The Spoiler

Brown snubbed by MOTD2, Campbell for England…


“Hi, it’s Gordon Brown, is that Match of the Day 2?… Yes, I’ll hold…”

Gordon Brown

He’s a few days shy of the last one, so Corey Haim - wonderful in The Lost Boys - will have to wait until 2011 to be included in the Oscars slideshow of cameramen, sound guys, and beautiful beautiful actors who haven’t made it through the year. Newspaper desks will be hurriedly dissecting the late actor’s Wikipedia page, and throwing together a touching obituary right up until 6pm. Then everyone will go home.

Everyone, that is, except the hard workers on the sports desk, who were probably too busy watching football in 1986 to appreciate the actor’s work in Lucas, or in 1990 when he blew everyone’s minds in The Dream Machine. Barely any of them will even have seen Fast Getaway, nor its sequel Fast Getaway II. Such is their dedication to football.

Here’s what we know thanks to those who aren’t grieving at The Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Sun etc…

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Posted: March 10th, 2010 by JoshBurt

Capello’s considering Ledley - are things really that bad?


Ledley King - Really?

Ledley King

Time was when the England centre back berth was keenly contested by a group of players who could probably stroll into any other team on the planet. There’s a rich tradition at the back - Bobby Moore, Phil Thompson, Terry Butcher, Tony Adams, Des walker, Sol Campbell. Not to mention the lesser names of Mark Wright, Keown, Carragher, Woodgate during the small window of time before his body revolted, Southgate regardless of THAT penalty. The list is actually endless.

All of which makes the current dearth of World Cup contenders all the more remarkable, and slightly worrying. Both Ferdinand and Terry have endured seasons to forget, and the back up of Upson and Lescott will hardly fill the nation with confidence.

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Posted: March 2nd, 2010 by JoshBurt

Sol Campbell: “I’m in better shape than when I left Arsenal”


O RLY?

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Do behave, Sol.

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Posted: January 22nd, 2010 by Richard Gilzene

Sol Campbell, Spurs fashion, advice for Man United…


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Clear the gloom with some cheerful football stadium Reggae!

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Sol Campbell sues Portsmouth

[Eurosport]

Get the Tottenham Hotspur look!

[Kickette]

Why Heskey could be the key to United success

[The Telegraph]

New striker in Liverpool’s eyeline

[Caught Offside]

Gerrard makes his feelings clear

[Pies]

Some wonderful free transfers

[The Daily Mail]

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Posted: January 20th, 2010 by JoshBurt

Terry’s toilet issues, Stevie G hijack, transfer update…


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Here’s a tribute to the late great Teddy Pendergrass, who died yesterday. 

Benitez must be sacked, shouts Ronnie Whelan

[The Telegraph]

Someone’s got their eye on Gerrard

[Caught Offside]

Lucas Neill signs for Galatasaray

[Pies]

John Terry’s toilet-related issues revealed!

[The Daily Mail]

Honestly, I should never have left, says Sol

[Mirror Sport]

Get the Cisse look!

[Kickette]

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Posted: January 14th, 2010 by JoshBurt

West Ham crowd trouble, Keown on Sol, and more…


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Snap out of your January slumber with The Ramones! 

West Ham found guilty of crowd trouble

[The Telegraph]

Keown’s thoughts on Sol Campbell

[The Daily Mail]

Liverpool land Chamakh

[Mirror Football]

Cristiano Ronaldo - underpants model

[Kickette]

Classic goal!

[Pies]

Players to watch in the Africa Cup of Nations

[via The Offside]

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Posted: January 13th, 2010 by JoshBurt

Arsene just liked what he saw, says Sol Campbell


Sol - repeating the past

Sol Campbell

It’s been a strange day-or-so for Arsenal, what with Arsene Wenger first linked with 31-year-old Louis Saha, before then re-signing Sol Campbell, who is probably old enough to be your mother.

It’s almost as if the wily old Frenchman has decided to play a game of “opposites” - where you just do/say the opposite of everything that comes naturally. A hunch which may well be decided at the weekend, should he admit to spotting a foul committed by one of his own players.

Still, all that aside, Sol is back, and he had a few words to say about his old/new manager (as reported in today’s Telegraph).

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Posted: January 13th, 2010 by JoshBurt

Uh-oh, Arsenal website announces Sol’s return!


Don’t worry, we’ll announce it when the time is right”

Wenger and Campbell

As everyone very well knows, keeping a secret is hard. You need a certain level of poise, a calm nature, and it’s of paramount importance that you stay away from whiskey. Probably for the rest of your life. One tiny little shift in your molecules, and the floodgates will come crashing open.

All of which leads quite seamlessly to Arsenal’s official website, where a story was published today announcing Sol Campbell’s return to the club, suggesting that he will even turn out for the Arsenal reserves this evening.

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Posted: January 12th, 2010 by JoshBurt