What a depressing Sunday we had yesterday with wet, cold, and windy weather destroying our cricket fixtures and making me generally pissed off. Like all sunday cricket players I take it out on all those close to me in a child like way by depresssing them as well sulking around looking for pity, I can't help it. It wasn't helped by an evening trip to Brian and Lorri's where everyone was having a great time celebrating Lorri's birthday. How was ...
Reading's season was in tatters last night, with the club suffering the double blow of the resignation of Steve Coppell and another season in the Championship. There will be all sorts of recriminations, and finger pointing from press, fans, and people who don't really understand football, but the common denominator in my opinion is the chairman, self publicist John Madjeski.Coppell indicated at 10pm last light he could only stay at the club if ...
Updates on the blog have fallen behind because I have been so bloody busy. God it's great to be so popular. So here we go. On Saturday it was Di's Dad's 70th birthday where he had the brilliant surprise of having six of his Irish relations over from Tipperary (It's not a long way any more because of RyanAir). It was an all day affair, and a bit too much for Di who after bragging all day about staying power, and always being the last one up, was ...
I have never seen a refereeing performance of such ineptitude as I saw last night as Chelsea dramatically crashed out of the Champions League. I am not a Chelsea fan but this was a complete and utter farce. Conspiracy theoeries of UEFA not wanting an all English final are hopefully unfounded, but for christ sake, Chelsea had two 50/50 and two blatant appeals for penalties turned down, one was so obvious a handball that it beggars belief that it ...
Reading's dream of a dramatic Premiership return hung in the balance last light as they were comfortably beaten by Birmingham on a day that promised high drama, and delivered nothing. Reading had to win and hope Neil Warlock's Crystal Palace could deny Sheff United victory at Selhurst Park. Palace did their bit by drawing 0-0, bur Reading were unable create enough, or be positive enough, to claim the victory required. Reading now face a highly ...