Tag Archives: Chelsea FC

Here We Go! Here We Go! Here We Go!

Posted on August 17, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So in a few hours the 2013-14 Premiership Season gets under way. Tonight some teams will have three points on the board. Some will have one point. Some will have none. There will be at least one first day shock, … Continue reading →

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Suarez Bites Yer Elbow

Posted on April 22, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

As a Manchester United fan, I am supposed to have a default for Liverpool FC. But I dont. As I have said before at the time of the Munich Air Crash, only two clubs offered help to Old Trafford. Nottingham … Continue reading →

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Playing The Ball(Boy)

Posted on January 24, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Just when you think that you’ve seen everything on…and just off…a football field, along comes Swansea City versus Chelsea. I did not actually get to see the match util about ten minutes to go…and the commentators were already talking about … Continue reading →

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The Beautiful Game…Extra Time

Posted on November 29, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Last week and this week, the soap opera that is Chelsea FC dominated the Sports News. It just gets worse for them……and for Football. History is a major part of Football. All clubs have a history. A few months ago, … Continue reading →

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The Beautiful Game…The Second Half

Posted on November 5, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Several great games of football this week (including Reading 5 Arsenal 7 and Chelsea 5 Manchester United 4) and yet it has been a bad week for Football. The Clattenburg Affair is not going to go away. Chelsea FC have made … Continue reading →

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The Beautiful Game?

Posted on October 30, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Even for a Manchester United fan….like myself….Sunday’s 3-2 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge was a depressing affair. Football has become toxic. What happens during the course of the ninety minutes seems almost a distraction to what happens before and … Continue reading →

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Football Is Becoming Toxic

Posted on February 7, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I watched the Liverpool-Tottenham Hotspur match last night. It was the first appearance of Luiz Saurez in eight games. He has now served his ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra of Manchester United. Saurez is due to play against Manchester United … Continue reading →

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The Football Racism Row Gets Worse

Posted on February 3, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I have written before about the Racism Row engulfing English Football. It centres on John Terry, captain of the England national team and major club Chelsea. It is difficult to like John Terry. Two years ago, he was stripped of … Continue reading →

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Racism And Football. Two Cases.

Posted on December 23, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

I am an Anti-Racist. Thats how I am. I like to claim that I was a member of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the 1970s and 1980s. The reality is that I was only a member for about seven or eight … Continue reading →

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