Rob Parker | January 27, 2010
Spurs boss reflects on the prospect of a midweek trip to sunny Leeds
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp decides that a silly question deserves a silly answer when a journalist asks whether he had wanted an FA Cup replay against Leeds.
In case your sarcasm detector isn’t working, he didn’t really want a replay.
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Rob Parker | January 4, 2010
1. Leeds’ victory should be dedicated to all the pompous pundits who got on their soapboxes to claim the FA Cup was dead on Saturday evening. That includes you, Mr Collymore.
2. Sir Alex Ferguson is either a very sore loser or must have thought the BBC still had the FA Cup rights!
3. Portsmouth might have [...]
Rob Parker | October 20, 2009
How beach balls can be used to help, not hinder
Leeds keeper Shane Higgs showed Pepe Reina a thing or two about putting beach balls to good use when he blockaded most of his goal with inflatables ahead of last night’s clash with Norwich.
OTP suspects they have some very pleased sponsors this morning after this cheeky [...]
Rob Parker | April 10, 2009
Petition to award Leeds 1973 Cup Winners’ Cup trophy
A Yorkshire MEP has launched a petition to have Leeds United’s 1973 Cup Winners’ Cup final defeat to AC Milan investigated in a bid to have the trophy awarded to United. Milan won the match 1-0, but the result was overshadowed by suspicions over a number of [...]
Rob Parker | December 31, 2008
Leeds starlet does his best to scupper Premier League move
Over the last four transfer-less months a name that has been omnipresent in the gossip columns has been that of Leeds United youngster Fabian Delph. It seemed every mid-table Premier League manager and his dog were interested in signing the England Under 21 winger.
So it was [...]
Rob Parker | November 28, 2008
Histon defender out to beat his alter ego’s ex-club
This is Histon FC centre-back Mat Mitchel-King who, we suppose, at a squint looks a bit like Rio Ferdinand. It is probably just a well that he resembles the Manchester United defender at least a bit since he is his body double in Nike adverts. The [...]
