Jings!
Without wishing to get all religious on y’all, the Great Scottish Caption Cock-up Scandal of 2004 takes on a theological bent. Apparently the folks being captioned ‘had a great week of celebrations and now the Southern Reporter has[…]

Who wants it?
For some strange reason, a strand of political, social and cultural critique has always been fascinated with (working-class) violence. It’s real: these guys aren’t faking it.
Sadly, I suspect Acarine might be. If so, they&[…]

I think the bad guy in the ECFC tale is the player. According the to newspaper story, if Duane would have said to the club ‘I want more money’ and the club would have said ‘there isn’t any’ that would be fine, as Duane j[…]

Crunchy Pig Goodness
Pete’s post reminded me that I ate some great porky bits last night. They were proper Pig Back, not crunchy corn snack with pig flavour sprayed on them. Nice and crunchy, with good fatty greasy bits. No gnarled bits that I[…]

I’ve been thinking some more about the whole issue of player agents.
A friend who works in football said ‘why would a club pay a player’s agent?’ I thought about this, and the only answer I could come up with was because its e[…]

Germans Flagging
Whilst watching Italy play Sweden in Euro 2004, several TMFD writers pondered the relationship between flags and national team strips. In a fit of procrasturbation, here’s the answers to those questions:
Why do Germany play in […]

what took you so long
Emma Bunton sprang to mind when reading this piece on the decline of Formula One by Richard Williams. I had a similar feeling when reading a piece by ITV presenter Beverley Turner on the gross sexism in the sport. A sport that s[…]

Krikey! Supersize sandwich!
Though it must be remembered that Kingsmill smells of fish, and I wouldn’t thank anyone for giving me the means to get these for free. Ugh.[…]

There’s a huge streak of bitterness running through this, but I’m surprised no-one has really analysed the winning goal by Greece in the Euro 2004 final.
Take a look at these pictures:

There’s several things to note. Firstly (and t[…]

Player agents – greedy money grabbing bastards bleeding the game dry, or necessary evils to help players counter the clubs always out to shaft them? It’s a debate that generates much heat, and until now, very little light.
Following on […]