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Tag Archives: football
Sportsthoughts (19) – Squeaky bums and smelling the stable
April is the cruellest month… I don’t know whether TS Eliot was a football fan – I somehow doubt it – but the opening line from “The Wasteland” perfectly sums up the agonies of April. What Sir Alex Ferguson memorably … Continue reading
Sportsthoughts (18) – For Quins and West Ham, playoffs beckon…
Big games for both my favourite teams yesterday. Quins were away to Saracens, the team they can never beat, at Wembley Stadium, of all places. If Saracens won they would go above Quins at the top of the rugby Premiership. … Continue reading
Sportsthoughts (15) – So farewell AVB…
It’s been coming for some time, as Chelsea stumble around, dropping points against teams they usually dismiss with ease, threatening to fall out of the Champions League in the last 16 (Napoli – good but not great), not even able … Continue reading
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Tagged Andre Villas Boas, AVB, Chelsea, football, Soccer, sports
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Sportsthoughts (14) – Lessons from the Weekend
There were some terrific games of rugby and football over the past weekend. I managed to watch England v Wales and Gloucester v Quins at rugby on Saturday and the Arsenal v Tottenham football match on Sunday. I skipped the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Cardiff, England rugby, football, Gloucester, Harlequins, League Cup, Owen Farrell, rugby, Soccer, sports, Spurs, Tottenham, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (12) – where now for Arsene?
AC Milan 4 Arsenal 0. Ouch! Arsenal are my second team in football. The family team. And the team that over the past decade have been synonymous with good football, the beautiful game. When they lose it doesn’t hurt in … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, football, Soccer, sports, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (11) – So Farewell Fabio… and ‘allo ‘Arry?
So Fabio Capello resigned as the manager of England’s football team last night. Brought down in the end by his misjudgement of the John Terry racism case. Clearly a suspicion that the FA manoeuvered him into the position where resignation … Continue reading
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Tagged England, Fabio Capello, football, Harry Redknapp, Jose Mourinho, Soccer, sports
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Sportsthoughts (9) – a big weekend
It was a big weekend for the football and the rugby, this weekend. In the rugger it was the last round of group games in the Heineken Cup – who would qualify for the quarter finals? In the footie, Sky … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, football, Harlequins, Heineken Cup, Premier League, rugby, Soccer, sports, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (8) – festive football madness
Back to work, finally, tomorrow. Dumped the Christmas tree today. The festive season is truly over. As ever, the footie went a bit bonkers over the festive season. Is it the sprouts or a heavy-lying Christmas pud that turns some … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Carroll, football, Peter Crouch, Soccer, sports, Tim Howard, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (4)… How did we lose that?
I went to my first West Ham game of the season today. The visitors mid-table Burnley. Fellow claret and blue wearers. Favourite team of famed spin doctor, Alastair Campbell. League champions in 1960, still a good side in the early … Continue reading
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