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And I Can’t Smile Without You…

I’m suffering at the moment. Life is tough and, I’d hazard a guess, many of you reading these words are feeling my pain too. And we all know what is to blame, don’t we? The responsibility for our collective melancholic state lies with the coming of summer. “Close Season” — quite possibly the two most…

The G14 Mafioso — An Enemy Within

Last week, I met up with an old friend after work for a quick beer or seven. During the discourse of the evening, he began to lament the change the Political Correctness movement has had on life on the Britannia Isle.

Deconstructing Football’s Conspiracy Theorem

(Note to the Soccerlens Massive: I was gonna keep stoom on this but, now the dust is settled, I thought I’d put my ha’penny’s in…) A rhetorical question: Can the existence of an organisation as decidedly iffy as Media Sports Investments (MSI) be anything but bad for the game? All together now – you know…

The Unbearable Lightness of Being…A Spurs Fan

A few hours after the referee had blown the final whistle, I find myself sitting in a restaurant, opposite a beautiful woman, picking at a calamari entrée and throwing a glass of (rather cheeky) Chardonnay down my throat. “You okay tonight?” she asks. “Yeah. Fine.” I mutter, by way of response. But she knows me…

Requiem for the Common Fan – A Symphony in Two Parts

Part I According to the United Nations, and in common with the majority of countries in Western Europe, the United Kingdom is facing a potentially catastrophic problem. Strangely, given its gravity, it’s a big issue that goes largely unreported by the popular media and politicians dare not speak its name. It is this: It is…

Off The Record: It’s Good To Talk — Gooner-baiting in Essex

This was forwarded to me via email. The bloke that sent it swears blind it is a true story. For what it’s worth, my opinion is it probably isn’t.

Pascal Chimbonda: Free The Wigan One

If we believe what we read — and let’s face it; in this case, no one has ever denied its authenticity — it was one of the most shocking and tactless methods a footballer has ever employed to inform his club he wants out. Last May, following an end of season 4-2 defeat at The…

Roman Abramovich & the (T)rouble with Ch£l$ki

“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.” – H.G. Wells