Ian King

Thing is, they did do some crazy shit on the way to the 2019 Champions League final, so I can't completely rule it out. The Manchester City and Ajax ties were both insane.

It's irrelevant now anyway. I can't believe Tudor survives this.

Would watch

When he mentioned Joe Hart's name, I thought they might be about to bring him on.

I mean, the only idea worse than dropping Vicario off is subbing him on after 15 minutes at 3-0 down.

Did I read that Van de Ven wants to go to Liverpool?

He'll fit right in, with slips like that, AMIRITE?

I've got no idea why he's dropped Vicario.

That Bassett hound prick would have been the worst all possible worlds. He'd either have succeeded or failed.

It's been three and a bit games now and I've seen nothing to suggest that Igor Tudor isn't a bit shit. Should have given it to Delle.

These two look like the sort of people that you'd expect to work in a mortuary and the sort of people you wouldn't want to work in a mortuary at the same time.

The latter turned out to be *extremely* true.

Spurs play today

Oxford is the big surprise, getting their shit together like that. I think the real possibility is Albion and Leicester both going. I saw Leicester play Norwich a couple of weeks ago and holy shit, they *stank*.

I would absolutely accept this. 49 game season including the playoffs next year.

The campaign to bring back "hullo" starts here

Well, it's been coming up three years and we still live in the same house, so I'm claiming that as a win

Non league football for funsies, Spurs for professional misery, has been my mantra since going freelance :-)

Some thoughts on the 3PM blackout by columnist Steve Jinman.

Read the full piece: https://bit.ly/4rqTGRQ

YouTube video by Archive Sport Grandstand, May 4 1963 - teleprinter & full results round-up with David Coleman and some other links

A little curio from YouTube here, the Grandstand classified results from 4th May 1963, featuring Wimbledon winning the Amateur Cup against Sutton United and Leyton Orient getting relegated from the First Division.

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Preview: Atlético Madrid and Spurs clash in the Champions League The 16th-placed team in the Premier League continue their unlikely assault on the Champions League with a trip to Madrid to take on Atleti.

It's Atletico Madrid vs Spurs in the Champions League tonight, and the good people at @fotmob.com have allowed me to spread my DOOM AND GLOOM all over it.

www.fotmob.com/topnews/2652...

West Bromwich Albion: The Tottenham Hotspur of the Championship? At the end of November, West Bromwich Albion were mid-table in the Championship and looking upwards towards the play-off places, but now they're involved in a battle to stay in the division.

West Bromwich Albion may be sliding towards relegation from the Championship, and they're doing so in a way that slightly reminds me of somebody else.

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I can't be the only person who only saw the eye and thought, "Oh my god what happened to that poor cat's eye" without even *seeing* the chocolate mask of which it's CLEARLY part.

Can I?

In a male-dominated game, Kylian Mbappé’s career is largely run by women In an extract from his book, Philippe Auclair reveals the influence of mother, Fayza, and other prominent women on the Mbappé image and brand

Excerpt from my new book, "The Mbappé Project" - part of the chapter devoted to the women who have shaped the career of a megastar.

No Fayza, no Delphine? No Kylian, not as we know him.

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Match of the Weekend: Gosport Borough 1-2 Sholing - Arms Spread Wide on the Starboard Bow A walk through a city that I've not seen that much of before, a local derby between two teams fighting over one play-off place, and a BOAT TRIP, you say?

Your weekend match is here, lovelings, and this week's featured a BOAT. Find out when I've previously used boats to get to a match before and why Gosport Borough fell flat against Sholing in a Southern League derby here.

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Silhouette of a gull against a plain grey sky

B(I)RB

Oh piss

I feel quite undercut with this 1-1 bullshit I've had at half time

I don't even pretend to understand rugby, but that *sounds* like a big score

I've definitely entered bandit country

Don't you ever forget

A view from a boat of Portsmouth Harbour on a misty afternoon, with Spinnaker tower on the right and a grey battleship on the left.

AHOY, MATEYS