What a night to be in Madrid. The shit quite literally figuratively hit the fan. Ronaldo and Mou, as he is now known, were both given their marching orders as the capital’s second club broke their hoodoo against Real. Read more…
Spot the Difference with Joey Barton
Joey has been mouthing off about Wigan, QPR and everything under the sun but Joey, remember this?
The day I met Alex Ferguson
With news of Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement breaking yesterday, many people began to look back on a career that has made the Premier League era what it was, for good and bad. A dedicated, strong-willed, no-nonsense manager of people and the press, Ferguson will loom large over the almost thirty years he managed Manchester United from 1986-2013. Given the vogue for short-termism in élite football, unless someone delivers results like Ferguson did at the height of his powers in the 1990s from the get-go, it is unlikely any manager will ever serve one club so long in English football ever again. Read more…
Interrupt the Chopin funeral march wherever it may be playing – we really have been here before. Read more…
Stand Up If You Like Passionate Fans
Remember how you have always said you wanted to see a 9 minute video about hardcore supporters singing behind one of the goal mouths? Well here it is!
The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun.
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.- WH Auden, Funeral Blues
We took our seats, just before kick-off in the noisy and boisterous Block E of the Old Stand in Waterford’s Regional Sports Centre – with two wins on the trot, there was reason to be hopeful that Waterford United’s poor start to the 2013 season was about to change. By the end of the game, we were left with more questions than answers. Read more…
