Beating the recession, armchair fan style

David Hardy | September 18, 2009

Rupert Murdoch helps address the need for a social life

Let’s face some facts. We are closing in on the end of the month. Anyone who shares my monthly fiscal philosophy of ‘two weeks living well, two weeks scraping by’ will be looking forward to a weekend on the sofa with any remaining cash spent at [...]

Sky Sports in mysterious search for passionate fans from all 92 league clubs

Rob Parker | September 4, 2009

What for? We have no idea

Like an Arsenal attacking move circa 2007, this new advert from Sky Sports meanders around all sorts of exciting places and at the end you are still not sure of what the point was. Rupert Murdoch and co are on the hunt for stark, raving, mad passionate fans from England’s [...]

Sky Sports are excited about the new season (just like you)

Rob Parker | August 20, 2009

More from Murdoch and co after the jump.

Jimmy Bullard struggles to record Sky Sports penpic video

Rob Parker | August 17, 2009

Walk forward and smile: not as easy as it sounds

You imagine some Premier League footballers might consider recording their pre-match introduction videos for Sky Sports to be a bit of a chore and a waste of their time. Not Jimmy Bullard. He had all the time in the world.
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Meet the Premier League’s new multi-million pound signing

Rob Parker | June 23, 2009

Mickey Mouse comes to the Prem

Michael Owen might be still passing around his GCSE Graphic Design project, but there is only one Mickey desperate to get into the Premier League who has had any luck so far this summer. Mickey Mouse is coming to the Premier League! Disney-owned broadcaster ESPN has snapped up the Premier [...]

Video: Why Sky Sports News might be looking for a new cameraman this morning

Rob Parker | June 6, 2009

That’s a bit harsh

This poor chap wants to talk about Notts County’s takeover, but ends up with a caption he probably didn’t want. In the process Sky Sports managed to create the most prominent use of the c-word in one of their reports since they stopped asking Steven Bywater onto their shows!

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Video: Jeff Stelling lives out last day highs and lows live on Soccer Saturday

Rob Parker | May 5, 2009

Hartlepool give Jeff the jitters

Jeff Stelling has never been shy about the fact that he is a Hartlepool United fan. But his performance on the final day of the Football League season pushed impartiality even further out of the window as he watched his beloved Pool attempt to secure League One survival.
This video compiles Jeff’s [...]