The sun has been streaming through the windows here at
Hoof House and we've all been hit by a sudden bout of World Cup fever! On the day that the world’s greatest footballing showpiece gets underway, it inevitably
wasn’t long before talk turned to the disappointment of the Official Fifa song which was was chosen
to be performed by the self-proclaimed "Mr Worldwide" Pitbull, along with Jennifer Lopez &...
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Friday, 28 February 2014
Gibraltar – Rock Solid or Monkey Business?
Written by Danny Higginson
On the 23rd of February 2014
footballing history was made. The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar was
drawn out of the hat and placed alongside Germany, Scotland, The Republic of
Ireland, Poland and Georgia in group D for the 2016 European Championship
Qualifiers for the first time in the nation’s...
Ignorance is Strength
Anelka and M'bala M'bala performing the 'quenelle'
For those of you who have read 1984 by George Orwell, the following refrain should echo soundly:
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
This idea, put forward by the Ministry of Truth in Orwell's book, comes to represent the Ministry's ability to change historical...
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
If Premier League teams were WWE superstars....
After recent rumours began circulating that WWE supremo Vince McMahon was going to take over as chairman of Newcastle United, Hoof! Football decided to create our very own WWE / Premier League mash up!
Man United - The Undertaker
United have dominated the PL the last two decades just as the Undertaker has the WWE. In the 90's United...
The Curious Case of Southampton FC
Former Oilers coach Krueger is joining Southampton FC
Southampton have been an interesting team to watch this season. Not just because of their on-the-field success with Mauricio Pochettino, Jay Rodriguez and Rickie Lambert, but also because of their off-the-field front office troubles. In January, chairman Nicola Cortese resigned due...
Plight of The Pompey
On a night
when most of the footballing world turned its eyes towards the Champions League to
see Manchester United woes continue. Meanwhile, another club looked to end theirs.
Portsmouth against Accrington Stanley, an unlikely fixture until a few years ago. It wasn’t so long
ago that Pompey played in two FA Cup finals in...
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
So it goes...the story of Toronto FC and Kevin Payne
Former TFC president Kevin Payne
In Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Billy Pilgrim, the book's main character consistently repeats the phrase "...so it goes." Vonnegut uses this phrase as a transition, coming after plot points where it might be used to explain the unexplained, such as with deaths. This concept can be immediately be...
Moyes' Transfer Disaster
Moyes' had much trouble in his first window as United boss.
David Moyes' first transfer window with
Manchester United doesn’t seem terrible on the surface. He managed to keep
Chelsea away from Wayne Rooney and Marouane Fellaini should shore up the
midfield with a physical presence. However, when you factor in how the transfer
for...
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
The Bristol Derby and England's latest Striking Sensation
Tomorrow marks what is sure to be a momentous week for
Bristol Rovers fans. John Ward takes his Rovers team to Ashton Gate, home of
city rivals Bristol City in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. In one of English
football’s most fiercely contested derbies the Gas will be hoping to replicate
their famous victory over City in the same competition...
Levy’s Bailout Plan
As the clichéd riddled transfer window is slammed shut once more, here at Hoof! we are very excited about the hottest new imports to the league!
Now that the inevitable has happened, one team is left with a bizarre shaped Bale hole. Levy’s solution; get rid of the old, Caulker (Cardiff, £8m), Dempsey (Seattle Sounders, £6m), Huddlestone...
Who's Ozil-y boy Arsene
So with the transfer window firmly slam shut it’s now time
to kick back and take in what the hell just happened in the last 24 hours.
By far the biggest deal of the day on every level was the
transfer of Mesut Ozil who moved from Real Madrid to Arsenal for a staggering £42.5million.
Arsene finally splashed the cash (it must have been...
Monday, 2 September 2013
On Yer ‘Ead Son! - Week 1
Classic route one hoof play...
Welcome to the first edition of the weekly ‘On Yer ‘head Son’ blog. Each week three videos will be uploaded that show goals that have been scored through passages of classic hoof play.
Football purists and Arsenal supporters look away now!
Goal Number 1 – Franck Queudrue v Uhhh... His own team...
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