England – Out of Africa – The Movie?

by Adrian on 29 June 2010

If you don’t laugh…

England - Out of Africa

England - Out of Africa

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The Disgrace of the England Football Team

by Adrian on 28 June 2010

Another World Cup, another England failure.

For me, the disappointment is not so much the fact that we’re out of the World Cup so soon, but the manner in which it has happened. The public have been told all the way along that preparations were first class but the four games we have seen the England team play demonstrated very clearly that all was not right. [click to continue…]

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Scotland’s World Cup Record – SFA?

June 12, 2010

With the World Cup in South Africa now under way and with England playing tonight, it would be easy to overlook the other home nations. So, although I’m proud to be English and will be cheering England on tonight like many others when they take on the USA, I thought it would be good to [...]

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Bigot? That’s Bullshit Brown…

April 29, 2010

After the almighty faux pas by the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown where he called a long term Labour supporter (both old and new flavours) “a bigoted women”,  I felt I needed to understand fully what all the fuss was about. I decided to look up the word ‘bigot’ to get a complete definition and [...]

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South Coast Team Reach Final of Proper Football Cup Competition

April 12, 2010

After a turbulent season, Portsmouth Football Club finally have something to cheer about after beating Harry Redcrap’s Tottenham. Despite having relegation from the Premiership confirmed the previous day, the Pompey players played brilliantly ensuring this FA Cup semi-final went to extra time before going on to win 2-0.

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Pompey – a Sorry Storrie

February 26, 2010

Portsmouth FC – Administration 26th February 2010 – 10:20am Peter Storrie – 2009 Salary £1.2 – £1.4 million I don’t know about the others but can only guess the huge sums they took in salaries and bonuses to drive a great club from a proud city into administration. Harry Redknapp. Why leave the club for [...]

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Football: Great Game, Rotten Business

February 25, 2010

Seeing the financial woes of my home-town club, Portsmouth FC, being highlighted in the press recently, is a sad indictment of how football in England is being run. Pompey, I’m sure, isn’t the only team likely to enter administration over the next couple of years but how has it been allowed to happen? Who takes [...]

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Depeche Mode at the O2 Arena, London – 21st February 2010

February 21, 2010

Hot on the heels of seeing Depeche Mode at The Royal Albert Hall with my wife and two sons, this time was the turn to take my Brother-in-law to see the band for his first time. The journey to and from the O2 was a nightmare with engineering works on both the mainline and underground, [...]

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No More Political Correctness for Police?

January 24, 2010

My Sister gave me this card for my recent birthday: I’m not sure if I got this because of my renowned political correctness or the fact I’m carrying a bit of excess baggage! Either way, I thought it was very funny… Picture credit: Matthew Pritchett, The Daily Telegraph

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I Really Should Have Gone To Specsavers!

January 21, 2010

As part of my ‘support local shops’ philosophy, when I recently decided to switch back to wearing contact lenses, I thought that I would try an opticians in my local area. I went to 20/20 Vision in Park Gate and enquired “Do you have contact lenses” to which the sharp (dangerously so) Receptionist retorted – [...]

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