Rob Parker | February 25, 2010
Time to throw the towel in
Last night’s FA Cup replay between Stoke and Manchester City was forced when the Potters grabbed an equaliser at Eastlands from a Rory Delap throw.
Indeed, before the two sides met in their recent league game, Shay Given said of Delap’s throw: “You see it every week on Match of the [...]
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 [...]
Usama Waheed | September 8, 2009
Rory Delap throws some links at you
If footballers were star signs [The Sun]
Liverpool join Chelsea, Manchester United, and City in poaching accusations [The Spoiler]
Adrian Mutu leaves long trail of dirt [The Independent], appeals to Chelsea with open letter [Caught Offside]
Chelsea choose peculiar pose for team photo [MRWF]
Czech player dies after scoring own goal [Dirty Tackle]
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Rob Parker | May 22, 2009
The top-flight players who were not as crap as we expected
1. Titus Bramble
We are not sure whether Dr Steve Bruce prescribed a pre-season course of Ritalin, but Bramble’s concentration has improved beyond recognition. And because he is making fewer mistakes, he is now more confident and beginning to fulfil his early promise. He has capped [...]
Rob Parker | March 23, 2009
1. Paul Scholes should definitely take up volleyball when he retires. We already knew he could spike and now we know he can block too. Perhaps indoor volleyball would be better than beach with your complexion, Paul.
2. The Premier League title race may not have been open again after Liverpool’s victory over Manchester United, but [...]
Rob Parker | March 5, 2009
1. Manchester United can still pull off the results even when they are playing pretty poorly - and they were not at their best against Newcastle last night.
2. Maybe all the nonsense talk about Chelsea and Liverpool putting them under pressure with wins on Tuesday night had an effect. I don’t know why - they [...]
Rob Parker | December 12, 2008
Unusual method of restricting your gate revenue
When the Britannia Stadium was first built, Stoke City were knocking around the old Division One relegation zone and at one stage even had Chris Kamara in charge (and I’m still not convinced he should be left in charge of a microphone let alone a football club). A few [...]
