Archives for April, 2006

Big Phil Scolari? Big Ron Hoddle? Reading Big Phil’s words of wisdom I think we got off lightly. Surely Scolari was an accident waiting to happen – an unfortunate cross between Glenn Hoddle and Ron Atkinson? But congratulations to the English media for bullying this guy out of the job before he even accepted it. [...]


A New Scotland?

“Is an all-foreign Arsenal bad for English football?“ But if all our top teams are made up of non-Englishmen….


At least this morning I didn’t have to deal with the jobsworth ticket inspector who once tried to fine me £20 for sitting in First Class when it was standing room only. But there’s something quaintly old-fashioned about commuting to work everyday while modern technology means that I could do most of the work I [...]