They're Not - But They Should Be
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
28 Years Ago Today
Aston Villa Won The European Cup
Others may laugh but for all you modern day glory-hunters, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City have never won it!
Others may laugh but for all you modern day glory-hunters, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City have never won it!
Sunday, 23 May 2010
Well Done Ian Holloway
Ian Holloway - Sometimes The Good Guys Win
I was really pleased for Ian Holloway yesterday.
I've followed his career since he was at Bristol Rovers as the boss and always loved his TV interviews. It's nice to see a real, honest, genuine guy like him get success and I wish him and Blackpool all the best in the Premier League next season. Listening to his after match interview in the Blackpool dressing room yesterday was fantastic - what a top bloke.
In Nottingham Forest and Cardiff I though they had the hardest of roads to victory but they did it with style - fair play to em.
Bloomfield Road is actually one of the few league grounds I haven't been to so I'll be looking forward to putting that right sometime soon when the Villa go there! The burning question has to be - "I wonder if the away section will get a roof"?!
Daniel's New Kit
Monday, 10 May 2010
Paul Daley - Idiot
UFC 113 - Josh Koscheck & Paul Daley - What A Pair Of Cocks
I was looking forward to this fight at UFC 113 more than the main event. It turned out to be an utter farce.
Koscheck neutralized Daley’s strikes and nearly submitted him with a rear-naked choke in the opening round. Daley reversed into top position and unleashed an illegal knee as he backed out. The blow grazed the top/side of Koscheck’s head and brought the match to a standstill, though the American Kickboxing Academy standout appeared to really exaggerate the damage the knee caused.
Whereas Dan Hardy had been given a lesson but lost with pride, Daley ended up looking a complete dick. After the horn sounded to end the fight, Daley approached Koscheck from behind and blindsided him with a left hook to the face. Referee Dan Miragliotta quickly intervened and prevented the situation from escalating.
He'd had 15 f*cking minutes to punch him and chose then to finally do it. Now he's been cut instantly from the UFC - before the fight he talked plenty of sh*t but couldn't back it up. Now he's achieved the impossible as ending up as a bigger prick than Koscheck.
In the main event Mauricio Rua beat Lyoto Machida - Rua ate some knees to the body and succumbed to a pair of takedowns early in round one. However, Rua dropped Machida with a right hand to the side of the head in a stand-up exchange, followed him to the ground and moved immediately to mount on the dazed champion. A series of unanswered punches from the top left Machida limp, as Rua rose as the new champ.
Saturday, 8 May 2010
Birthdays & Elections
Birthdays, Elections and Accrington Stanley's Incredible Fans
First off, Daniel was Five on Wednesday - he was made a fuss of at school and gave out sweets to his friends before I picked him up. Then he came home to play with his presents and eat his football cake. He's got a big party tomorrow with all his friends and been invited to another in the afternoon!
Election Day on Thursday. It made me laugh with all these people turning up at the last minute to vote and then complaining when they clearly didn't know the rules - and the law! If it was so important the Polling Stations were open at 7am - don't tell me you all worked 15 hour days?!
Now we have a hung parliament and it doesn't sit well with me. Gordon Brown should be booted out on his arse yet after losing he doesn't have to leave! It's all corrupt and we'll probably get shafted by whoever takes over.
Cheltenham Stay Up By The Skin Of Their Teeth!
I took Daniel to Whaddon Road to see his first Cheltenham Town game and cheer them onto staying up in League Two. Bottom line was that they did it with a 1-1 draw and finished one place above the two relegated teams, Grimsby and Darlington. It was right up there with some of the most awful, tedious and un-skilful games I've ever seen.
However, there was huge entertainment during the game - it came from the away end.
Accrington Stanley brought 150-200 fans, the majority of which made a noise more befitting to 3000 fans - they would do the Premier League proud making that sort of constant noise. They sang loads of different songs including "I want to be Stan-a-ley" to the Sex Pistols "Anarchy" track! They even briefly sang "Sh*t support My Lord" which made me laugh!
Then during the first half (which even saw them lighting flares) something happened in the middle of their lot and one guy got injured and everything got very lively. The police waded in, one web-toed got arrested and so it continued for 5 minutes or so.
Then in the second half some lads had gone over to the left side of the Carlsberg Stand to collect a huge flag - when they attempted to take it back to where they were sat all hell broke loose as the stewards and Police wouldn't let them - more arrests and another injury.
A very surreal last 10 minutes followed as half of their supporters had disappeared. The A/S supporters entertainment far outweighed that of the tripe that was served up on the pitch! A few of them had banners with "SA" on them - couldn't quite work that one out - I don't think they'll forget their trip to Whaddon Road in a hurry.
Luckily Daniel saw none of it and was almost asleep for the last ten minutes (like most of home support) although he had enjoyed his day!
First off, Daniel was Five on Wednesday - he was made a fuss of at school and gave out sweets to his friends before I picked him up. Then he came home to play with his presents and eat his football cake. He's got a big party tomorrow with all his friends and been invited to another in the afternoon!
Election Day on Thursday. It made me laugh with all these people turning up at the last minute to vote and then complaining when they clearly didn't know the rules - and the law! If it was so important the Polling Stations were open at 7am - don't tell me you all worked 15 hour days?!
Now we have a hung parliament and it doesn't sit well with me. Gordon Brown should be booted out on his arse yet after losing he doesn't have to leave! It's all corrupt and we'll probably get shafted by whoever takes over.
Cheltenham Stay Up By The Skin Of Their Teeth!
I took Daniel to Whaddon Road to see his first Cheltenham Town game and cheer them onto staying up in League Two. Bottom line was that they did it with a 1-1 draw and finished one place above the two relegated teams, Grimsby and Darlington. It was right up there with some of the most awful, tedious and un-skilful games I've ever seen.
However, there was huge entertainment during the game - it came from the away end.
Accrington Stanley brought 150-200 fans, the majority of which made a noise more befitting to 3000 fans - they would do the Premier League proud making that sort of constant noise. They sang loads of different songs including "I want to be Stan-a-ley" to the Sex Pistols "Anarchy" track! They even briefly sang "Sh*t support My Lord" which made me laugh!
Then during the first half (which even saw them lighting flares) something happened in the middle of their lot and one guy got injured and everything got very lively. The police waded in, one web-toed got arrested and so it continued for 5 minutes or so.
Then in the second half some lads had gone over to the left side of the Carlsberg Stand to collect a huge flag - when they attempted to take it back to where they were sat all hell broke loose as the stewards and Police wouldn't let them - more arrests and another injury.
A very surreal last 10 minutes followed as half of their supporters had disappeared. The A/S supporters entertainment far outweighed that of the tripe that was served up on the pitch! A few of them had banners with "SA" on them - couldn't quite work that one out - I don't think they'll forget their trip to Whaddon Road in a hurry.
Luckily Daniel saw none of it and was almost asleep for the last ten minutes (like most of home support) although he had enjoyed his day!
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