Age is just a number. AGE IS JUST A NUMBER Fair play, Richard Culley. Being 60 years old shouldn’t stop you from being a mascot for Luton Town if, for some reason, you want to be a mascot for Luton Town. I respect and admire it. Before their game against Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday, Culley […]

7 years ago

Reading confirmed that the striker is ok but was taken to hospital as a precaution Reading’s Portuguese striker suffered a gruesome facial injury during Saturday’s 0-0 draw against Aston Villa and the picture of the aftermath is quite something. The incident occurred in the second half after Villa debutant Tyrone Mings won a clean tackle […]

7 years ago

Peak Warnock You’d think that Neil Warnock would be a reasonably happy man after Cardiff’s 2-0 over Bournemouth on Saturday, a hard-earned three points against a good Eddie Howe side that could prove crucial for the Bluebirds given their current standing at the tip of the relegation zone. Well he wasn’t. Or at least, he […]

7 years ago

The people have spoken and left Maroon 5 with no choice. There will be SpongeBob A petition created to have SpongeBob SquarePants’ Bubble Bowl anthem ‘Sweet Victory’ played at this year’s Super Bowl has been successful after receiving signatures from over 1.2 million people. The bad news is that it will be Maroon 5 playing it […]

7 years ago

The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia creators are cooking up a brand new comedy series Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day, two of the creators, writers and stars of one of the best television comedies of all time, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, are embarking on a new series that will air on Apple’s upcoming streaming service. […]

7 years ago

Tremendous effort Burnley fans have welcomed their latest good-touch-for-a-big-lad personifier, historically gangly centre forward Peter Crouch, one of the most beloved men in football. As a result, it was no surprise to see The Clarets roll out the slightly darker shade of red carpet for their new target fan, in the shape of this, a […]

7 years ago

Cue everyone: What the fuck is an NFL collar? According to the good people at Footy Headlines, Chelsea’s third kit next season (19/20) will feature an NFL collar – rarely used by Nike. Their other clubs kits, such as Barcelona, are expected to come with actual collars next season. An NFL collar football shirt would […]

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And Danny Mills doesn’t know he is because of course Danny Mills doesn’t know who he is. I mean, it’s only his job, isn’t it? Don’t look now but Newcastle United, yes, Newcastle United, look like they are finally going to be making a signing. Not only that, but for a player who will push them […]

7 years ago

Touching gesture from Arsenal Arsenal has paid tribute to missing Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala by including him amongst the Bluebirds’ squad list ahead of Tuesday night’s Premier League match between the two clubs. As well as handing out daffodil badges to members of the press, the North London club also printed ‘Emiliano Sala’ next to […]

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It’s a banger tbf In only the second most important music news story of the day, fans of the tv cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants have signed a petition to play the song ‘Sweet Victory’ during this year’s Super Bowl halftime performance to honour the creator of the show, Stephen Hillenburg, who died in November last year. […]

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Name me a better trance song from the early 00s than ‘Sandstorm’, I’ll wait In fact, name me a better song full stop. I don’t know about you, but listening to Darude’s ‘Sandstorm’ every single day for several years of my life at the turn of the millennium gave me some of the fondest memories […]

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‘Leaving Neverland’ has shocked viewers at this year’s Sundance Festival and will air on television in Spring The new Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland has received a strong reaction after screening at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah on Friday. Leaving Neverland is a four-hour long, two-part documentary focuses on Jackson’s child sexual abuse scandals. The […]

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After being linked with Manchester United every summer for the past 400 years, Ivan Perišić could actually be moving to one of their rivals Unai Emery has identified the wide man he wants to bolster the Gunners midway through the season and it appears to be volleyball enthusiast Ivan Perišić, currently getting chalks on his […]

7 years ago

Jesse Lingard simply does not care for yer da’s blood pressure Jesse Lingard, occasional scorer of goals and frequent dancer of dances, was up to his old tricks on Friday night as Manchester United ran out 3-1 winners against Arsenal in the FA Cup. Not content with scoring the second goal and put his team 2-0 […]

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Neil Lennon will not be in the dugout for Hibernian’s game against St. Mirren on Sunday Hibernian have suspended manager Neil Lennon according to reports by BBC Sport. It appears unlikely that the Northern Irishman will take charge of another game at the club. The news comes after an incident that took place on Friday […]

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Yes Trevor you’re spot on, it’s difficult to imagine Paul Pogba winning anything other than all the trophies he has already won Trevor Francis, England’s first million-pound player and a European Cup winner with Nottingham Forest, has become the latest ex-pro to voice their bizarre opinion on Paul Pogba. In this instance, Francis is choosing to […]

