::: FistedAway welcomes a guest post from Elliott, editor of the rather lovely Futfanatico ::: If the summer was bad for the Gunners, the start to the season was even worse. No Nasri. No Fabregas. Fine. But the loss to injury of Jack Wilshere was devastating, and Arsenal touched bottom in a humiliating loss to rivals Manchester [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sunderland’
Defiant Wenger silences critics and boldly predicts title run
Posted in News, tagged Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Cesc Fabregas, Futfanatico, Manchester City, Manchester United, Robin van Persie, Samir Nasri, Sunderland on October 19, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Martin Samuel’s Best Frank Lampard of All Time
Posted in Martin Samuel's FLOTW, tagged Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo, Daily Mail, Jordan Henderson, Lionel Messi, Liverpool, Martin Samuel, Ray Wilkins, Sunderland, Wayne Rooney on June 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Hello children and Daily Mail readers, I’m Martin Samuel yeah? YES. It’s an anagram of ‘Menstrual Aim’ and “Maria Men Lust’, but I’m still ALL MAN. A couple of weeks ago my bearded gaze was drawn like a moth to the 60w bulb of the Champions League final. This got me thinking – at least that [...]
Darren Bent: “Its not every day you get to play rubbish against Brazil”
Posted in News, tagged Brazil, Darren Bent, England, Fabio Capello, Michael Owen, Steve Bruce, Sunderland, Twitter, WC2010 on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sunderland striker Darren Bent has spoken of his delight at representing England rubbishly against Brazil at an FA press conference this morning. FistedAway listened in: I’ve dreamed of playing rubbish against Brazil since I was a small boy. Imagine then my delight when Fabio gave me the call to say “Darren, get yourself over to [...]
Roy Keane resigns to “spend more time with his beard”
Posted in News, tagged Alf Inge Haaland, Beard, Bill Shankly, Celtic, Cobh Ramblers, Gratuitous Nottingham Forest reference, Greg Halford, Roy Keane, Sunderland on December 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
FistedAway EXCLUSIVE: Roy Keane has broken his silence to Sunderland fans over his controversial resignation, explaining that the real reason for leaving Sunderland was to watch his beard grow up: Dear Mackems, I am sad to say that I feel that I have taken this football club as far as I can. There have been [...]