I've decided that seen as the Premiership's over for this year (and it's only the 27th August!) that i'm going to give the Italian football a right good go this season. What with the return of "the old lady" from serie B and the old favourite Napoli I think it's a good time to put last year's fiasco behind us and have a good old watch of Italy's finest.
So I sat down on Sunday to watch the Inter game. Now I was prepared for channel 5 coverage but it wasn't till I settled down to the dull nasal speech impediment of Mark Chapman that my bubble kind of burst a bit. OK, so they've drafted in some Italian eye candy in the form of Laura Esposto but as nice as she is, it just makes Mark look uglier and sound more like the man with the perma-cold!
For Italian football you just couldn't beat James Richardson sitting in some Piazza with an espresso and that smug "I've got the best job in the world" look on his face. Once you overcame the smugness he was actually a pretty nice guy and you always respected his ability to read La Gazzetta dello Sport and let us know what was happening in prole speak.
I'll carry on with watching channel 5's coverage (don't get me started on John Barnes commentary) but they might as well have drafted in the prick who killed John Lennon because anything would be better than this shite!
Oh yeh, someone should also tell them that the wall would probably be a nice place to put the map of Italy rather than the bloody floor!!
Apparently Chelsea have banned three fans after they were caught throwing celery at the recent FA cup game against Spurs...Two were caught on the day of the match and another was identified to the club.I believe there's some Chelsea song about celery and women's bottoms but i'm still a bit in the dark about this. All I know is that you'd have to be pretty unlucky to get grassed up for being a celery chucker!
Oh yeh, as an extra fact of the day...
Did you know that liquefied, celery juice can be taken for joint and urinary tract inflammations, such as rheumatoid arthritis, cystitis, or urethritis, for weak conditions, and for nervous exhaustion.
Celery leaves were also found in Tutankhamun's tomb but as yet no charges have been brought against the boy king...
Here are the ten wealthiest football clubs by revenue!
The figures below take into account income from ticket sales, merchandising and broadcasting contracts but do not include transfer revenues and does not calculate profitability.1)Real Madrid: £202m
Do you know your Bhoys from your Toffees??
As you may already know, most football ("soccer" if you're from across the paddling pool) teams have a nickname. So the two above refer to the Glasgow Celtic and the Liverpool Evertonians (I'd love it if some yank used that one!)
Anyway, if you want to impress your friends or look cultured, two you should learn are....
Nerazzurri - This means the "Black and Blues" and is the nickname of Inter Milan.
Rossoneri - This is the "Red and Blacks" and is the nickname of Milan.
Oh yeh, and whilst we're in Italy you should also know that the National team are known as "The Azzuri" or "The Blues"!
Use the knowledge well !!
So I sat down on Sunday to watch the Inter game. Now I was prepared for channel 5 coverage but it wasn't till I settled down to the dull nasal speech impediment of Mark Chapman that my bubble kind of burst a bit. OK, so they've drafted in some Italian eye candy in the form of Laura Esposto but as nice as she is, it just makes Mark look uglier and sound more like the man with the perma-cold!
