Tag Archives: Hull City

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 2016/17 Preview

Posted on 13/08/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

As with most fans of the beautiful game the excitement of a new season encroaches steadily. Each step builds your anticipation – in early June the transfer window opens, at the start of July the first wave of players report … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Alan Pardew is a toucher, All PL owners are greedy bastards, Antonio Conte's successful hair transplant, Arsenal, Arsenal to win the league - and no I'm not smoking crack cocaine, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, ESPN's shameless clickbait, Everton, FUCK OFF TONY PULIS YOU NED SKIP HAT WEARING HOOF THE BALL BORING CUNT, Gotta love Leicester City's title win and Claudio Ranieri's interpretation of English, Hull City, Hull City are fucked, I'm exhausted after doing this, I'm not ready for this, Jose Mourinho is a twatcunt, Leicester City, Liverpool, Liverpool will be shite again, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Ronald Koeman's impending depression, Southampton, Stoke City, Swansea City, The Paul Pogba gavage, Too many tags, Tottenham Hotspur, Watford, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, West Ham United are squatters | Leave a comment

Relegation Day

Posted on 21/05/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

When it comes to the last weekend of the Premier League season it would be better if the title was on the line, but a relegation scrap is a passable consolation prize. Its appeal is both engrossing and macabre, akin … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged 11th September attacks, Alan Pardew is a genius, Aston Villa, Burnley, Chris Hughton, Geoff 'cuntface' Shreeves, Greg Dyke = daft twat, Hull City, James McArthur you aren't safe mate, Joe Kinnear, John Carver, Leicester City, Let's all laugh at Alan Shearer's management career, Manchester United, Michael Dawson has played for England, Mike Ashley is a fat bastard, Money money money, Mortal Kombat X, Newcastle United, Nigel Pearson moonlights as a serial killer, Premier League, QPR, Relegation, Relegation Day, Snake Plissken would escape from the Championship, Steve Bruce, Steve Bruce's fat head, Sunderland, Tactics Tim Sherwood will manage a team in the FA cup final, West Ham United | 1 Comment

The 2014/15 Premier League Quarterly Report – The Final Furlong

Posted on 23/03/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

So this time I set myself a challenge – to try and keep this column under a word count that could be deemed excessive. I aimed for a limit of five thousand words, which is rather a lot. But then … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Adam Johnson's Johnson, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Burnley, Chelsea, Chuck D, Crystal Palace, Everton, Hull City, I hate doing this, I hate everything about you, I hate myself, I hate you, I now know how to upload GIFS to my blog - yay for me!, Jeremy Clarkson is a dickhead, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mourinho is a facist self-loathing twatcunt, Newcastle United, QPR, Sean Dyche in a dyche, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, The Final Furlong - or is it the Frontier?, The Premier League, The Premier League Quarterly Report, This is pish, Timmy's back!!!, Tony Pulis sleeps in a barn with his fucking skip hat on, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United | 1 Comment

The 2014-15 Premier League Half Way Report

Posted on 05/01/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

First off, Happy New Year to one and all. Invariably it means we’ve reached the halfway point in this season’s Premier League. As per usual the first weekend of the New Year is reserved for the third round of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Angry, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Burnley, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, Fuck 2015, Hull City, I could've been playing FM2015 instead of writing this shite, In a bad mood, Leicester City, Liverpool, Managed to get my standard Scott Walker reference into a football piece, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, No Wordpress I don't want to use the new fucking editor, Queens Park Rangers, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, The 2015 Premier League Half Way Report, The Premier League, Too many tags again, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Yeah I did put Pards in the title photo - so what? | 1 Comment