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PFA think the home drug tests are an 'Invasion of privacy'? Get real!

Wednesday, 12 November 08, 02:53 PM

So 30 of the most cossetted, highly paid, highly strung, precocious, possibly talented (depending on your point of view) individuals in the country might - and this is just a *might* - have to let someone know where they are for one hour of every day of the year, and it's an 'invasion of civil liberties'!? Fuck off!

The PFA have criticised the new WADA initiative invading 'the privacy' of an elite selection of the Premier League's top stars. Surely, SURELY, this will avoid anone calling foul of players 'forgetting' a drugs test (are you listening, Rio?) If the dudes can show at your house, any day, any time, so what? You're being paid potentially upwards of £100, 000 a WEEK to play football. Why moan about this? What on earth do you have to hide? Seriously, what? Is it a cellar full of Slovak plumbers? Room after room of Thai brides? A...

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Tottenham fan goes bloody mental on Sky - Arsenal supporters look away

Thursday, 30 October 08, 01:25 PM

You'll bloody love this! Especially the footage for Tottenhams 4th goal... Forward to about 2 minutes 25 seconds through this for the money shot, and realise why Sky's Fan Zone is pretty fucking good..

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Fight, fight, wherever you may be! This is the plight of Luton Town FC

Wednesday, 29 October 08, 08:10 PM

OK, so we love breasts, big tackles and boozy players – but as well as all your favourite footballing frivolity, I think that blogs like us, our oleole.com chums and everyone out in the wider blogosphere have a responsibility. A responsibility to do whatever we can to bring sporting injustice to the wider audience, and get fan power back on the agenda! For too long the FA has been dicking over 'smaller clubs' – and my pal has recently let me know about this Facebook group representing Luton Town... Perhaps the most unjustly treated team of the last year.

Everyone knows the story (if you don’t, click here) but as a result of the FA's treatment of the Happy Hatters (the deduction of 10 points for "transfer irregularities" that were nothing more than technicalities - payment...

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Tottenham get their first win of the season!

Thursday, 16 October 08, 07:33 AM

Courtesy of our pal Jeffo (I would link but he's too lazy to blog), and one which should entertain the handsome Harry Hotspur I have no doubt ;-) Congratulations Spurs!

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If at first you don’t succeed – go into Russian politics says Roman Pavlyuchenko

Wednesday, 15 October 08, 12:14 PM

OK, so he may have proven an absolute crock at Spurs so far, leading pretty much the least effective strike-force in the Premier League thus far, but at least he has his mind fully on the job…

Or not as it seems, and this news from tribalfootball.com may well piss a lot of Spurs fans right of!

You see, not content with slumming around London earning £XX,000 to do a job that would get a lot of us sacked, Pavlyuchenko has recently been voted in as a deputy for Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. “Pav won a seat on the regional council in his home town of Stavropol, claiming 63 per cent of the vote.”

As well as heartily angering a number of North Londoners, who would probably rather Roman had his mind firmly on sticking the ball in the onion-bag rather than wanking about promo...

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Insert pun on catastrophic and trophy

Thursday, 11 September 08, 03:39 AM

A nod first and foremost to the Creative Review blog that fuelled my fire to produce what follows. They being ‘creative’ and kind of ‘designery’ took issue with the current Premiership trophy, especially when comparing it to the previous incarnation. The post was entitled ‘What’s wrong with English football? Just look at the design of the trophy’, and is more than worthy of some Darkside treatment.

The easy answer to the question posed would be that we have to rely on four-year-old gooner to score goals for England… a little bit of sick just crept into my mouth. However, the even easier answer is as Patrick from CR states – look at the fucking trophy.

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