Stoke by way of Manchester

Gosh, things sure have changed here on Walton Mountain. Last week, Manchester City was rolling out 3-0 winners in the Premier League, but this time it’s us doing the winning. A Steven Gerrard penalty was enough to strike down the Citizens on thei…

Redknapp Moves With The Times, Spurs Prosper

Harry Redknapp is the quintessential English manager. Working class roots, played football since he was a kid, steeped in the game, worked his way up in management from the lower leagues. Close to his players, he preaches the virtues of hard work and character. He has prospered in the modern era but his teams would [...]

Liverpool 2, Stoke City 1: Suarez Finds the Mark

Stoke City 1 Jones 44′
Liverpool 2 Suarez 54′ 85′

After the first half it seemed as though it was going to be the same old story for Liverpool: Possession, passing, at times slick play, and an inability to finish. Throw in a Kenwyne …

Stoke In The Carling Cup? Do We Have To?

It’s all gone a bit wonky, hasn’t it? Liverpool are one of the most creative sides in the Premiership, ranking 3rd in chances created so far this season. At the same time, we’re 4th from the bottom in clear cut chances taken which goe…

Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City – Van Persie steals it + Gervinho better than Bale

There’s a reason the world needs pantomime villains of course. They make victory all the sweeter. Yesterday Stoke City brought …Continue reading »

Arsenal season gathers momentum as Robin saves the day… again. Ratings and Review

What.a.weekend. The best are always the ones you don’t expect. Beating Stoke was great, watching Andy Carrol blaze a last minute penalty was joyous, seeing United humiliated at home was superb but finishing things off with Chelsea being beaten by…

Arsenal 3 Stoke 1 : Two More Spots To Europa League

Crisis talk? What crisis talk? Slowly but surely we’re inching up the table. Just when I was getting used to …Continue reading »

King Kenny’s Letter To John Henry

I’m writing to thank you for your generous donation towards players, as I usually do each week, and to ask for more cash in the January window.

I think we’re on a roll this time

Despite their footballing talents, Kaboul quickly realised he wasn’t exactly in the company of great beautyWhere this blog is from, three wins on the spin, including two away from home and one against a team being billed as top four elect, is pretty go…

First Points Dropped In Hard-Fought Draw: Stoke City 1 United 1

A gritty performance from Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium saw Manchester United drop their first points of the season in a hard-fought encounter.

3 Players United Will Have To Be Wary Of – Stoke City

Manchester United of course play Stoke City away tomorrow, in the Premier League and with that in mind it’s worth taking a look at these three players who we should be wary of going into the game:

Stoke City v Manchester United Preview: Can The Host’s Physicality Be Dealt With?

Manchester Untied this weekend have a tricky game against Stoke City this Saturday in the late afternoon kick-off at the Britannia Stadium. Despite winning our first five games, there’s no doubt Stoke in their own backyard will not simply roll ov…

Stoke City Fans love Abbey Clancy, but Abbey doesn’t love Stoke!

WAG Abbey Clancy Is Not Impressed With Hubby Peter Moving to Stoke! You just can’t please some people can you, and it looks as though Abbey Clancy certainly takes some pleasing these days. Husband Peter has just signed a contract for Stoke City, but the move has not gone down well with celebrity wife Abbey. [...]

Pav the Disney villain as we wave goodbye to Mickey Mouse

I applaud you, you the faithful that travelled up to Stoke.
I spent yesterday evening recording episode nine of The Fighting Cock podcast. Was still 0-0 when I left North London to travel back into the depths of Epping Forest and had to make do with wa…

Guest blog: Crouch’s legacy of disappointment

Here’s a treat for all you lot: the excellent Vertigo by author John Crace was recently released into the literary world and this blog is here to tell you that it’s an absolute must-read if you’re of a Spurs persuasion (which, seeing as you’re on …

Wolves v Spurs – Preview

The boredom of the International break has finally finished, and the topic of Frank Lampard’s England career can be brushed under the carpet until his next inept performance for his national side. We travel to Wolves this weekend as the Premier League returns in earnest.

Can Crouch Spoil The Party?

I wonder how many other letters of the alphabet Crouch can make with his body?…

Liverpool travel to Stoke tomorrow for their first match after the annoying international break. Before the internationals got in the way Liverpool were playing some good football and will be looking to continue their form after that successful 3-1 victory over Bolton.

Stoke are also making a great start to

Stoke The Fire; This One Is Getting Hot

I know I’ve said this before, but the best thing about the International Break is when it ends. European Championship qualifiers might be a touch more important than the normal meaningless friendlies but nothing is quite the same as seeing Liverpool run out at the Britannia Stadium on a brisk fall morning. Well, maybe there…

Farewell St Peter

Crouch’s joke answer to how many goals he’d score that season was scarily accurateSometime around 9.20pm on May 5th 2010, Younes Kaboul’s fierce cross-cum-shot was palmed out and the rebound was nodded in by Peter Crouch. Spurs went 1-0 up against Man …

Manchester 2 London 0

Dawson had chosen competely the wrong moment to unleash his sex face on CorlukaIs this the end of it all? Is this the conclusion of an epic three year journey from two-points-eight-games to the dizzying heights of the Champions League and back again? A…

Transfer Deadline Day As It Happened – Part 4/4

The following is my take on Transfer Deadline Day as it happened from 9.20am to 1.00am, when some of the later deals were still being announced:

Transfer Deadline Day As It Happened – Part 3/4

The following is my take on Transfer Deadline Day as it happened from 5.20pm to 9.00pm:

Velkommen to Sunderland, Nicklas Bendtner, whatever Abbey Clancy thinks of it

Image: Wonker While idly surfing for a way of extending velkommen to the Danish equivalent of “welcome to the madhouse”, I came across a comment that “Swedish is a language, Danish a throat infection”. it didn’t help much, but at least it made me chuckle. Nicklas Bendtner, brought in on loan from Arsenal for a [...]

Sell, sell, sell…

It’s over. Closed. Not open for business till the winter season. Be warned that the following post was not written with any structure in mind… just thoughts racing through my head during the closing of the transfer window. Hopes of securing the services of a certain Mr. Diarra never materialized. Instead, we finally sealed the [...]

As We Stand Still, Our Rivals Rush Past

Frankly we got away with it: it could easily have been 8 on both sides of the north London divide. By the time Spurs found a little of the good stuff, City had made and missed three good chances. More opportunities came their way as the game progressed and they eagerly sliced through our toiling, [...]