Commentator defends recent criticism
First off, Clive Tyldesley has a blog! The Spoiler assumes it’s been kept quiet so as to avoid the Internet being brought to its knees by a tide of abuse. Anyway, in his latest post, Red Clive has lent his support to Match of the [...]
Read moreSuch as, “be more tolerant of octopuses”
And so it was that the World Cup came to a rather messy halt. It’s been an uppy-downy tournament, thanks to disappointing superstars, weird new balls, and a final that found the Dutch looking for a fight.
But it’s not all been [...]
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England/USA gets the Lego treatment
BBC’s magic red button to solve vuvuzela issues
Pele has a pop at [...]
Read moreWe can’t wait.
ITV have just released details of their World Cup coverage team, and, befitting their general approach to football broadcasting, it’s a godawful mess.
The nation can look forward to sharing a month of balmy summer evenings with joyless mute Patrick Vieira, a terrifyingly earnest Marcel Desailly, [...]
Read moreAdrian, with Lampsie’s little princess
Normally so demi-bearded as he casually shoots the breeze with Lee Dixon on a comfortable MOT2 sofa, last night found Adrian Chiles in rather more formal ITV surroundings, as he anchored the England/Mexico coverage - suited and booted, nervously spooning words into Gareth Southgate’s considerably more middle-of-the-road mouth.
The [...]
Read moreGoing head-to-head (in a way)?
The world of football is awash with dream couples. You’ve got your Posh and Becksie, then there’s the Crouchmeister and Abbey Clancy. Then you get to the Redknapps, currently famous for their holidaying adverts, in which no one seems remotely affected by [...]
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A corker from Maicon!
Adrian Chiles switches teams
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Ribery caught up in prostitution storm
Fans [...]
Read moreGotta collect ‘em all!
Britain collectively released a heavy-hearted sigh on Wednesday morning (what, you didn’t hear it?), as the official TV listings for World Cup 2010 were released. ITV have got this lot, the BBC are showing these… to The Spoiler, none of it really matters, since watching [...]
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