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October 6, 2008

The travails of our fantasy football team of capital-born players. Read previous entries here. As the good ship Spurs sinks and every subeditor stretches for the inevitable naval metaphor, one wonders about the last time both North London teams were humbled at home in the same week. We've no Statto on the books, so anybody with an answer please leave us a comment, but it's rare that both should lose in quick succession against......

Continue Reading "Londonist United: Week Seven"

September 15, 2008

A fortnight free of Premier League fixtures saw redemption for the national side and the rise of a new England hero, not to mention one of the most chaotic transfer weeks in living memory. This weekend it was back to Blighty with a bump for Londonist United, our team of capital-reared characters, as we enter week four. Yesterday, new British transfer record signing Robinho lined up for his first game in England wearing a......

Continue Reading "Londonist United: Week Four"

May 26, 2006

...he's a very speedy boy. But that's about it for now. 22,500 England fans plus one England manager finally got to see Arsenal's Theo Walcott play last night in England's B international at Reading and the wonderful news was that the 17 year-old forward didn't do anything terribly wrong and, unlike the excruciatingly unlucky third choice goalkeeper Robert Green, didn't get hurt, so Theomania can continue to take the pressure away from the players......

Continue Reading "He's Not The Messiah..."

March 20, 2006

Pencil the evening of Thursday May 25th into your diary as the FA have announced they are planning to arrange what they're calling a "B" friendly in London to give players outside Sven's starting eleven a run-out ahead of travelling to Germany for the World Cup. Though a specific venue has yet to be finalised Belarus are being lined up to face a team that could be almost entirely composed of players based in......

Continue Reading "Football Fixtures Update: B Friendly, Everyone"

April 14, 2005

The Professional Footballers' Association have announced the nominees for their Player's Player of the Year award and we are pleased to see that London has just about cleaned up. The only contender from north of Watford Gap is Stevie Gerrard, who is probably fretting right now about how he's going to make his next own goal against Chelsea look like an accident, whilst at the same time wondering how that blue shirt is going......

Continue Reading "Player Of The Year"

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