may 26th
08.59 – Is today a bank holiday in the UK?
That would explain the dearth of any football news apart from the shite about David Beckham, which is so tedious and boring I’m not going to go into it. According to The Sun Liverpool are going to sign the ‘new Patrick Vieira’ again. When they signed Igor Biscan he was hailed as ‘the new Patrick Vieira’. Bruno Cheyrou was another ‘new Patrick Vieira’ and now some lad called ‘Mickael Essien’ is ‘the new Patrick Vieira’. This bloke is so good that Liverpool are going to sign him and loan him straight back to Bastia.
It’s Division One play off today. Wolves v Sheffield United – having to choose a winner from those two is like being asked if you’d like to be hit in the face with a baseball bat or an iron bar. On one hand I’d love to see Sheffield United get beaten because of Neil Warnock, who is to good grace and sportsmanship what Phil Collins is to good music. On the other hand though, he would certainly make the Premiership a fun place next year with his paranoid ramblings. A tough one to call, and I’ve just realised I don’t give a shit either way.
Given that there’s very little in the way of football news around, it’s given me time to think about some new features for the site ahead of next season. As soon as I’ve thought of any, I’ll let you know.
Battle of the Planets was one of my favourite cartoons, so when I saw Battle of the Fansites, I was humming the same groovy theme tune. Arseblog was up against our good friends at Arsenal-Land, and we kicked their arses good. Back to your holes in the ground, you Cornish cave-dwellers. Looks like this thing is set to run for each club, then each clubs winner goes onto contest some kind of death-match. When it comes down to that, we’ll get some advice and tips on pitchforking the opposition from the Arsenal-Land crew (provided they’re still talking to us and they’re not cowering underground at the latest eclipse).
Right, for now that’s it. If there’s any news you might get a second post today.
UPDATE: I should mention that today is St. Michael’s Day, shouldn’t I?
May 26th 1989, when Michael Thomas scored the last gasp winner to win us the league title at Anfield. A happy day for all Arsenal fans, and a moment which still makes my Liverpool supporting brother feel sick to his stomach. haha.
Arseweb’s great Anfield 89 page is always worth a look – highlights include:
- Alan Smith’s goal
- Michael Thomas’ goal
- Brian Moore’s commentary – “It’s up for grabs nooooowwww”
- Anfield 89 stories
Arseblog members can download a new Anfield 89 wallpaper (previewed to your right). For more on becoming an Arseblog member, see here.
