Posted on 30 June 2012. Tags: Cristiano Ronaldo, Euro 2012, Mario Balotelli
This tournament the social media facts and stories about Cristiano Ronaldo have been difficult to comprehend. From top supermodels discussing his greasy black hair on Twitter to having a social media following larger than 9 of the countries at the tournament.
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Posted in Fun
Posted on 28 June 2012. Tags: England, John Terry, Racism
Following penalty misses from Ashley Young and Ashley Cole in England’s defeat to Italy at Euro 2012, Twitter was littered with some moronic England fans racially abusing them. All the tweets have been deleted and some users have blocked their accounts but the police are investigating complaints made. The FA have then released a statement [...]
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Posted in PL, Rants
Posted on 27 June 2012. Tags: Denis Law, Manchester United
I became aware of Denis Law a good couple of years before he joined United in the summer of 1962. I was at a friend’s house late one wintry evening in January 1960 when I was transfixed by all-too-brief and un-announced TV News highlights from an FA Cup replay played in swirling snow at Upton [...]
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Posted in History
Posted on 26 June 2012. Tags: Barcelona, Chelsea, Lionel Messi
“What if… Lionel Messi had been found by the Chelsea scouts and was signed by the Blues”. Yes, he probably would’ve been sold to Huddersfield town or shipped off abroad only to shine on international waters and make the fans wonder “why have we let another one go?” But what if he managed to replicate [...]
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Posted in PL