Today we welcome back regular contributor Phil Ascough. Here, he provides his reaction to Steve Bruce’s arrival and early weeks in the job at Hull City. One of the best things about following football is that it gives you the chance to butt in on disputes that are none of your business. So when Sunderland fans sang: ‘Where were you when you were skint?’ to their Manchester City visitors last season, I didn’t hesitate to tweet. I simply asked why City fans didn’t respond: ‘Where were you when Bruce was here?’ Not out of any sympathy for the future champions,…
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The Monday Profile: Pascal Chimbonda
A look at the list of players that have decided to procure the services of Willie McKay as an agent makes interesting reading. Few from a roster that includes Henri Camara, Joey Barton, Amdy Faye and Charles N’Zogbia have been shy of entering into contract disputes and the subject of today’s study, Pascal Chimbonda is no exception - the Guadeloupe born defender having joined Doncaster Rovers on Friday.Cast your mind back to the final game of the 2005-6 season - a campaign that saw Chimbonda start 44 games for Wigan Athletic, secure the right back berth in the PFA Team of…
Mock, mock and Phil Brown’s two smoking barrels
Schadenfreude may not be edifying, but it certainly seems to be a particular preoccupation of the football fan. Time was when goading your local rivals was confined to a selection of uncomplimentary chants and maybe the odd rude gesture. Not any more - the bar appears to have been raised considerably.Take Man City, for example. The now-infamous billboard poster unveiled after they’d pinched Carlos Tevez from city rivals United, featuring a picture of the Argentinian with the slogan “Welcome to Manchester”, was a club-sanctioned bit of triumphalism calculated to rile those in red. And riled they were, Sir Alex Ferguson…
Great Football League Teams 21: Sunderland 2006-7
Our Great Teams series reaches its adulthood with a look back to Roy Keane’s Sunderland stars of 2006-7, our second analysis of a Black Cats line up. Things haven’t gone too swimmingly for the seafood-averse Irishman since then, but Michael Graham of the splendid Roker Report website and deviser of that website’s Captain’s Blog feature reminds us here of how dominant that Mackems side was that year: Sunderland fans have grown accustomed to their football allegiances being the root of a tempestuous roller-coaster of emotion. It just comes with the territory. I remember being told as a child showing early…
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