Archive for the 'sport' Category
Nick Clegg could make good use of the transfer window
Yazan: Sara | 21 January 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: sport, Uncategorized
Last night one of my former council ward residents was a panellist on Question Time. But Clarke Carlisle’s appearance soon became of far more interest to me than his previous residence in Abbots Langley. The former Watford, now Burnley defender had been asked to appear in his position as the new Chairman of the Professional [...]
Don’t you know what the whistle’s for, ‘Arry?
Yazan: Sara | 31 October 2010 | No Comments
Categories: sport
I used to be a football referee, in fact I was the youngest woman ever to qualify at the time (14 years and 3 days, when the limit was 14 years). One of my peers was FIFA World Cup official Phil Sharp, although I stayed largely on the local parks. I might not have kept [...]
The Ryder Cup – celebrating a Liberal invention
Yazan: Sara | 05 October 2010 | No Comments
Categories: sport
Whilst the nation celebrated Europe’s triumph and the champagne flowed at Celtic Manor, few people will have realised that the Ryder Cup was introduced by a Liberal politician. Sam Ryder was an entrepreneur and golfing enthusiast, who built his fortune by selling garden seeds in small ‘penny packets’ to ordinary households. A keen amateur golfer, [...]
A very good night at the Lane
Yazan: Sara | 21 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Arsenal, sport
So it’s Spurs 1 Arsenal 4 in tonight’s Carling Cup match at White Hart Lane. A brilliant debut goal from Henri Lansbury and an all-round performance from everyone except Mr Flappihandski. Had the linesman done his job properly, it would have been 0-5. But hey… The match stats are quite telling. The Gunners had more [...]
Pulis the other one
Yazan: Sara | 29 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Arsenal, sport
So Stoke manager Tony Pulis doesn’t likewhat Arsene Wenger has said about his team’s style of play and has reported the Arsenal manager to the FA. Stoke are also planning to take legal action against the Frenchman. Wenger was clearly thinking of Blackburn’s ‘aggressive’ style of play yesterday when he criticised Stoke’s similar tactics against Spurs last week. [...]
Clogging the opposition – spin doctor style
Yazan: Sara | 12 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: sport
My heart said Holland from the start. The English have a certain affinity with the Netherlands and us football fans still think of the Dutch as the total footballers of Cruyff, the power of van Basten and, for those of use who are Gunners, the sublime silkiness of Dennis Bergkamp. But this wasn’t anything resembling [...]
I am scum
Yazan: Sara | 29 June 2010 | 4 Comments
Categories: sport
Yesterday’s outburst and hurried, yet seemingly insincere, apology from Jeremy Hunthas reminded me once more that to a sizable minority of the party that my party is in coalition with I am nothing better than scum. Whilst the Tories may be continuing to love-bomb the Lib Dems and Nick Clegg seems firmly in position as Dave’s [...]
No sport please, I’m a socialist
Yazan: Sara | 20 February 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: Labour, sport
On the whole, I’ve tried to stay clear of all the class war rhetoric. It seems clear to me that most Tories were not educated at Eton and that very few Labour voters are sons of coal miners. So it’s irritating and amusing in equal measures when supporters of either party play their stereotyped role. [...]
Infidelity is the new metatarsal
Yazan: Sara | 02 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: sport
In the last few days, stories about England captain John Terry have relegated the troubles of the UK economy to the runners-up spot. Infidelity has become the new metatarsal, a major threat to England’s World Cup success. Now whatever your moral feelings about infidelity, it’s neither illegal, nor unusual. Not that that makes it OK. [...]
Paddy looking for a mirage in the sand of the sheikh
Yazan: Sara | 11 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: sport
For a year the wallpaper on my computer showed Patrick Vieira’s last kick of a ball in an Arsenal shirt. Wheeling away after scoring in the penalty shoot-out which beat bitter rivals Manchester United in the 2005 FA Cup Final. I felt as sad about Paddy’s move to Juventus as I had when Liam Brady [...]
