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Weekend Football Review

Saturday 21st May….put that date in your diary. We’ve got the FA Cup Final we wanted, so now we feel perfectly within our rights to demand that the game itself should be a classic , with Arsenal winning and for it to be sunny so …

Crunch Time

This weekend could very well turn out to be the most important weekend of the season for many London sides. For a start there’s Charlton at home to Bolton, where any result other than a win for the Addicks will surely end their chances of …

Player Of The Year

The Professional Footballers’ Association have announced the nominees for their Player’s Player of the Year award and we are pleased to see that London has just about cleaned up. The only contender from north of Watford Gap is Stevie Gerrard, who is probably fretting right …

One Nil To The Arsenal And Other Stories

There was a fantastic game of football at the weekend. Full of goals, skill, passion, deft touches, great passes, and everything else you could want from a game of football. But that’s enough about the brilliant Real Madrid 4-2 Barcelona game; in the Premiership Chelsea …

At Home With Mourinho

A protest against the perceived lack of support from the Chelsea suits? Or the latest psychological master-stroke from the golden child of European football? Your guess is as good as ours, all we do know is that Jose Mourinho is not going to be at …

Flat Track Bully? Moi?

One would imagine that a good few pub conversations on Saturday night might have gone a little bit like this : Bloke A – “Did you see today’s results?” Bloke B – “Yeah. Henry got a hat-trick against Norwich didn’t he?!” Bloke A – “Uhuh. …

Cockney Sparrow Conservation

While it’s normally those pesky ravens over at the Tower that seem to get the most column inches these days, another species of bird close to Londoners’ hearts is now hitting the front pages (ok, maybe not the front pages but definitely the first few …

Jose At Night

Outspoken and controversial football manager Jose Mourinho is apparently set to get his own talk show on Portuguese television. The current Chelsea Manager is no stranger to the spotlight, and has given some of the most memorable post match interviews since excitable Gordon Strachan moved …

Freddie Feeling Fine Following Flying Far From Fear

Well, that’s the internationals over with for a while, so back to proper football. Which must come as some relief for Spurs striker Freddie Kanouté, who after missing a couple of chances for Mali against Togo faced rioting supporters who threatened to kill him. Coming …

Promotion, Relegation, and Pies

Easter Bank Holiday weekend, then. Traditionally the weekend of the football calendar when promotion challengers get ready to either strengthen their cause or weakly limp out, and similarly those sides at the bottom attempt to make that final push for safety. Traditionally, but not this …

Londonist Is On Holiday Now

Yes, as it’s a Bank Holiday tomorrow and Monday we won’t be posting to the site until next Tuesday. That means no Friday Film News, no weekend football roundup, and no slagging off of the Evening Standard for four whole days…but we’ll sure you’ll get …