Footballbits and pieces

Spotted above the DW Stadium this afternoon, at around the time Grant’s Irons were spunking a 2-0 lead at Wigan. The Latics went on to win 3-2 and send West Ham down to the Championship. Uncle Avram is Mister Relegation. At least now Carlton Cole will get to play at the appropriate level. View the [...]

A two-way debate about re-introducing standing room at English football grounds has raged since ever since all seater stadiums were introduced, and both sides of have strong, well developed arguments to back them up. However, the unfortunate reality is that much of the debate is rendered invalid by the simple maxim: money talks. Until fans [...]

Last night’s announcement that Gareth Bale has been named PFA Player of the Year was not a great surprise to many. Bale fought off competition from the likes of Charlie Adam, Rafael van der Vaart, Carlos Tevez and Nemanja Vidic to scoop the prestigious award, voted for the highest proportion of his fellow professionals. What [...]

Conforming to just about every stereotype going, perfectly-named Aston Villa director U.S General Charles Krulak has delivered a rallying cry to his players, urging them to ‘kick the crap’ out of their opponents between now and the end of the season in order to avoid relegation. Krulak, who is a vet of the Vietnam war [...]

Manchester United have confirmed that seasoned vet Ryan Giggs has been offered and signed a new, one-year contract extension at Old Trafford – thus taking the Welshman’s vaunted one-club career into it’s 21st season. Said Giggs, who’ll turn 38 a couple of months into next season, via United’s official site: “All I’ve ever wanted to [...]