Recent content by The Hairy Splinter

Esteban Fuertes has to be the winner. Scored agin us and then deported. It's as if he immigrated just to take the piss.

£16m? - next, please! What a shower of [Poor language removed] that article is. Who's going to believe that price? (Apart from Kenwright, obviously.)

We watched that final on two television sets in our basement flat in Finsbury Park. One had picture and no sound. The other had sound and no picture. One crazy day, that.

Boundary Park, Oldham.

Last season they were awarded nine pens away from home, ie one every other game. That won't happen this year.

There you go.. www.myfootballfacts.com/premier_league_penalty_statistics.html

I can think of quite a few reasons, but if I enumerate them I'll probably be slaughtered for my pessimism.

Right after the season-ticket money is in.

;) For the avoidance of doubt. The RS have won the league twice as often as we have. Arsenal have won it five times as often as Spurs. So their rivalry is more one-sided. Do I get a stay of execution?

You missed the point, mate. I'm saying it's one-sided in the RS's favour.

They've won the league twice. The only trophy that matters. In my lifetime (I'm nearly 50) they have been nowhere near winning the league. They challenged with us in 1985 but finished about 15 points behind us. Big club my arse. This comedy rivalry they have with Arsenal is even more one-sided...

I've said it 1000 times - it's very, very easy to be a fan of Liverpool, Chelsea, United, etc. Always on the telly, wall-to-wall newspaper coverage, always in with a shout of trophies, loads of money, loads of like minds in the pub, etc. Try being a fan of Blackpool right now, or of Leeds, or...

To be honest, after '94 and '98 I don't use that one. On the other hand, although I wouldn't actively wish relegation on any team - except one - if it happened to, say, Newcastle I would laugh my cock off.

Good call, but Earl's passing was worse than Jags's.

No, because Joe Royle acquired him to defend first and foremost.