Naked Lunchtime Kickoffs - Burroughs, The One Show and the final day con act.

What is the bloke on this? He looks like a Gigalo crossed with touchy feely salsa teacher.  I've just read a preview of the final week of the Premier League that was wetting itself about all the games happening in a time scale of less than 2 hours. A compressed spectacle...

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League trophy or fascist occult ritual vessel?

It's not entirely clear to me whether the symbolic value that things possess is innate or culturally generated. Are our aesthetic values fundamental or contextual? Is a Porsche beautiful because it's a design classic or because it resonates with wealth? Is a Fender telecaster...

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Will the kids be alright?

In my last blog I pontificated about the difference between youth development under Neil Critchley and Simon Sadler and the same thing under Ian Holloway and Karl Oyston. What this article seeks to do is work out one key thing: Who are all the kids we're signing? Where...

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The longest close season: Something resembling an actual football article.

Based on absolutely nothing other than instinct, I feel like this lad is going to be decentWagwan bluds. It's all been going off down Bloomfield. We've finally got a kit not made by a comedy company and we've been getting players left right and centre. Let's not bother...

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Yet another bad owner. Where do they breed them?

This is Brooks Mileson. He owned Gretna FC. If you don't know who he is or what the score is with Gretna, it might be worth giving it a once over, otherwise my carefully crafted conclusion will fall flat. It's a story about what happens when the 'good owner' leaves and the...

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