February 2012
“if I was a dog, Tom, I’d probably be a Labrador. Just sitting in front of the...”
– Henry Winter
On the edge of sanity: England Expects - Scott... →
youreacult:
So, now we have Scott Parker in charge on the pitch, and Stuart Pearce in charge of the team. With these two in tandem England are guaranteed the momentum to progress to the World Cup final. They will clearly set us on our way. Unless, of course, you think for a moment. Euro 2012 betting is over.
Here’s a few examples of people who haven’t quite managed that. First we have our bread...
imagine if this happened.
*meeting your favourite footballer*
You: Hi, I'm-
Footballer: I know who you are, I stalk your blog on tumblr omg. I know that you love me and I want you to be the mother to my children. Let's raise the fuck out of our kids okay and then we can get married omg, we're meant to be.
You can't choose your fans →
A famous story attributed to Groucho Marx is that having been told that he would be refused membership of a notoriously anti-Semitic beach club, he sent a telegram to his own club stating, “Please accept my resignation. I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” The line was paraphrased by Woody Allen in Annie Hall to describe his character’s difficulty with...
Frank Lampard, ever more unpleasant →
Frank Lampard has reinvented himself at Chelsea under Andre Villas Boas by becoming even more unpleasant.
Modern Football
youreacult:
FFP is an absolute joke and I hope it’s challenged in a European Court and abolished! Our Sheikh should be able to spend his own money on his club however he likes! Whenever I see FFP it makes me so angry! Just as we got the money to buy anyone we want, bloody Platini pulls the rug. I want City to sign Bale this transfer window. Fuck FFP, I’m sure our lawyers could find ways around...
I smell a conspiracy. Someone investigate!
youreacult:
This is compelling stuff, there’s something deep going on here, and Cox is the man through the looking glass:
@Zonal_Marking: Lavezzi makes it 1-0 Napoli, Alves makes it 1-0 Barca within a minute of each other.
“He’s crying tears the size of pineapple chunks.”
– Ray Hudson, Real Madrid v. Mallorca, 17 June 2007 (via rayhudsonquotes)
That utterly ridiculous Ronaldo backheel for Real... →
