Tag Archives: Stoke City

Coming soon

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Possibly in a new jacket; views pls.

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Coming soon

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

On the Manchester City bench Mancini offers his assistant a sweet, it looks like a fruit pastille. They are playing Balotelli on the left wing (he is a striker) and now here he is again, gathering a pass on the … Continue reading →

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Coming soon

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

In the second half, on the seventieth minute, the mood changed. A cold white panic swept through the crowd as the young Arsenal player Jack Wilshere went in on Pennant with his studs up. Our winger took exception to this … Continue reading →

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Ennui

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

Slothful Lackadaisical Listless Lifeless Indolent Sluggish Lethargic Miserable Gloomy Jaded Melancholy Splenetic Depressed Fed up Unable to be arsed Cmon Stokies, snap out of it; I haven’t had one ‘amusing’ remark this week. Not one.

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Six or seven hours later; the old Telly Savalas

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

A picture that paints a thousand words, from elsewhere.

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Pictorial # 5

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

These girls were hanging over the bridge post-match waving their Barcelona scarves: ‘We are all anti-Man United supporters today,’ they were saying ahead of some other match and the Manchester City fans more than appreciated the gesture.

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Pictorial # 4

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Afterwards I turned round and saw this man sobbing his heart out and wiping his tears away on his tattoos. I feel a bit of a paparazzi about the shot, but anyway the News of the World weren’t interested so … Continue reading →

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We interrupt this pictorial for a public service announcement

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

I was reading the small print in the back of the programme (£10) last night. The very last message is ‘Mind Your Language.’ ‘The FA will not tolerate foul language (except by players to the ref) or any abusive, racist, … Continue reading →

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Pictorial # 3

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Everywhere you look there is someone taking a photograph or a video; is recording the day more important than being at the day I asked myself. The answer I gave was No. I have heard this head wear described as … Continue reading →

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Pictorial # 2

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

And Lo! from below a Delilah did rise

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