Browsing articles from "January, 2006"

Culture Of Bungs Rife In English Football

David O?Leary has said that he has never encountered it in his career. Arsene Wenger has also, rather predictably, seen nothing of the phenomenon during his time in English football and had little to say regarding the matter. Two high ...(Read more)

Posted by: on Jan 21, 2006 | Category: Archive | Comments Off |

Corinthians, Tevez and Joorabchian: The Long Arm Of The Lawless

It’s been a little over a year since London based businessman Kia Joorabchian astounded Brazilian football by paying a record $22m to prise Argentine superstar Carlos Tevez away from Boca Juniors and into the waiting clutches of Sao Paulo’s best ...(Read more)

Posted by: on Jan 20, 2006 | Category: Archive | 5 Comments | Tags: , ,

Arsenal Sign Theo Walcott From Southampton

Photo From ITV Football In a complete reversal of their previous foreign-based transfer policy, Arsenal have announced the signing of 16 year old Southampton whizkid Theo Walcott for an initial fee of ?5m. The Gunners beat off supposed competition from ...(Read more)

Posted by: on Jan 20, 2006 | Category: Archive | 2 Comments |

Memories Of Mo Johnston As Ex-Ger Miller Signs For Celtic

Image from BBC Sport With news coming out of Parkhead today of former Rangers striker Kenny Miller’s pre-contract agreement being signed with Celtic, it brings back some memories of that most infamous of Old Firm signings in 1989 when Maurice ...(Read more)

Posted by: on Jan 19, 2006 | Category: Archive | Comments Off |

Stan The Man

While Republic of Ireland fans are left scratching their heads over the appointment of the untried Steve Staunton as their new national team manager, ably assisted by Sir Bobby Robson I should mention, it’s good to see some of them ...(Read more)

Posted by: on Jan 18, 2006 | Category: Archive | Comments Off |
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