortune and our relative ability to influence and harness it – or believe we can. Ask any English fan if their team is going to win at the weekend and they will come back with a variety [...]
