Friday 23 December 2011

I don't think Ed Miliband wants to be Prime Minister!

Dear Reader, I get the impression that Labour Party leader Ed Miliband does not really want to be the prime minister of the United Kingdom. I read (and hopefully it is wrong) that his favourite sports were basketball and American football. Someone should have told him that he should support a football team. Tony Blair did that with Newcastle United and I remember the great play of John Major supporting
Chelsea (which was genuine).

The teams I follow are Man Utd, Spurs, Watford, Leyton Orient, Bristol Rovers and Barnet. I am 51 pct a Man Utd fan, which might oscillate to 100 pct on Europa League
night (what is Man U's favourite perfume? Chanel 5!).

Thursday 15 December 2011

I HAVE GOT A FEW POSTS IN THE PIPELINE!!

Dear Reader, I have got a few posts in the pipeline with subjects such as David Cameron, Ed Miliband, David Lammy, the European single currency and Manchester City. I have added a few bits to my recent obituary of Welsh footballer and manager Gary Speed, who recently committed suicide.

David Lammy is the Labour MP for the troubled area of Tottenham and he is recently said how it is there. He is also the opposition spokesman for higher education but I think he should have resigned when he served in the late Labour government as the administration was trying to force through some barmy policies.

Thursday 1 December 2011

The tragic passing of Welsh footballer/manager Gary Speed.

I remember seeing Gary Speed playing at the end of his career for Bolton Wanderers against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. I think Spurs won 4-1 but for Bolton's consolation goal, Gary Speed put away a penalty for the Greater Manchester team. When he went up to take the penalty, I think probably everybody in the stadium knew that there was only one way it would end up: the ball nestling in the back of net.

I think I also saw Speed score a great header for Everton against Spurs, which helped the Liverpool-based team stay up in the Premier League that year. Teddy Sheringham was leading the attack that day and I don't think Spurs was trying too hard. My memory often plays tricks and if he did not score, Speed played well. Another memory was how welcoming the Everton fans were to a Spurs family in a cafe before the match.
For me visiting Goodison was like going to a Catholic shrine, very emotional, and the same applies to Anfield when I saw Liverpool FC eke out a 0-0 draw against the Spanish club Deportivo de la Coruna (sorry I am not going to bother with the tilde on the n). Listening to the fans
sing "You will never walk alone" was amazing. And perhaps more amazing was that Liverpool won the European Champions League that year.

Speed was such an amazing professional and this showed by him being successful at a range of clubs. He was also doing well at Wales manager. I had never heard before the story that he became the unofficial chauffeur of former Newcastle United manager Sir Bobby Robson, so as to learn from the master's knee. Newcastle is one of my favourite clubs since I have got
Geordie relations (I am probably half Geordie by genes if that is possible).

"ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM O LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM. MAY HE REST IN PEACE."