Rob Parker
Rob is a journalist and blogger currently based in Madrid. He is the former deputy editor of Who Ate All The Pies and is now the editor of his own football blog, Off The Post.
Julian Dicks cost Liverpool more than Robbie Keane did
Soccerlens is a big fan of statistics, as Scott the Red’s in-depth rundown of last season’s Premier League data showed. In fact, statistics show that 83 per cent of all Soccerlens writers are fans of statistics. So when we heard that statistical evidence had been uncovered which proved that Julian Dicks was more expensive than…
Is Michael Owen’s England career over?
When England were playing Andorra and Croatia it was fair enough for Fabio Capello to think that Michael Owen was not fit enough to feature for England given his injury and illness problems. But despite playing six games for Newcastle and scoring five goals since then, he has not done enough to earn a recall…
One more question, why is Juande Ramos still in a job?
The answer, it seems, revolves around that nice juicy contract that the Tottenham Hotspur manager but his signature on not so long ago. What under-fire chairman Daniel Levy is discovering at the moment is that when you pay a manager £5 million a year and then want to sack him you have to pay him…
Ex-Plymouth goalkeeper Luke McCormick jailed for death crash
Goalkeeper Luke McCormick has been jailed for seven years and four months for killing two children in a motorway crash. The former Plymouth Argyle player admitted causing the deaths of Arron Peak, 10, and Ben Peak, eight, and driving with excess alcohol. The brothers died in a collision on the M6 near to Stoke-on-Trent on…
Liverpool fightback proves they mean business this time
Liverpool’s 2-3 win over Manchester City yesterday was without doubt one of the finest games in Premier League history. The Reds pulled off the sort of comeback they had previously reserved for 1990s clashes with Newcastle United and Champions League finals! Granted Liverpool’s revival was given added impetus when City had Pablo Zabaleta dismissed, but…
Joe Kinnear’s Wikipedia page gets f***ing defaced
Newcastle caretaker manager Joe Kinnear has found himself undermined, unwelcome, unhappy and now the victim of Wikipedia graffiti in his first week in charge. His foul-mouthed tirade against journalists at a press conference is still providing plenty of internet entertainment for those who get their kicks out of this sort of thing! The cheeky editor…
Unhappy Rangers fans force Coronation Street script change
Writers on soap opera Coronation Street have been forced to make changes to their script after dozens of complaints about anti-Rangers line by one its characters. In a recent episode Scottish character Tony Gordon said: “I could no more be interested in Rosie Webster than I could support Glasgow Rangers.” The complaints forced bosses at…
Are Arsenal out of the title race?
One point against Sunderland is a lot better than no points against Sunderland, but a 1-1 draw was not the result Arsenal fans would have been looking for against the Black Cats, particularly given their slip-ups already this season. The result means that they will probably have slipped out of the European places by the…
Newcastle fans are not For Kinnear
Joe Kinnear – the man who has single-handedly raised the number of expletives in football by 2387 per cent in one week – is now finding that even his name is a swear word on Tyneside!
Roy Keane to launch bid for Patrick Vieira?
Which is a bit of a turnaround because it used to be ‘Roy Keane to launch for Patrick Vieira’. And vice versa. But a lot of today’s newspapers have the same story that Keano is desperate to bring his old nemesis to the Stadium of Light to boss Sunderland’s midfield. The Frenchman is currently in…
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