Never in doubt... England vs Germany

Who are we playing? Germany? I can't think of any reasons we might build this one up. Just another game etc... What's mad to me, is my earliest memories of German football are of West Germany. It's incredible to imagine that for a long time, half the country was off limits...

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Game. Managed: England vs Czech Republic

The world is on fire because England weren't fun on Friday. It was FUCKING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY SHOULD BE FUN!!!. We might as well all go into the cellar and just lie there and wait for our eventual starvation because without attacking football, we'll never win anything. Because...

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Unadventurous Eurostars 0-0 Lurid cake munchers

What the fuck is an Empire biscuit? It's like something kids make in Primary School. You know the drill by now. I'm going to chat irrelevant shite. Other media outlets are available. Why Scotland is better than England: 1. You can do 'hutting' in Scotland. This...

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From dreadful line up to inevitable champions: England vs Croatia

That Phillips lad is decent... Wembley is roasting in sunshine and everything is very red. It's so red that it's a bit uncomfortable to look at. The BBC interview Harry Kane on a shit chair in some long grass which makes him and the interviewer look like they're a holidaying...

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MCLF Eurotrash edition: England vs Croatia (preview)

This is not a blog written from a position of authorityLast night I watched a fella nearly die. Or die a bit and get brought back to life. I'm not sure. The specifics of mortality are sketchy. The universality of it is absolute. Why didn't I turn off? I don't know. The ghoulish...

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Season review 20-21

ICYMI...All seasons are keenly anticipated but this one more so than many. It wasn't just that the previous season had been rudely truncated by the appearance of some mad bat-borne* virus, it's that so had everything else as well. With Pool actually signing players before the...

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Cheers Sullay

Sullay had his doubters. Some people prefer to watch a sweaty run of the mill player shouting, pointing, getting booked for lunging into late tackles and displaying 'passion'... to a gifted footballer with genius in his boots, weaving magic. Such is life. It would be boring...

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