Garry Cook – retract the credit card
That’s all folks – the transfer headlines you’ll be reading in tomorrow’s papers will be that hardly anyone went hardly anywhere.
Anyone seeking one last fix of transfer activity should check out goings on in France and Spain, who in typical continental fashion keep their windows open [...]
Read moreAfter The Spoiler’s visit to Stan’s talkSPORT studio, the gulf between blogs and former players is wider than ever.
Dear Stan,
Oh dear. That didn’t go too well, did it? Not radio’s finest half hour. Still, thanks for having me.
There seems to be some confusion over my comment that players can’t be fans, [...]
Read moreChelsea’s new interim governor Raymond Wilkins knows all about Big Phil, but what of Big Kevin?
This, from scurrilous gossip outfit Popbitch, not a couple of weeks ago…
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This week we saw news that Chelsea boss Felipe [...]
Read moreNew Arsenal saviour about to feel the sharp side of British bureaucracy
It appears the Merseyside derby wasn’t the only tedious affair that went into extra time this week. In a Spoiler exclusive, Andrei Arshavin’s agent Dennis Lichter has revealed that the on-off-on-off-on-off-on-off-you-get-the-idea-with-that transfer was not concluded inside the 5pm Premier League deadline.
Speaking [...]
Read moreRamos eager to Spursify Real Madrid, but finds much of his work already done
Of all the Spurs players new Real Madrid manager Juande Ramos dreams about at night, the one he’d most like the chance to bewilder in Spain, according to the Spanish press at least, is Didier Zokora.
Madrid could [...]
Read moreInce’s managerial career about to contract a deadly virus: statistics
The Spoiler is very much an admirer of Paul Ince and believes that a great deal of silverware lies in his future. His fondness for pale grey suits might not do him any favours and most schoolchildren can knot a tie more elegantly than [...]
Read moreGunners’ capitulation to Aston Villa suggests they are growing bored of top four finishes
By going over like cardboard to Villa at the Emirates this afternoon, Arsenal have now registered four defeats in the first 13 league games this season, something they haven’t managed since 1994/95, long before the arrival of Professor Wenger. For those [...]
Read moreClassic Alan, from his analysis of Liverpool-Wigan on Match of the Day
“There were terrific players on both sides, and I include Wigan in that.”
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