What a game!
Terrific result with a topsy-turvy performace.
Reds go marching on!

"No one gets instant football like you get instant coffee. Football is not coffee. You have to work at it. You have to grow the bean, grind it." - Ian Holloway 01.01.11

After six days of seeing Manchester United's name dragged through the gutter, Ferguson knew he had to act.

To show Wayne Rooney - and everyone else at Old Trafford - he would no longer put up with stories of his players off the leash, on the lash and up to no good.

Nor did Fergie want it construed he might have lost control of any of his ( Read more... )

Jack Straw, the shadow justice secretary and one of the greatest survivors of postwar Labour politics, announced today he was standing down from the front bench to make room for a new generation to form the shadow cabinet.

A figure not without controversy, Jack Straw will be regarded as one of the best speakers and sternest MP's the Labour have ( Read more... )

PORTSMOUTH flew back to England last night reeling after their trip from hell.

from The Sun
Relegated, in administration and hit by a transfer embargo, Pompey could have been forgiven for thinking their luck could not get any worse.

Yet those hopes were dashed on their North American tour, which saw the Fratton Park club:

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DELAYED on their way to ( Read more... )

the first knock-out round is over, time for some reckoning to do. it's a bit sad that the Cup is past its halfway life and we haven't really seen world-class football played on a regular basis yet ( Read more... )

What's the difference between Alan Shearer and Newcastle? Shearer will be on Match of the Day next season.

http://www.cutmovie.co.uk/index_2.html

about time someone said 'cut!'

BARACK Obama lavished praise on The Queen today and said she puts the Great into Britain.

The US President confessed wife Michelle is nervous about her first meeting with Her Majesty in Buckingham Palace tonight.

And he declared The Queen is the number one reason he loves the UK - and why Americans respect Britain.

The President said: “There’s one ( Read more... )

The Government has provoked anger by saying proceeds of sale will not necessarily be used to tackle climate change issues ( Read more... )