7 years ago

Ahead of the release of Vice, a genre-spinning biopic of former US Vice-President Dick Cheney, actor Eddie Marsan spoke to JOE about the film, his career and the perpetual headache that is Brexit What was it like working on Vice with Adam McKay? EM: It was fantastic, I loved it. It was really fun, lots of […]

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Johnny Borrell answers my first question with a simple, abrupt ‘Yes’ and then there is silence. For a moment the fear comes that everything I’ve ever read about him is true. That relentless NME-spun arrogance from the early Razorlight years, a band who, through their first two albums at least, had the Midas touch before […]

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The former Spurs and Portsmouth midfielder looks set to join La Liga giants Barcelona on loan with the option to buy until the end of the season.

7 years ago

Spurs have been linked with a £2 million move Andy Carroll, which is yet the latest instance of the Premier League mistreating all our precious, precious big lads up top Andy Carroll, that ponytailed, penalty-box nuisance who has long since made the racing seats in the dugout at West Ham’s London Stadium his very own, […]

7 years ago

Who knew Ja Rule was such a wordsmith? You’ll have noticed over the weekend that everyone is suddenly talking about the ill-fated Fyre Festival, a 2017 music festival-cum-shit show of gargantuan proportions that has now been in made into not one, but two, unintentionally hilarious documentaries. Hulu’s Fyre Fraud and Netflix’s Fyre, both attempt to unravel the reasons behind […]

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I can’t stop watching this Well, what else can you say about Ian Wright? Apart from being the singular, well-dressed football pundit on our television screens, he has also proved himself to be the most consistently lovable. How? By just being really, really, really sound, all the time. It’s moments like this one, screaming “AH […]

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The video caused widespread outrage after emerging on Friday You’ll have no doubt had the displeasure of viewing a video that went viral over the weekend of a MAGA hat-wearing teenager visibly mocking a Native American man at the Indigenous People’s March in Washington D.C. on Friday. The student, from Covington Catholic School in Kentucky, has […]

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His studs were showing but in fairness, he made sure he got the ball(s) Charlton Athletic earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over Accrington Stanley on Saturday, a result that sees them remain in 4th place and firmly in the promotion hunt in League 1. The three points were delivered courtesy of a Karl Grant penalty […]

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“It appears this group of players are extremely difficult to motivate” Maurizio Sarri didn’t mince his words after Saturday evening’s 2-0 loss to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. The Chelsea manager, who has been in charge since the start of the season after joining the Blues from Napoli, openly criticised the mentality and desire of […]

7 years ago

Trump supporters: notoriously well-balanced human beings A MAGA-hat wearing army of Trump supporters attended the Indigenous People’s March in Washington D.C. on Friday, seemingly intent on making themselves look as physically loathsome and as odious as possible. The teenagers, reportedly from the all-boys Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, crowded around the marchers and began mocking […]

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Mike Skinner is a national treasure, this isn’t up for debate If you’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing The Streets live, you’ll already know that Mike Skinner is one hell of a performer. Can of Kronenbourg 1664 in hand and usually in shorts, Skinner doesn’t need the overblown stage designs or lighting of other […]

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Bring da motherfuckin’ ruckus The ‘God of Rap’ tour might sound like an overly grandiose name for only three dates, but when you’ve got Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul all performing together then you can’t really argue. All three of the iconic rap groups will be playing shows together at The SSE Arena […]

7 years ago

Opposition to Brexit has reached a new high Remain votes now have a 12-point lead over leave according to a new YouGov survey, a bigger margin that at any other point since the Brexit referendum in 2016. Conducted after MPs recently voted down Theresa May’s deal earlier this week in the largest defeat in Commons history, […]

7 years ago

It’s safe to say Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has lifted the mood at Old Trafford Anthony Martial has become the first Manchester United player to state their support for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be offered the manager’s role permanently. Solskjaer was appointed as caretaker manager in December, replacing José Mourinho until the end of the 2018-19 season. […]

7 years ago

Hello, it’s me again. Your official Valentine’s Day correspondent Huge news. Huge, huge news. Wetherspoons, the sticky floored colosseum of pints and fruit machines, is bringing back its Valentine’s Day menu for couples looking to eat out on a budget this February. The chain is offering the bargain deal of £20 for a full meal […]

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It would have been extremely difficult to say no to this offer from Juve Aaron Ramsey, that ethereal Arsenal midfielder Arsene Wenger was never quite sure what do with, has ended speculation and signed a pre-contract agreement with Juventus that will see him join the Serie A giants on a free in the summer. That […]

