Recent content by johnevans

Is that 'unaffected' as in (a) 'unchanged by circumstances', for example 'United's budgets are not altered despite losing large amounts of revenue due to the much reduced number of games played in season 24/25', or (b) 'natural and sincere', for example 'which describes the Red Filth's...

'Buenos Dias'? It must be something in the water that those connected with Villa drink.. You remind me of a one-time colleague, Sid, who supported 'The Villa' and who was forever mangling the English language with the wrong choice of words, 'Malapropisms' etc. My favourite was when he'd...

Very true! Might I add to your list?: * Drinks Break of the Season * Sideline Warm-Up of the Season * Medical Intervention with the Magic Sponge of the Season For all of which The Arse will be in pole position to win, closely-run in each category by The Red Filth (..well, clutching at straws...

Spot on! Malcolm Allison was responsible for some of the greatest City performances I'd ever seen since first going to Maine Road in 1959. But his ego also contributed to some of the biggest mistakes he made throughout his career and, in my view, none was greater than disrupting the 1971-72...

Best player in the Women's game bar none.. As others have said, truly delightful to watch her play the game. Sadly, like (for example) De Bruyne, David Silva and Yaya in the Men's game, she never gets the true recognition from the media that her prodigious footballing talent deserves. And...

Returning from the daily swim this morning while listening to the R4 News programme, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed suddenly switched channels, complaining that she was 'sick of the news, it's nothing but depressing doom and gloom..' She eventually alit upon Virgin Radio's Chris Evans (no relation!)...

'Fxxxwits'? Ah, dear Bez, thanks for taking me back to my halcyon days of studenthood, reading EngLit and then History. I take it you mean 'forewits', those among us blessed with foresight and advanced knowledge of any given subject? As in John Heywood's 16th century tome 'A Dialogue of...

Quite.. What a lovely gesture from the Villa players and management.. then those daft twunts on MOTD (Shearer and Rooney, egged on by that cretinous presenter) have to spoil it with their stupid responses.. For goodness' sake, why can't these herberts take a moment and (in the words of that...

Perzactly! 'PB' and 'Stefan' have been go-to contributors regarding the Red Cartel's self-entitled jumped up farrago of lies and nonsense aimed at us these recent years. Over this time, I've destroyed many a Red Cartel supporting tosser making throwaway comments about us by referring to the...

Yeah, too true.. this place gets more and more sesquipedalian with every passing day..(!!)

'UEFA is disappointed' the finals are not 'free to air'? That's UEFA, which owns the three competitions? That UEFA?! Surely it must've known about the rights purchaser's intentions or else guarded against them when agreeing the multi-million moolah contract? Yes, THAT UEFA?! I know several...

You and 'Citi-leaks' sum it all up perfectly as far as us match going supporters are concerned. The PL/UEFA authorities and the click-bait driven media want us there at the grounds providing the atmosphere and the backdrop for the product they sell (rather expensively) to the rest of the...

Quite, quite and thrice quite.. Mbuemo not only 'trapped' (albeit briefly and with a light touch but a full touch nonetheless) the ball between his forearm and side, the ball then fell kindly for him to be able to attempt a shot at goal, even before the ball is deflected for Cunha to take...

Thanks for posting this. Confirms to me that this group of officials was in also charge of the Umpire's boat at the recent Oxford versus Cambridge Boat Race. They're all clearly fluent in talking 'Rowlocks'..

Here you go.. Bert Trautmann and the rest of the City team running on to the pitch at Roots Hall for the 1956 cup tie against Southend. Wonder what Pep, Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne et al would make of them conditions..?!