February 2012
344 posts
Suarez/Evra: The Poem
gamesagainstnature:
Some more topical poetry that I wrote for runofplay:
Suárez, enemy of Ghana, incensed by slur on his hermana, started this whole ugly din. Muttered something, pinched the skin.
Game ends, left-back still upset with alleged racial epithets. Bangs on match officials’ door. Kenny: “he’s done this kind of thing before.”
Click here to read the whole poem
If he were an ice-cream, he'd lick himself
youreacult:
I would say Americans who are interested in soccer will probably get more information from my Twitter feed than from any other source on social media.
— Piers Morgan, WSJ interview
On the edge of sanity: Zonal Marking Investigates →
youreacult:
Rich Fulcher-alike Zonal Marking has been doing his trademark digging on Roman Abramovich:
‘Take a guy like Roman Abramovich. Chelsea’s Russian owner has been one of the most influential figures in English football in the last decade. He wasn’t the first wealthy benefactor in the Premier League, but he took the practice of pumping millions into a football club to new levels. Despite...
On the edge of sanity: Homophobia in football, I... →
youreacult:
The Daily Mail report a new anti-homophobia drive in football. The commenters justify their existence:
I thought that about sixty five percent were Gay. The way that a lot of them play.
- Hetrosexual and proud of it, Dorset U.K., 21/2/2012 09:23
Proud of it? I don’t even have to work at…
