The “Magic” of the Cup
By Richard Gordon The FA Cup Third Round draw was held at Stamford Bridge this morning. Aside from Paul Ince conducting the draw and somehow drawing two of his old[…]
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In the Rich Man’s World
By Aiden McLaughlin Back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, there was a ‘Big Five’ when it came to English football; Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool, Man Utd and Spurs. There had[…]
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What’s Eating the White Ferns?
By The Spotter For our White Fern women cricketers, that win over Pakistan yesterday morning would have come as a welcome tonic on the heels of those rather heavy-looking defeats to[…]
“I’m not embarrassed”
The Cricket Australia internal review is out and there are recommendations all over the show. 42 of them even. Arrogant, bullying and dictatorial. That’s the headline defining the review, but[…]
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Mental Health and Sport
By Aiden McLaughlin Paul Gascoigne; ‘Gazza’ to the masses. Born in 1967 in the town of Dunston in the North East of England. Gifted footballer. Loveable joker. Tearful clown. Addict. Domestic[…]
Throwing up an Air Ball
By The Spotter The NZ Breakers badly botched their lay-ups and jump shots way before tip-off to their ANBL season last night. Because online comments made over the years by those associated with[…]
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About Time They Cared For Their Most Vulnerable
By The Spotter ‘And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things’ (Terry Pratchett; Carpe Jugulum). In a really significant article in the latest Weekend Herald, Joel Kulasingham reported on[…]
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When New Zealand gets it so wrong
By Mark Currie It’s fair to say, I’m a football person. I love the game, I love it’s varied and diverse cultures, I love its fans. Therefore, the issues of[…]
The Welfare Mentality
New Zealand Rugby is run by some smart people, and this is one of the great All Black sides. On Saturday night Steve Hansen mad some flippant remark about how[…]
