Category Archives: Sports

Black Mirror’s jumped the shark with Euro 2020

Posted on 30/06/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

During the group stages of the European championships I was only half watching. Thanks to a slew of games compromised by negative tactics (even adopted by the likes of the Netherlands and France), a ridiculously bloated and therefore watered down … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged BBC, Black Mirror, Budapest, Charlie Brooker, Christian Eriksen, CPR, David Icke’s Lizard-people illuminati theories, Denmark, Diana, editorial opportunism to appease the new diseased populism, Euro 2020, Finland, France, Fucking England, Germany, Gonzo, Hungary, Hungary are the equivalent of inviting your local paedophile to a street party, Islamic State execution channel, Jimmy Saville fingering the arsehole of a decomposing horse, Jonathan Pearce, Kennedy assassination level event, Lockdown, Martin Keown, Mute button, necrophilia, North Wales, OJ fleeing in his Bronco, Police chases, Rubber necking, Scotland are shite, The Netherlands, UEFA greed | Leave a comment

Greed? Sure. But our indifference to UEFA’s decadence makes us equally complicit for the European Super League proposal existing.

Posted on 27/04/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Though we’re loathe to admit it, Gordon Gekko was right. The proposed European Super League captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit and clarifies how we feel about greed in its most brazen form. Europe’s biggest and wealthiest clubs attempting … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged AC Milan, Ajax, American sports soccer franchise twats, Apathy and Pessimism, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, BT, Champions League, Covid-19, Disingenuous soapboxing, European Super League clubs, Everton, ex-playing pundits with their lips suckered on the Sky Sports teat, fait accompli, Financial Fair Play, Finland, Gordon Gekko, Greedy fucking bastards, Gullible, Inter Milan, Largess, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Meritocracy, Porto, PSG, Real Madrid, Sky, Sky Sports, Slovenia, Soccer - YEAH!, Spurs as a founding member - laughable, Swiss model, UEFA, Wolves | Leave a comment

The NFL – a safe space for Trumpism?

Posted on 31/01/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

In a moment of serendipity, I went straight from witnessing the unsettling and remarkable, Trump supporters occupying and attacking Congress, perturbed by said scenes and the pedestrian hyperbole of the news, I sought out some real football, only to accidentally … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Sports | Tagged Ah the stereotypes - there must he more to life, Bills Mafia, Black Hole, Blitz!, Brexiteer gammon, Colin Kaepernick, Congress, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Cult, Donald Trump, Erasure, Exploitation, Fake news, fantasy football league, Flex in yer Spandex, Gazzetta Football Italia, Joe Exotic mullet, John Wayne, Kap's Angie Davis afro, Last Trump related thing I'm doing, Leonard Cohen, LGBT, NFL, Oakland Raiders, patriotism, Renault, Rob Halford, Rooney Rule, Safe Space, shooting vests, trucker hats, Turd in your Superbowl punch bowl, Twitter, Washington Redskins, WWE, WWF | 1 Comment

The Premier League Preview 2020/21

Posted on 11/09/2020 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Just as you didn’t need Covid-19 to return, here’s the return of my rubbish Premier League Preview column. Still, take some small amount of solace in this – Covid-19 has upset the established order of things, and my preview column … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Abu Dhabi’s mobsters, Alex Ferguson, Alisson Becker, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Benjamin Mendy, Big time baller bet of 50p, Bright orange Sainsbury’s plastic bags, Brighton, Burnley, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, David De Gea, Donny Van De Beek, Downturn in football my arse - someone paid £28m for Ollie Watkins, Everton, Expected goals is for losers, Frank Lampard, Fulham, Harold Shipman, Irn Bru, It's Bayern Munchen Al!, Jürgen Klopp, Joao Cancelo's good amortisation properties, Jose Mourinho, Lavish specimens in West Yorkshire fishtanks, Leeds United, Leicester City, Leroy Sane, Lionel Messi will never do it on a cold windy November night in Stoke at this rate, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Marcelo Bielsa, MESSI IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE FAM!, Mikel Arteta, Nathan Ake, N’Golo Kante, Newcastle United, No ingles señor, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Peter Risdale, Peter Risdale's cum soaked John Giles throne, Pogba and Fernandes sounds like a shite version of Hall & Oates, Roman Abramovich is a thieving cunt, Roy Keane, Sean Dyche’s mutant gingerness, Sheffield United, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke City, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Turf Moor, VAR still relies on human ibeciles, Virgil Van Dijk, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, White Lives Matter banner, Wilfried Zaha, Wolverhampton Wanderers | Leave a comment

The Premier League Preview 2019/20

Posted on 09/08/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

And just like that, it’s back. Normally a new season brings excitement, but not this time. There’s been no hiatus from football to build anticipation. Between highly profitable summer overseas tours for top European clubs in North America and East … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Alcoholic writer cliche, Arsenal, £200m on full backs, Baz Farage, Chelsea, Crap header picture I know, Dangerously overhyped American right wingers, Eden Hazard, Frank Lampard, Fucking deadlines, Guardiola's sweaters are shite, Harry ‘Slabhead’ Maguire - £80m!!!!, Jimmy Saville is Adam Johnson's dad, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Shite Predictions, Sky Sports' spastics, Solskjaer for the sack, Spurs, The Premier League 2019/20, Thursday night wankerdom, Top six twats | Leave a comment