Nigerians confirm bid for Magpies
A spokesman for the consortium added:
"In order for Newcastle to obtain the funds for the takeover, Mike Ashley must deposit $100,000 in a Nigerian bank account for administration fees
GOOD DAY AND GOD BLESS"
Monday, 29 September 2008
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Two things about tonight's Liverpool game on ITV
1) Why does Clive Tyldesley pronounce "another" to ryhme with "bother"?
2) Why were Marseille playing in gold? I thought their home kit was white and blue.
2) Why were Marseille playing in gold? I thought their home kit was white and blue.
Thursday, 4 September 2008
The Today Today
On Today this morning, one of the codgers (Humphrys? Naughtie? Could even have been Stourton. If it's not Sarah Montague or floundering new-boy Evan Davis I don't notice) was reading out some football news.
He had three names to say and managed mispronounce and incorrectly stress all three.
He pronounced Robinho "Rob-Eno".
Berbatov became "Ber-BAT-off".
I began to wonder if he was taking the piss when he pronounced the name of the out-going West Ham manager as Alan "Cur-BISH-ley". Come on! It's hardly an exotic surname.
He had three names to say and managed mispronounce and incorrectly stress all three.
He pronounced Robinho "Rob-Eno".
Berbatov became "Ber-BAT-off".
I began to wonder if he was taking the piss when he pronounced the name of the out-going West Ham manager as Alan "Cur-BISH-ley". Come on! It's hardly an exotic surname.
I see the football season has started...
I'm sure I'm supposed to have opinions on it and that. While I think of some, here's Jimmy Bullard in a bin:
Sunday, 24 August 2008
Monday, 16 June 2008
More
Further to two of Marty's posts below:
1. As established by Marty himself, balls *aren't* getting lighter. Law 2 of FIFA's Laws of the Game stipulates (amongst other things) that the ball be:
"not more than 450 g (16 oz) in weight and not less than 410 g (14 oz) at the start of the match"
And this rule has been unchanged since 1937 ... when balls were made marginally heavier with an increase in the permissible weight from the original 1872 specification of 13-15oz.
2. Only TV pundit to get the van Nistelrooy offside-call right? Steffen Simon, much-loathed German TV commentator. Spotters badge to Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger. And of course *he* knew it too.
1. As established by Marty himself, balls *aren't* getting lighter. Law 2 of FIFA's Laws of the Game stipulates (amongst other things) that the ball be:
"not more than 450 g (16 oz) in weight and not less than 410 g (14 oz) at the start of the match"
And this rule has been unchanged since 1937 ... when balls were made marginally heavier with an increase in the permissible weight from the original 1872 specification of 13-15oz.
2. Only TV pundit to get the van Nistelrooy offside-call right? Steffen Simon, much-loathed German TV commentator. Spotters badge to Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger. And of course *he* knew it too.
Friday, 13 June 2008
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