Tag Archives: Premier League
The sale of Chelsea FC – a referendum on what doesn’t matter
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
By ratifying the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United the Premier League has lost control over its future
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
The Premier League Quarterly Report 2015/16 – The Quarter Way Point
And just like that we’re already at the quarter way point of the premier league. The speed with which time passes becomes truly frightening if you dwell on it, so let’s not. Usually by now we’ve passed the Panagea phase, … Continue reading
Relegation Day
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
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