Possibly as an antidote to the increasingly pervasive influence of big business in football, I have recently joined the over 30,000 football fans from 122 different countries that have invested the modest sum of £35 a year to own our very own football club, Ebbsfleet United. The members of MyFootballClub.co.uk bought the club for £600,000 in February 2008 and just three … [Read more...]
Football is Big Business
Three years ago I started a tiny blog all about Manchester United, the World's Greatest Football Team (copyright © 2008 Christopher Rose), stunningly titled About Manchester United. Due to a whole ton of reasons which will one day be chronicled elsewhere, I haven't been keeping About Manchester United (™) up to date, but it features match reviews and news stories about the … [Read more...]
Champions League Final 2008
I was drinking when I wrote this, so forgive me if it goes astray. At last, the game of games is here. Forgive the bias but today's the day the Soviet Cyborgs face off against the Euro-Latino Allstars from the Theatre of Dreams. Yes, it's Chelsea v Manchester United for the right to be known as the champions of Europe for the next twelve months. It's as much a clash of … [Read more...]
F.A. Cup Final 2008: Portsmouth 1, Cardiff City 0
A 37th-minute Kanu goal was enough to earn Portsmouth their first FA Cup victory in 69 years at the expense of Championship side Cardiff City. The veteran striker pounced after Cardiff goalkeeper Peter Enckelman could only flap at a John Utaka cross. The two unlikely finalists contested a spirited if unspectacular game in front of a sell-out crowd for the second Final at … [Read more...]