Dec

11

Further…

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…to this story from a couple of weeks ago it looks like Watford’s Alhassan Bangura is set to be deported from the UK.

Nov

26

Attempted rape, mutilation and witchcraft

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Not exactly your run of the mill Championship footballer.
Watford’s Alhassan Bangura on his struggles to stay in England and avoid deportation to Sierra Leone.  Can you imagine how far Ashley Cole would have swerved off the road if this sort of thing was happening to him?

May

18

Blind Leading The Blind

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So FIFA is to work with the FA with regard to the West Ham/Tevez debacle.
Expect swift and decisive action. And no hints of corruption. From anyone. Anywhere. Nope.

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

10

A Very Good Idea

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One thing we can all agree on, is that Premiership footballers are, on the whole, grossly overpaid for the job they do. It’s easy to point the finger at players like Ballack on £130,000 per week, but when a fairly average player can be paid £20,000 for 7 days work, more than a nurse can [...]

Mar

5

The FA/Sky

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Arsene Wenger has been raging in the last week about the treatment that Arsenal get from officials - I’m not going to go into that specifically, but…
About three years ago, I did some work at the FA in Soho Square. This meant going round the whole building and visiting each and every office/department. What was [...]

Dec

18

Arsenal ban national flags

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It seems the football world has gone PC mad. Some weeks ago a man flew a Turkish Cypriot flag at Ashburton Grove. A large number of people, Greek Cypriot Arsenal fans in particular, complained to the club.
In the light of that they have now decided to ban all national flags from the ground. This is [...]