New Huddersfield manager’s past fashion faux pas
Since Lee Clark was unveiled as Huddersfield Town’s new manager today we thought we ought to pay tribute to his playing career. Or, to be more precise, the moment he made one of football’s greatest wardrobe-related errors of judgement.
Geordie boy and former Newcastle player Clark took the not-very-well beaten track to Sunderland. But he was still a Newcastle lad at heart, and attended the 1999 FA Cup final wearing a t-shirt bearing the slogan Sad Mackem Bastards. Strangely he never played for Sunderland again…
1. Arsenal fans really hate Emmanuel Eboue. He had a disaster of a match, but he probably had enough on his plate with the Wigan fans jeering without the Gooners getting in on the act.
2. Arsene Wenger really hates Emmanuel Eboue. Yes, we established he was awful against Wigan but he had been on the field for the best part of an hour. Taking him off in the final minute of the match really hung him out to dry.
3. No manager is better than an unstable manager. Sunderland came within a whisker of getting a point against Manchester United minus Roy Keane. Read more »
Evidence that staring at black-and-white stripes can lead to dyslexia
We have tried to say it in the broadest of Geordie accents, and we still can’t make ‘boycoutt’ say ‘boycott’. Obviously the fans in question were not from the spelling regiment of the Toon Army. We have to agree with the sentiments though: sak teh boaurd, that’s what we say.
Spotted on The Spoiler
Is this technically an own goal? Marlon King - wearing Newcastle United shorts and socks - fires a penalty past Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given. Hull were stopped from wearing an all grey kit by referee Andre Marriner, who decided there was enough gloom on Tyneside at the moment without a team in all grey playing a team in black-and-white.
It’s a bit too early in the season for his beloved Bolton to be officially considered to be in the midst of a relegation dogfight, so guest columnist Mof Gimmers currently has the will-power to show the fans of other teams the error of their ways. Here are a few home truths for the Toon Army.
The Western World is a place that’s built on protests. The French famously hacked up the monarchs to give rise to the Republic after being sick to the back teeth with the lavish lives of those in power. Throughout history, people have kicked out against The Man because, as the Super Furry Animals rightly pointed out, The Man Don’t Give A Fuck. However, what about the recent revolt seen in the North East of England at the moment. Read more »
Two fat peas in a pod
“Short, overweight, extremely impressionable” - this could be taken from the Wikipedia page of either of this pair, but it happens to have come from Bobby Hill’s. By the way, what do you call a sportwear tycoon who loses all his money on a football club? Answer after the jump…
No, not that one. Before that even. Kevin Keegan ends his Newcastle playing career by leaving the stadium by helicopter. Not so much as a shower and he was off!
