No excuse at all
I know it’s reknowned as a library, but surely this is taking things a bit far. Songsheets? In full colour .pdf format? Blimey… This does prove, quite conclusively though, that arsenal fans do have the worst chants eve[…]

Wrexham? Damn near killed them!
Hot on the heels of Hearts ground woes comes the saga at Wrexham.
The background can be found on the excellent Red Passion site, which covers these revelations from the club chief executive (and former Lincoln City Cha[…]

How not to run a football club
Hearts held an EGM last night to consider a resolution to approve the sale of Tynecastle for housing, and move the club to Murrayfield.
Murrayfield – across the train tracks on the Glasgow-Edinburgh line – […]

Bloody Shirtlifters
Tim Cahill was sent off for Everton on Saturday for receiving a second yellow-card for doing a Ravenelli style celebration. Such rulings make my blood boil; I enjoy seeing players celebrating, forming as it does a rare connection […]

I saw the ‘rematch’ of the 1988 FA Cup yesterday between veterans from Liverpool and Wimbledon. John Alridge finally scored a penalty against the Dons, though only just. But two things struck me of note.
Firstly, was how much the old play[…]

So it comes down to this. The final day of the competition, and I have nine minutes to beat. Should not be too hard eh?
BOXING. Uh-oh. The boxing causes me a slight problem. I do not particualrly want to watch it, but my Dad likes boxing, I am in the[…]

The Fall And Rise Of Fiorentina
As related here, an extraordinary sequence of events has ensured that Fiorentina will play in Serie A only two years after being stripped of the rights to their old badge and team colours and relegated to Serie C2 afte[…]

More petulance please!
Here on TMFD they’re called petulant and sulky. On ILx our own D. Boyle calls them “blimmin’ prima donnas” and suggests that they are refusing “to be held to account by the people who pay their wag[…]

Step into my office, baby
I was at Darlington’s ground two weeks ago and was struck by the fact that the Chairman’s office is right in reception. In most organisations, the more senior your post, the further you get removed from contact w[…]

Poor old Robbie Savage. Finally the “Robbie Savage Fact” as it had become known, is no longer true. Robbie, a scamp, a teaser, a mullet topped rascal of the highest sort (for which read dirty little bugger) has finally been sent off, and […]