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Champions!

Posted on April 22, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Manchester United…Champions for the TWENTIETH Time. And Celtic yesterday. Happy Days.

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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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A Minutes Silence?

Posted on April 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So Manchester United play Manchester City…an hour to kick off. Will there be an impeccably observed Minutes Silence to mark the passing of Margaret Thatcher. Hardly a lover of Football….Hillsborough and Heysel to hcore dubious credit. Black armbands anyone?

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Congratulations To St Patricks And Our Ladys College

Posted on March 19, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Congratulations to St Patricks and Our Ladys College from East Belfast who beat St Malachys in the “IFA” Norn Iron Schools Cup Final at Solitude yesterday. Back in 1968, my old school St Marys CBS moved from Barrack Street in … 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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Ulster (Rugby) Is The New Norn Iron (Football)

Posted on May 16, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Way back in the 1960s, I attended a few football matches at Windsor Park. In my defence, I was much too younf to understand the significance of it all and anyway the mid 1960s was kinda peaceful. I was on … Continue reading →

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Always Check The Source

Posted on May 4, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I commented on a Football piece on another website today. Always funny how Football brings out the inner child……days spent in the early and mid 1960s thinking I was Tony Dunne (I was actually quite fast), Nobby Stiles (unsurprisingly I … Continue reading →

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