The edgy entertainment gossip newsletter Popbitch (well known to this site as Tottenham fans and season ticket holders) has this week decided to comment on the Spurs’ casual start to the season with the following joke:
Old Jokes Home: Juande Ramos, shortly after another training session, comments to the head groundsman at White [...]
Read moreIntellectual Spanish paper sees dark forces behind the three-game closure of the Vicente Calderon stadium
The Spoiler is used to reading stories in the Spanish sporting dailies that compensate for a lack of substance with a hefty dose of local indignation, but the reaction of even the serious Spanish [...]
Read moreWe’ll find out soon enough if this one’s got legs
The Spoiler will be the first to admit that this one is a little far-fetched, but for fans of preposterous rumour, here goes:
1) Newcastle have found a buyer
2) The lucky winners are a consortium of either Russian or Ukranian businessmen, or both
3) [...]
Read moreIs Jurgen finally having to settle his karmic debt for a career of outrageous dives?
From the never less than excellent The Week
“Jurgen Klinsmann’s reputation as one of the greatest figures in German sporting history is under threat, says Ian Hawkey in the Sunday Times. The former Spurs [...]
Read moreFiasco at Upton Park reminds Mike Ashley he had better find a buyer quick
This could be a watershed week for Premier League football, as clubs start to deal with the consquences of global economic catastrophe. Leading the suffering is West Ham, £142 million in debt according to the [...]
Read moreNew home of English football reveals a fearsome reputation for office skills
England fans heading to the wondrous new-ish Wembley tomorrow to enjoy the ritual dismantling of Kazakhstan should take a moment to meditate on just what their exorbitant ticket prices are paying for. The fiasco of the stadium’s construction has been reported at [...]
Read moreMagpie number one gets credit crunched
From today’s London Evening Standard, some chilling news for admirers of Newcastle owner Mike Ashley’s bank account.
“Mr Ashley is the fourth biggest loser from the crunch and has seen the value of his stake in Sports Direct, the retail giant he set up and floated on [...]
Read moreFirst teamer can’t take any more of the Professor’s strained vegetables
Arsene Wenger is credited as a pioneer in the use of sports nutrition in the Premier League, cleverly phasing out the cakes and lager in the Arsenal players’ diet and substituting them with healthy, if inedible, protein infusions [...]
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