An evening down the pub turned into a hotbed of football debate that Sky Sports "Sunday Supplement" (with or without Jimmy Hill) would crucify Brian Woolnough to be able to replicate. We headed to a local hostilely for a few beers and to have Arsenal v Wigan providing a football backdrop. We soon realised that the pub's perfectly positioned plasma screens were hindered by not being subscribed to Sky Sports. They had freeview and therefore had Sky Sports News, so we drank and watched the vidiprinter unfold tonight's football story.
Tonight we concluded:
Tony Cottee's ties are so huge that if he and Jamie Redknapp sat next to each other it would give the same effect you get when you walk into a "Hall of Mirrors" at the circus.
20 years ago Johnny Metgod was on those cards we collected in a packet of "Soccer Candy Sticks"
Peter Kenyon looks exactly like Ray Wilkins, if Ray Wilkins had his head in an elastoplast for a week which made it go all shriveled.
We wished that as kids, we'd stolen a friend's sticker book and put Carlton Plamer stickers on each space on the Man United page. Even a Man United fan wished he'd done this.
Arsenal's Jay Simpson had his first initial; "O", deleted by deed poll so that he wasn't tarnished with his father's illegal brush... or knife.. or burglary gloves*
Iain Dowie was sacked by QPR for one reason; the 2nd richest club in the world couldn't have such an ugly manager. Flavio Briatore had one request for Dowie; that he would staple a £20 note to cover his face to show how rich they are. Dowie refused and played hardball, that failed when Briatore correctly pointed out "You're not the only manager around you know". "Shit" thought Dowie "He's right".
FC United of Manchester are the Chelsea of the lower leagues, flashing the cash to buy the best players in their league. Now they can't do it in the Unibond as others have more cash and are now mid-table. Ha!
And that's Tuesday Night Football!
* Allegedly