Category Archives: Sports

So much of modern football feels fake, but Relegation Day is still as authentic as it gets

Posted on 27/05/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Douglas Murray, who, let’s just say, has some glib descriptions of twentieth century nationalism, was on better form when offering an anecdote on Lex Fridman’s podcast about advice to writers. Namely the cynical propensity writers have to view events in … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Alex Ferguson, Championship, Chelsea, Douglas Murray, England, English football, Everton, Football, Going down you cunts, Hull City, Leeds United, Leicester City, Lex Fridman, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Peter Risdale, Premier League, Relegation Day, Sam Allardyce, Sociology | Leave a comment

The Premier League Preview 2022/23

Posted on 31/07/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

We’re fast approaching the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Yeah, psyched for it. Remember when Qatar was awarded it? The world was very different back in 2010. Crappy 3G smartphones. Alex Ferguson was still managing Manchester United. Prince and Leonard Cohen … Continue reading →

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The sale of Chelsea FC – a referendum on what doesn’t matter

Posted on 31/03/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Forest Gump winning the Best Picture Oscar in 1995 over Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption seemed scandalous at the time, and it becomes more perplexing as time passes. Despite being nauseatingly sentimental, it has moments, and lines that have attained … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Sports | Tagged "Honest" American billionaires, Abu Dhabi, Boris selling his arse for oil, Brexit, British millionaires in the 90's seems a world away, Cabbage Patch Kid faced despot, Chelsea, Forest Gump, Geopolitical hypocrisy, Gesture politics, Manchester City, Newcastle United, NFT’s are a con, Oligarch, Premier League, Pulp Fiction, Roman Abramovich, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Shawshank Redemption, Sportswashing, Vlad Putin's facelift | Leave a comment

My manifesto to save football from itself

Posted on 31/01/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

It’s fitting that a significant section of society and its institutions should begin to emulate the behaviour of the government it elected. Still, while too many did, most didn’t vote for Boris Johnson. And no wonder, even before being elected … Continue reading →

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By ratifying the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United the Premier League has lost control over its future

Posted on 31/10/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Back in August I wrote that the Premier League’s blocking of the Newcastle takeover was arbitrary, cruel and inconsistent, given they’d already let another sovereign wealth fund belonging to a country with a questionable human rights record buy Manchester City … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged 1992, Abu Dhabi, beIN (lower case b you heathens), Bradford fire, Champions League, European Super League, Financial Fair Play failure, Gary Neville needs to take a break and we need a break from him, Get back on telly Delia, Greedy cunts, Hillsborough, Iraq, Jamal Khashoggi, Leonard Cohen, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mike Ashley is also fat, Newcastle United, Premier League, Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Roman Abramovich, Saudi Arabia, Sky's homogenisation of football, Stalinist purge, The Future, UEFA, Whataboutery cunts, Yes Kim Jong-un is fat | Leave a comment