This’ll be the 45,000 seater stadium greeting visitors to Kazan
The nation has spent so much time crying its eyes out over FIFA‘s recent World Cup 2018 hosting vote, The Spoiler would bet 90% of fans don’t even know what sort of fancy new stadiums the Russians are planning [...]
Read moreTo get you pumped up – James Brown!
And lo, a week of big highs and lows draws to a close. The Spoiler is exhausted. For those of you [...]
Read moreEveryone has gone totally mental today over the failed World Cup bid. But let’s put things into perspective.
Read moreLet the finger pointing commence!
Right, well, that didn’t work out. One option would be to shrug our shoulders, think something philosophical like “oh well, it’s nearly a decade away, we’ll get over it.”
But sod that.
Who can we collectively blame for this mess? Cast your [...]
Read moreBrilliant, thanks a lot
With their addled minds overloaded with memories of Arshavin’s moving monologue, Gullit’s impressive Apprentice bike pitch, the Spanish men flashing up buzz words like “gourmet” to whet Fifa appetites, David Beckham’s hilarious childhood anecdotes, Fifa’s Executive Committee have finally spoken.
And the winner [...]
Read more“Kneel before Zod!”
For those who missed it, that was some dynamite television.
To summarise: for Holland/Belgium, Cruyff complained about fat kids, they showed a Poirot film, then Gullit attempted to flog bikes to Fifa, explaining that “bikes are not a gimmick”.
Spain/Portugal stood staring at their [...]
Read moreKelly Brook – opinionated
Famous faces have been out in force, throwing their rusty pennies into the mix to explain just why England should host the World Cup. Kelly Brook (above) was one of them. Find their moving tributes after the jump…
Read moreBeckham – naive?
David Beckham is certainly feeling upbeat about tomorrow’s draw. He said this of the 22 men with England’s World Cup bid in their hands:
“I think that we can trust every one of the members.”
But who are these “members” of whom he speaks. [...]
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