Monthly Archives: November 2010

Surely any professional footballer, paid many tens of thousands of pounds a week, should be able to score unchallenged from 12 yards? Apparently not. Against Liverpool, Spurs once again showed that despite their tremendous form and obvious qualities, they have … Continue reading →

I got back to granny’s early this morning to learn that the second student protest in as many weeks was taking place in central London. I genuinely considered joining it; I had a day off, there was no excuse not … Continue reading →

Dan Kilpatrick At Wembley For eighty-five minutes you had to feel sorry for the Troops. Clearly visible in their khaki across a soaking Wembley, they watched with eighty thousand others as England served up another damp squib of a performance. … Continue reading →

It will be a shame if Andy Carroll isn’t fit to start for England tonight. I was at Wembley this afternoon interviewing the early-bird fans and there was a surprising amount of excitement prior to the match, most of it … Continue reading →

The furore over whether Andy Carroll should be picked for England has reignited the debate on whether the private life of footballers should have a bearing on their prospects for the national team. Does it matter that Carroll, allegedly, went … Continue reading →

When my friend Fergus was being interviewed for a job recently, the interviewer asked him why he wanted to work in London. He was over the initial nerves by this stage and not having prepared an answer, he decided to … Continue reading →

In a previous blog I mocked my mum and labelled her ‘odd’ after I caught her hoovering the dog. I owe her an apology. It turns out this practice is not as strange as I first thought. Dyson has released … Continue reading →

I’m sorry Gu There was one major difficulty in making a photo blog about Goose – he is a ‘detagger’. Since facebook was my main source of photos – a few were kindly loaned from Rupert Stutt’s personal collection – … Continue reading →

I don’t think I will ever get bored of watching reruns of the Inter performance. A sarcy Arsenal fan commented on my euphoric on Facebook status ‘dvd?’, referring to Spurs’ tendency to release an official match DVD after big wins. … Continue reading →

Professor David Nutt. I can’t take him seriously. Whenever I hear his name, I think of my dear friend David Wright, affectionately nicknamed ‘Cashew’, and giggle. I imagine Cashew’s face on a giant nut lecturing the government on drugs policy. … Continue reading →