Tag Archives: Swansea

How Everton became a nuclear power, and still failed.

Although football likes to pretend it invented the modern world, it’s actually just a completely inevitable evolution of chariots chasing each other around the Circus Maximus 2000 years ago. And just as sport has largely replaced inter-state warfare as the … Continue reading

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What we learned from the weekend (that I already knew)

After the excessive self-congratulation of the Olympics, it was comforting to be able to return to a sport where cheating, widespread drug abuse and commercial censorship isn’t the norm. Unfortunately, for a weekend overflowing with goals and strange results, we … Continue reading

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2012/13 Season Preview: The Rest

Having slaved away for months on end bringing you high-quality season previews on all your favourite clubs for no reward, before realising that we can get more hits in one hour than we’d normally get in a week by calling … Continue reading

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2012/13 Season Preview: Liverpool

A look ahead at what is likely to be a season of change on one side of Stanley Park. (Everton will most likely continue to be fairly poor (£) and a bit grim to watch.)

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