8 Captains Blog

You may remember in my first blog post I made predictions for the this seasons title winners in some of Europe’s top leagues, most notably Kazakhstan. Well I thought as it is the New Year and we are pretty much at the half way point in the English domestic season I would take a look back at my predictions and see how well I am fairing so far. continue reading »

Ok so its nearly Christmas and I am still in the office awaiting a call from Senor Galbraith to tell me what pub we are going to rendevous at for some festive Eggnog.

Tippet has already been on the phone to him worried about the prospect of having to drink lots and keep up with the bigger boys. Waller is currently at home sharpening his elbows just in case…ACT don’t REACT is his motto (it is tattooed a th0uosand times on the inside of his skin…thats how dangerous he is). continue reading »

This weeks post is concentrating on the art of the penalty kick, fitting as the dreaded spot kick played its part in Girton’s game against Cherry Hinton, with both sides successfully dispatching from twelve yards and then later that evening we saw Frank Lampard’s tame effort for Chelski followed on Sunday by Jermain Defoe’s woeful strike against Tim ‘USA’ Howard in an enthralling contest at Goodison Park. continue reading »

After watching the Merseyside Derby on Sunday and seeing Pepe Reina’s fantastic double save from first Tim Cahill and then one of the members of the Jackson Five it got me thinking about some of the best saves of all time.

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