Tag: Antony

  • Right said Fred let’s settle this St Antony

    Right said Fred let’s settle this St Antony

    Manchester United… 2 Barcelona… 1 (United win 4-3 on aggregate) Fred, I owe you a profuse apology. It’s not all that long ago it was opined in this space that it was felt Fred The Red – the Manchester United mascot – would be more useful in central midfield than his Brazilian namesake. So how’d…

  • Boys of summer shortening the winter

    Boys of summer shortening the winter

    Manchester United… 3 Reading… 1 One night what is a scarily long time ago, yours truly was making his way home from the one and only house party I’ve ever been at. It was the time of the night/next morning that my main concern was trying not to bump into my brother on his way…

  • Being around them doesn’t necessarily turn you into them

    Being around them doesn’t necessarily turn you into them

    An opinion poll was recently encountered in one of the myriad Manchester United fan groups on Facebook posing the admittedly interesting question as to who has been the best manager of the Red Devils since Sir Alex Ferguson retired nearly a decade ago. Now read on… Perhaps being a little trigger-happy, this corner immediately plumped…

  • When do reasons simply become excuses?

    When do reasons simply become excuses?

    The most plausible answer to the above pondering is, most likely, when people run out of patience. Which, in top level sport, happens with the rapidity Boris Johnson’s gaffes once provided Russell Howard with material and the rest of us with comic relief. In some cases, though, one can’t help feeling that the impatience is…