Hull Spitty v Arsenal: predictions, prognosis, possibilities

By Phil Gregory After an awe-inspiring win against Porto, Hull away is next up on the agenda and with it the end of our recent week-long rest periods. I can empathise with the players, I really can: fixture congestion is a blight on the game extending as far down the footballing pyramid as Intramural League …

It’s one set of rules for Blatter, and another for everyone else

By Walter Broeckx In January Sepp Blatter declared according to various media that he was in favour of goal line technology. This was rather a surprising thing as in the years before he was someone who was against the use of technology. But there was joy among people who have always been in favour of …

This saturday: Spit Brown – the man with more conduct warnings than any other and founder of rotational fouling

Billy The Dog McGraw previews Arsenal at Hull, and our reunion with Spit Brown. Spit Brown is a world-famous fantasist who holds the record for the number of times a manager has been warned about his future conduct in one year.  He manages a football club at Kingston upon Hull – a diminutive village on …