If he hadn’t cheated on the apparent greatest living Briton, used hyperbole to show disgust at Arsenal’s stinginess or shot someone with a rifle, would Ashley Cole really be a 20/1 outsider with William Hill to replace John Terry as England captain?
Take all the role model nonsense out of the equation – and why [...]
Read moreTime to be less loveable?
Really, this question should be extremely simple to answer. He should gradually shape the team by bringing his own players in, gradually stamp his footballing identity on the team and Chelsea should gradually become the European-conquering side they’ve threatened to be for the past [...]
Read moreThis was close…
From the mid-eighties to the mid-noughties Manchester United were the only English team to make the final of the European Cup/Champions League, let alone win it. Then Liverpool opened the floodgates again in 2005 and since then English teams have once again been doing it for [...]
Read moreThe young JT…
After telling the lovely story about Mario Balotelli giving a redheaded dreadlocked homeless chap some moolah, we thought it was only fair that we also told the tale of the England captain and his English little league side.
Apparently, after reading a heartbreaking story in the [...]
Read more16-year-old Nathaniel Chalobah potentially a WC2014 star?
John Terry has been an extremely busy man as of late, but sportswear giants Umbro recently managed to pin him down long enough to have a nice chat – and The Spoiler got to ask him a question ourselves! Richard Anderson [...]
Read moreNothing untoward…
We’ve resisted talking about this so far because, well, it’s about as exciting as watching a tin of beige paint evaporate. But John Terry has made things vaguely interesting by finally speaking about all the hoo-ha surrounding the England captaincy.
Apparently everyone is thrilled with the situation [...]
Read moreCongratulations!
It’s been a day of quite momentous news – Abbey Clancy has had Peter Crouch’s baby, Peaches Geldof MIGHT be in trouble for shoplifting and The Darkness have reformed.
All brilliant in their own way, but as this is a football site we should probably focus on the [...]
Read moreHe’s in it…
The Spoiler is feeling all emotional this Monday, but as we’re unable to find our copy of The Notebook, we’ve decided to reminisce about players and managers, past and present, who’ve shed salty tears of despair over The Beautiful Game.
Here are five of our favourite [...]
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