Crouch back after nine years

Peter Crouch returns to Spurs after 9 years away. It’s a sometimes-forgotten fact that the big man started out at Spurs, leaving for QPR for £60,000 in July 2000.  It was considered a surprise when George Graham sold him as youth game reports indicated that the 6’7″ striker was showing improvement and was highly rated. […]

Welcome to Manchester

It appears Alex Ferguson has lost his sense of humour somewhere along the way.  Yes, the lovable uncle who brought us running jokes like “flexible added on time when United are losing” and “signing crap midfielders” has been lashing out repeatedly at his now-rich footballing neighbours, (Manchester) City. Last week he gave his opinion on […]

Watching the Premier League Bizarro World

Although we are only midway through the off-season, the Premier League’s big guns are definitely feeling the pressure. While not quite asset-stripping, between them they may have lost the services of Carlos Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo, John Terry, Xabi Alonso and Emanuel Adebayor within the next two weeks – with very little quality going the other […]

Believe you, me.

Tom Dunne – musician, broadcaster, journalist, humanitarian, impressionist. The former musician has carved a nice little niche for himself as the housewife’s favourite on Irish radio with latest listenership figures suggesting that about 69,000 people are tuning in from 9am to midday, Monday to Friday. Who is Tom Dunne? He forged a successful pop career […]

Blame it on the rain

Bloggers and tabloid journalists are enjoying the seeming fall of Manchester United this summer.  A number of international stars have appeared to turned their nose up on a move to the Premier League and the jewel in the crown, Cristiano “Tango” Ronaldo, has finally got the move to La Liga that he spent the last […]

Facebook changed. So what?

To the universe I don’t mean a thing Whether it’s posting messages of support online for troubled celebrities we’ve never met or putting up posters of missing children in a local rural post office thousands of miles from the abduction, people have a genetic disposition to belong, to be identified with something. I guess that’s […]

Recommissioned: The David Beckham Story

Axe I don’t really have an axe to grind with occasional footballer David Beckham.  He seems a good family guy (leaving aside the Rebecca Loos shenanigans) and a pretty decent bloke.  However, it’s fair to say that David Beckham’s career has always been about David Beckham.   Man U There’s a fairly strong argument for him […]

Some transfer targets for ‘Arry

Hey ‘Arry, rather than chuck away £25m on Defoe and Palacios, why not bid for these guys? Even this one would be an improvement. Don’t worry if you can’t afford to buy the entire first team squad – we can always bargain with any old tat we have lying around.

Football Manager 2009: The 30% price increase

It’s the release day of the most popular and successful football management game franchise of all time, “Football Manager 2009” (née “Championship Manager”).  Having sold millions of units since the early 1990s, the mere announcement of a game is enough to guarantee a #1 hit across Europe and that’s what will probably happen again. In […]