On Soccer AM, Cameron Jerome explained why he went a long way under Steve Bruce: “The gaffer said he’d back me to the hills.” Brave Scunthorpe manager Nigel Adkins won’t yet be raising the towel: “We’re not relegated yet and there’ll be no throwing in of the white flag.” The Merse was impressed with what [...]
A seismic week for British culture. The yin and yang, the rough with the smooth, it’s swings and roundabouts, innit? Out goes Vera Duckworth, and back strides King Kev. What’s the reaction been like?
Keggy’s 1979 classic hit. Reached No 31 you know.
Some frightening towel-flicking antics with King Kev and Henry Cooper
Saturday’s reappearance of the popular Jimmy Bullard for Fulham after sixteen months out injured had Chris Kamara fighting a familiar battle with coherence: “Four corners of the ground, and the sides of the ground, and well… the back of the ground, everybody basically, had a round of applause when Jimmy Bullard came on.” Well, clearly [...]
A moment of magic from Jimmy as Tim Howard held onto a Martin Petrov effort: “No sign of a spill. No jam down the side of the pot there.” Credit where it’s due to Paul Jewell’s Five Live verdict on Big Sam: “He will take his sacking on the chins.” But no marks for the [...]
Sadly it was Ireland’s Brightest Daily and not Billo that was treated to the inevitable Eamo climb-down on the “puffball” who “would never be a player as long as he had a hole in his arse.” Some of the shocking confession from yesterday’s Star:
A chipper Jeff Stelling took the appearance of Chasetown director Frank Carson to be something of a personal challenge on Saturday: Sending off at Salisbury: “Herring has been sent off, so presumably the ref said ‘Red, Herring’.” St. Mirren hit by the winter vomiting bug: “There’s an investigation going on. Not sure what that’s going [...]
If Liam Brady does get the Ireland job, Tony O’Donoghue better watch out. “If my grandmother had balls, she’d be my grandad.”
Never mind your two-footed lunges, this is a proper tackle.
Try this trick down the school hall Tuesday night.
“Just a little casual there,” as Trev Welch would say.
72 year-old Mexican legend starts top-flight game.
