"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London.
No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life;
for there is in London all that life can afford."~ Samuel Johnson in 1777 ( Read more... )

After 29 league games last season, Leicester City had just 19 points and marked nearly four months at the bottom of the Premier League table. If a new season had started immediately after that and included this season's matches, they would have 66 points from 31 matches. To put it in some perspective, this is a list of EPL teams since 1995/96* with ( Read more... )

In my excitement to evaluate Leicester City's potential achievement, I forgot to mention a couple other aspects of this season's Premier League that has equally confounded expectations and added to the merriment. The first is the almost mirror-like collapse by defending champions Chelsea and the other is the welcome return of unpredictable results ( Read more... )

It's been a wee while since I made an entry about O Joga Bonito, but this season's English Premier League has earned it. I can't remember the last time when we were so far into a season (Gameweek 21 out of 38) and a team like Leicester City were still contending for the title. However unlikely it may still seem, the neutral in me wants them to go ( Read more... )

...I arrived in London to settle here permanently. The photos below were taken on the night and subsequent morning of that memorable journey. It was my first flight to Blighty in three years - and I only stayed a night on that occasion - so this was actually my first proper visit in nearly four years. I was over the moon, making childhood dreams ( Read more... )

2014 WCUP - WINNERS ( Read more... )

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It's official, West Ham United have been confirmed as the new permanent tenants of London's Olympic Stadium. But they aren't the first London football club to make an Olympic stadium their home. That distinction belongs to Queens Park Rangers, who were twice-tenants of White City Stadium, venue of the 1908 Summer Olympics. The venue for the 1948 ( Read more... )

Every. Fucking. Time.

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oh well different day same story!!! One day we may be able to shoot penalties and score!!!!!!!! without bar or them being saved :( xx

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So Ashley is possibly the worst name to be associated with right now...
(posted by someone called Ashley)Weak as piss. Again ( Read more... )