7 years ago

The Day Today and Brass Eye creator last brought us Four Lions in 2010 Chris Morris, who you will no doubt recognise as the slicked-back presenter of The Day Today, or even as the angry farmer in one of the very best Alan Partridge scenes of all time, is returning with his second feature film entitled The […]

7 years ago

The 19-year-old prodigy is embarking on his first season in Formula Two after winning the Formula Three title last year Mick Schumacher, the son of the seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher, is set to join the Ferrari driver academy ahead of his debut season in Formula Two, the last feeder category of racing […]

7 years ago

One of José Mourinho’s favourite sons is being pointed firmly in the direction of the exit at Old Trafford So this is how it ends Marouane, not with a bang, but a whimper. The lumbering Belgian midfielder only signed a new two-year contract last summer, but it appears that after all those lethargic 60th minute touchline […]

7 years ago

Unfortunately this sort of thing is kind of inevitable when you have a name like Jeremy Hunt and you are, in fact, a Conservative politician like Jeremy Hunt How many times do you think this has happened to Jeremy Hunt? Maybe 10 times? A hundred? A  thousand? A million? Of those, what proportion of instances […]

7 years ago

Just do it the old fashioned way and use a Haribo This just in: Poundland is selling engagement rings. That’s right… Poundland. The place you go to for bags of sweets and chocolate before the cinema, the place you go to if you need some low-price toiletries urgently, the place you go to if you […]

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Full marks are within reach here.

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The striker is joining up with his former England teammate Steven Gerrard at Ibrox Jermain Defoe has joined Rangers on an 18-month loan deal from Premier League side Bournemouth, according to Sky Sports. The striker, who played for the south coast club in the 2000-2001 season when they were in League One (then the Second […]

7 years ago

“This is not the end. Consider it an alternative path” Black Mirror actor Will Poulter has quit Twitter following the reaction he received following the recent special ‘Bandersnatch‘ – a feature-length, choose your own adventure episode with multiple narratives threads and endings. Poulter plays eccentric game developer Colin Ritman, who takes a young programmer (Stefan […]

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Tucked away at the back of the Alexandra Palace is the broadcast studio, built like a stilt house on a river. Sit there and peer out of the glass and you can see the entire hall. “Look at it… it’s organised chaos.” You remember the World Cup, don’t you? That summer-long hysteria that swept the […]

7 years ago

Bandersnatch isn’t a part of the new series You’ve probably seen it by now, but Netflix’s latest special ‘Bandersnatch’ is taking the internet by storm. It’s a choose your own adventure interactive film in which you steer the protagonist – amateur game designer Stefan – one way or the other on his quest to develop […]

7 years ago

The year is 2018. A strange vampiric man from the Basque Country is trying to do something that hasn’t been done in years: programme the Arsenal defence not to concede goals. You must help guide him through this impossible journey by making all of the decisions for the likes of Granit Xhaka, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis […]

7 years ago

Brexit: the gift that keeps on giving The UK is going to spend £108,000,000 on ferries in case of a no-deal Brexit in an attempt to ease congestion at Dover. Now, this begs several questions. How much is a ferry? How many ferries are we actually getting for 108 MILLION POUNDS? Is there some sort […]

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The Liverpool players have been doing their club proud on and off the pitch Following on from the sterling work done by Jordan Henderson and Adam Lallana on Sunday, young right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has also been doing his bit to spread Christmas cheer around Liverpool this festive season. 20-year-old Alexander-Arnold, who is an ambassador for […]

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Yes, yes that is Chabuddy G Netflix has released a photo teaser of the upcoming Black Mirror special that is set to air on the 28th of December. Titled ‘Bandersnatch’, you can find its page already set up on the streaming service, complete with the caption: ‘Be right back.’ The special episode is rumoured to clock […]

7 years ago

Ahead of the Boxing Day hunts, Labour has announced its support for new measures to strengthen the hunting act The Labour party are preparing to bring forward amendments to the Hunting Act 2004 over concerns that the Act is not being properly enforced and loopholes are exploited to continue with illegal hunting. The Hunting Act […]

7 years ago

The Chinese Super League is at it again Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha has been offered the chance to become one of the best paid players in the world in January should he join Chinese Super League team Dalian Lifang. The club, whose name you might recognise from a former shock double swoop for Atletico […]

7 years ago

Radja Nainggolan is hardly endearing himself to the Nerazzurri support after a slow start in Milan Inter Milan midfielder’s all-action midfielder Radja Nainggolan has found himself in hot water again with the club’s supporters only two days on from being suspended by the Italian club for “disciplinary reasons”. Reportedly, this was due to the Belgian arriving late […]

7 years ago

‘I went full José Mourinho on Football Manager 2019 and this is what happened’ reaches its inevitable, heartbreaking conclusion.

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