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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 →

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The Premier League Preview 2021/22

Posted on 31/07/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The European Championships are over. Mercifully no more players collapsed with cardiac issues and Italy saved us from a tidal wave of insufferable English triumphalism, which, with a win, would finally be liberated from the embarrassment of perpetual failure. The … Continue reading →

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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 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 →

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