football

Game of Thrones

June 24, 2012 62 comments

So, the virtual pub has had a bit of a make over. And I rather like the new look. And as a virtual pub, the first choice I will have to make is this: what is to be my tipple? I used to love my beer, but I have wondered away from the True Faith [...]

Read the full article →

On The Fall Of Fabio Capello.

February 9, 2012 30 comments

AND LO! The kingdom of Ing-er-land was in ferment and distress and everywhere the people were afflicted by pestilence, the Danes, the Germans, the Franks and even the Andorreans! For no great King could be found to lead our brave albeit somewhat overpaid useless and stupid lads to any effect in battle! Many years ago [...]

Read the full article →

Mickey Thomas for Chancellor!!

October 7, 2011 9 comments
Thumbnail image for Mickey Thomas for Chancellor!!

I wasn’t around to see the football of the late 1970s and was unable to gather a full understanding of what took place for most of the next decade. Watching old matches on television often leaves this bunny with the impression that the whole experience of the game back then was different, with more fun [...]

Read the full article →

UNITEd swoop for Striker

October 1, 2011 1 comment
Thumbnail image for UNITEd swoop for Striker

Breaking news – UNITEd have issued a press release confirming that they have just completed the signing of an internationally-renowned striker. The player (who has obtained a superinjunction that means we cannot name him for legal reasons) issued a statement through his representative for northern Europe and Scandinavia, “ever since the stories I heard about [...]

Read the full article →

Mine’s a Guinness – and put a Shamrock on that, won’t you?

August 29, 2011 39 comments
Thumbnail image for Mine’s a Guinness – and put a Shamrock on that, won’t you?

I decided not to comment on the biggest football story of the last seven days until the weekend was over, just to make sure that it actually was. [Editorial Note: For cricket and other people who didn't or wouldn't notice, Manchester United beat Arsenal 8-2 at Old Trafford - probably a record.] What developed on [...]

Read the full article →

More Sports Documentaries – an Impossible Job

August 13, 2011 1 comment
Thumbnail image for More Sports Documentaries – an Impossible Job

A recent OutspokenRabbit post (kindly crossed by the good people at Anna Raccoon) –  concerned ‘Orient for a Fiver‘, a behind the scenes film which provided an insight into a club enduring serious hardship. Its televisual brilliance owed much to the way in which Orient’s on-field woes actually became a sub-plot to the gradual breakdown [...]

Read the full article →

Orient for a Fiver – the Greatest Sports Documentary of All Time

July 9, 2011 14 comments
Thumbnail image for Orient for a Fiver – the Greatest Sports Documentary of All Time

The football documentary as a genre possesses the hit and miss record that one could also attribute to the autobiographies of players. Many such tombs fall down as works of literature because they fail to offer any insight beyond the already known results of important matches besides the predictable foray into clichedom, “we won the [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries