R.I.P. The Lion of Vienna
Nat Lofthouse. One of the last giants of the post-war pre-1966 World Cup era of English football, a one club man with an exceptional scoring record especially at international level. read the rest of this rubbish
Tag: Football
Ah the romance is back in football
isn't that what ITV kept telling you? Nobody mentioned it at The Lane as Spurs beat Charlton with reasonable ease after the half-time introduction of Luka Modric which everyone had to suffer listening to on the radio. read the rest of this rubbish
You’ve 25 days ‘Arry sort it out now
and flog 'im. As soon as I saw he was in the starting XI for Spurs against Everton I knew how the game would pan out and sure enough a team that can't score were allowed to waltz through the middle and do so in 2 minutes. read the rest of this rubbish
A subdued New Year at The Lane
but still 3 points and a clean sheet. What better team to be playing with Hogmanay's hangover than Fulham who don't win at The Lane and gave Spurs another 3 points over the festive period. Oh and Beckham can piss off. read the rest of this rubbish
How to deal with the spoiling tactics of little teams
with little talent. Newcastle came to The Lane with little intent on playing football but just to stifle Spurs and frustrate with spoiling tactics, it ended with Spurs down to ten men but also a clean sheet and the 3 points. read the rest of this rubbish
Hanging on in quiet desperation
is the English way. The last ten minutes of Spurs' boxing day fixture at Aston Villa looked that way for the visitors but it was far from that as the skill and graft in white told in the end over just the graft. read the rest of this rubbish
Newcastle the gift that keeps on
giving. And the latest episode in this desperate club's history is just another moment to give us glee as they replace statistically their most successful manager i history with their long time target Alan Pardew. read the rest of this rubbish
I had thought of giving last night’s game
a miss. As the dead rubber along with 'Arry's team selection pointed to it being a frustrating night for Spurs against FC Twente but in the end a 3-3 draw secured top spot in the group and broke the odd record. read the rest of this rubbish
One of those stupid, frustrating, wasteful, types of
games. Where another 2 points were dropped in 'Arry's pursuit of the Premier League title as Birmingham came from a goal down to snatch a draw at their home ground. read the rest of this rubbish
Russia and Qatar made some FIFA execs
very happy. Wait shouldn't that be the other way round? FIFA execs made Russia and Qatar happy after their names were pulled from the envelopes telling us who would host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. read the rest of this rubbish