Football: Chelsea Appoint New Manager
Young, good-looking, charismatic Portuguese takes over… but no way is it Jose.
Jose Mourinho
John Terry Runs Over Steward At Stamford Bridge
It never rains but it pours for poor ol’ JT: the ex-England captain accidentally struck a security steward as he was driving his Range Rover away from Stamford Bridge last night. The defender, who’d been powerless to stop his side slunking out of the Champion’s …
Turning Fantasy Into Reality
The “Special One” may have crushed a million housewife hearts when he left Chelsea, but his ability to influence our national game remains undimmed. Rumours abounded over the weekend that Mourinho was about to pluck plucky Spurs midfielder Jermaine Jenas for his Inter Milan team. …
Exit Avram: Is Mourinho Back In The Frame?
In a move that came as a surprise to nobody in football, Chelsea yesterday rewarded manager Avram Grant for getting them within a goalpost’s width of their first European Cup by terminating his contract. According to a statement released on the club’s website Saturday afternoon, …
The Best London Quotes of 2007
I have been interested in recent newspaper reports suggesting I had lost, or was about to lose, one leg, two legs, an arm, a head – some people suggesting this went some time ago! – or even a fingernail. I am happy to tell you …
The London Ledger
A look at the obscene pots of cash floating around town this week. Money in Sale of Witanhirst, London’s second largest house: £32 million (estimated) Average London home: £313,000 Total in: £32,313,000 Money out Michael Barry steals from Bexley Council: £220,000 Ne’er-do-wells posing as Jose …
2012 Brand Launch, Camden Roundhouse
No matter what your opinion of the 2012 olympics, we’re now all helpless to stop it and we won’t be able to get away from it for five years so in a Stockholm Syndrome-like way we should all come to love our captors and get …
Elsewhere In The Ist-a-verse
LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big — really freaking big — so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart …
Mourinho Mutt Mutiny
We know people can love their pets a great deal and this morning, we have learned of how far a dog owner is willing to go to protect his puppy pal. About as far as the nearest police station, if you are Jose Mourinho. Mourinho, …
Extra, Extra
6 men (well five men and a 17-year-old) appeared in court today charged with offences relating to the recruitment and training of terrorists. An enquiry has been launched to find out why 900 people were trapped on the Piccadilly Line for up to two and …
Football Round-Up
The Premiership hasn’t even started but already there’s a lot to say about this season’s football in the capital. Tonight sees most of our professional clubs in competitive action as the six Football League sides are joined by Arsenal playing their Champions League qualifier away …
