Tag Archives: Premier League

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 Quarterly Report 2015/16 – The Quarter Way Point

Posted on 21/10/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

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 →

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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 →

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Why and how too many Liverpool fans are in a perpetual state of self-made denial.

Posted on 18/04/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

After last season’s thrills, spills and ultimate belly ache there were high expectations heading into the new season. But Liverpool’s season has been a disheartening, disjointed, limp mess. With six league games left their chances of finishing in the top … Continue reading →

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