8 Captains Blog

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 »

Is it just me? Or has everyone gone mad in the world of football since the “Le Hand of God” Thierry Henry incident!

I mean think about it, yes there is an injustice here and yes Ireland are right to be angry and upset, but at the same time could you really expect Thierry Henry to stop his actions in mid play, run over to the referee and say “Bonjour monsieur I am very sorry but I seemed to have handled the ball” Give me a break! continue reading »

Is it me or is Alex Ferguson blaming everything on the referees at the moment (more than usual I mean). First they are too fat, then they are too inexperienced and in his eyes they don’t seem to be performing. continue reading »