Oct

5

Ashley Cole is stupid: the evidence mounts

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Cheryl from Girls Aloud says Ashley Cole left Arsenal because:

It got to the stage at Arsenal where he couldn’t even have a conversation in the dressing room because nobody spoke English.

She also says she made him turn down a move to Real Madrid:

Ashley was offered a hell of a lot of money to go… the [...]

May

31

Hargreaves In “Not That Good” Shocker

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Now Owen Hargreaves is set to join United, the tabloids can concentrate on the real business of the day, i.e. when Henry’s leaving Arsenal or whatever fictional bollocks they can construct.
I saw Hargreaves play for Bayern last month in a home game versus Bayer Leverkusen and while he was hard-working and industrious he really was [...]

May

18

Another Day, Another Dollar…

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…Another Henry/Wenger/everyone to leave Arsenal story. I won’t bother making links to this as you can type “lies” into Google.
The Daily Mail for one is reporting comments “made” by Patrick Vieira regarding Wenger’s unhappiness about the David Dein situation. Every summer it’s the same thing; Arsenal players do seem to be the focus of [...]

Apr

26

BREAKING: Apparently, Posh might have a bit of an attitude problem

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While this isn’t directly about football, the only reason we’re forced to endure the blip that is Victoria Beckham on our pop culture radar is thanks to David Beckham, so I’m giving myself a break here and just running with this.

Since most of you probably read, you know, books and actual news stuff, you might [...]

Mar

14

Middle aged billionaire leaves wife for younger, hotter woman

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Roman Abramovich, billionaire owner of Chelsea FC and former BFF of Jose Mourinho, is divorcing his wire Irina.  If you’re into the whole family-values thing, that’s the bad news, especially as it is becoming increasingly obvious that that split was preciptated by Roman enjoying, um, carnal knowledge of ex-model Dharia Zukova.
If you’re into cosmic justice, though, the good [...]

Mar

13

A is A, after all

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In what passes for ‘news’, Man City midfielder (and, to be fair, skilled literary critic) Joey Barton is up on assault charges after allegedly whomping a Liverpool cabbie.  He’s out on bail until May.
There was a brief movement a short time ago that encouraged us to acknowledge Barton’s growing maturity, and that he could indeed grow [...]