Tag Archives: England

The Premier League Preview 2026/27

Posted on 31/07/2026 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

There are three reasons why I’m doing this column a few weeks earlier this year. First, if you’re going to consistently make terrible predictions, as I do, you might as well be first and avoid accusations of imitation. Second, waiting … Continue reading →

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World Cup 2026 – cynicism and corruption are no match for the vibes

Posted on 30/06/2026 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

“I’m a professional cynic, but my heart’s not in it”. It’s a great lyric from a revoltingly twee song which I obsessively hated, because it incisively exposed an undesirable personal trait of mine. The video for “Country House” equally grates, … Continue reading →

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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 2018 World Cup – but do I give a fuck?

Posted on 13/06/2018 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I’ve never experienced such disinterest on the eve of a World Cup before – and it’s made me wonder why. I refute that it’s due to Russia hosting it. Yes, there’s good reasons why that should matter; it’s a country … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Sports | Tagged Apathy, Brexiter, Chainmail wearing twats, Champions League, Corruption, England, FIFA, Football, Harry Kane is a mouthbreather, Hope everyone enjoys regardless, International football is shite, Is it a geopolitical issue boobie?, jingoistic sneering, Judo master, Politics, Putin, Russia, Salisbury gripes, Scotland, Sports, tubthumping delusion, World Cup 2018, You reckon Putin's had a facelift? | Leave a comment

We’ve lost the plot, haven’t we?

Posted on 27/06/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

It’s a thought that I’ve been slowly coming around to for a while, and then the already tiresome, nauseating EU referendum intensified with tribal, polarised ‘debates’, a batshit crazy, cynical and malicious Orwellian photo-op and an American style political assassination. Then … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 'Are we crazy' - a crazy fascist foreigner once said, England, EU, Jimmy Saville is dead and Rolf's in the nonce wing, Leave, Lecter mask!, Madness were at Glasto this year?, Nigel Farage, Northern Ireland, Remain, Scotland, Wales | Leave a comment