Unnecessary Merchandise News

Finally, Chelsea release an official basketball shoe

Well it’s about damn time

The Adidas TS Commander LT

In their latest bid to increase their following in Americaland, Chelsea have produced an official basketball shoe.

The adidas TS Commander LT – which comes with a free scarf and Chelsea shirt – drops on August [...]

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Mayoral Sighting

Spotted: Boris Johnson at the Arsenal club shop

London Mayor sighted signing Gooner merch

Boris Johnson Arsenal

This morning, a Spoiler fan spotted London Mayor Boris Johnson loitering outside the newly-refurbished Arsenal World of Sport club shop at the Emirates complex. He was signing one of the brand new away kits for staff.

Does anyone know [...]

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Financial Blues

The real reason Steve Sidwell left Chelsea

Flame-haired midfielder was cut a slim slice of the profit cake

Steve Sidwell

Following his transfer to Chelsea in July 2007, Steve Sidwell insisted he was not at the club to ‘make up the numbers’. Despite this, he only ended up playing fifteen times for the Blues, and was [...]

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Ill-fated Merch

The world’s most pointless sports merchandise

Celebrate a perfect season that never happened

Crystal Ball

The sports merchandise industry was so confident that the New England Patriots would stride through last weekend’s Super Bowl that they started churning out all sorts of junk commemorating the 19-0 perfect season. But the perfect season didn’t quite

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Euro 2008 News

Germans run into another comic pothole in their language

Triple Euro winners try to lift our spirits with some unintentionally vulgar slogans

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You don’t need to be reminded that June is going to be a slow month without a major football tournament to worry about, but at least the Germans, with their famous sense of humour, have tried [...]

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