We Need to Talk:- 30 November
How did the defending champions Wellington Firebirds end up with that interesting shirt for this season’s competition? Looking back at Adelaide, and going through all the defining moments; and there[…]
Tagged: football
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 27 November
Jonah Lomu tributes. The Argentinian Dressing Room before their match against the Barbarians. Paris bombing tributes. Harry the Watford Mascot is becoming quite a feature. Andy Murray preparing for this[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 20 November
WAKE UP. The Channel 9 logo could have been photoshopped out of this picture, but that would have taken away some of its horror. So farewell then Mitch Johnson; you[…]
Clough the Incomparable
By The Spotter Thirty-five years ago in 1980, unfashionable Nottingham Forest and their genius of a manager, ably assisted by his sidekick Peter Taylor, won football’s European Cup for the second year[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 13 November
Whoever knew that the middle aged ex cricketers in the USA All Stars T20 circus would be tacky? Like Teletubbies, only worse. And this is what a hybrid sports ground[…]
Taking the Wellington out of the Wellington Phoenix.
The soap opera rolls on. The latest semi-villain to enter the fray is 85 year old chairman of FFA (presumably an honorary role) Frank Lowy. It would appear he has[…]
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The Wellington End of Days?
By Paul Montague If the Australian football clock is inexorably ticking on the Phoenix being an A-League club (and it certainly seems so), we should be wondering WHY ON EARTH THEY REALLY[…]
What should Welnix do?
The conspiracy theories are clearly valid. Football Federation Australia has come as close to kicking the Phoenix out of the A-League without actually going ahead with it. Never mind that[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 23 October
The England cricket team practices for its forthcoming test match in Dubai. Make up your own minds as to what they are actually doing here. The flourish dive has been[…]
