Darts World Championship 2009
Alexandra Palace (and Lakeside), January 4th, 2009
Is darts the best game ever? Does sport get any better than a bunch of invariably fat (or fattening) guys throwing tiny arrows at a board as a crowd of pissed old-timers, fancy-dressed larrikins, pseudo-WAG chicks, dignified parents and B-grade celebs hold up signs with things [...]
January 5, 2009
I survived an Old Firm derby and all I got was this stupid idea.
Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic
Ibrox, December 27th, 2008
Blood and thunder alone doth not a great football match make. It’s that simple. Passion is not enough to compensate for a glaring lack of quality. You can fill a stadium with as much derby rivalry (both the savoury and unsavoury varieties) as you like, but that won’t [...]
January 5, 2009
Fuckin’ beautiful, that ball-kicking game is
Arsenal 1 – 1 Liverpool
Emirates Stadium, December 21st, 2008
On the hour mark, this game got stained with hate. It actually took me surprise, how beastly football fans can be. I have never heard the word ‘cunt’ said so many times in quick succession (about a hundred times in a minute, to be precise), with so [...]
