Rombling: Tat's a bold prediction!
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- Created: Wednesday, 19 August 2009 18:43
- Written by The Rome
A news story that caught my eye this week was that of die-hard fan Kirk Bradley, who has had “Manchester City – Champions League Winners 2011” stamped onto his arm. Unlikely to say the least.
He is not the first, nor will he be the last terrace tosspot to get a dubious tattoo. His fellow Citizens fanatic Christopher Atkinson was foolish enough to get ‘Kaka’ scrawled across his chest when they were in talks with him last January. If Mr. Atkinson continues the trend of getting the names of players that Man City are linked to inked onto his body then he’ll end up looking a bit like that leopard chump.
There's been plenty of football on offer in the last couple of weeks for those of you who are impatient for the summer transition to the new season. It started with the Eredivisie and then last weekend saw the kick-off to the English Football Leagues, as well as the new Bundesliga and Ligue 1 campaigns (more of which next week).
President of FIFA and perennial xenophobe Sepp Blatter is often the subject of derision and criticism.
Tonight England will take on the Netherlands in an international friendly at Ajax's Amsterdam Arena, the fixture has been widely criticised and re-opened the club versus country debate. While I sympathise with the Premier League managers who have taken issue with such a match being scheduled only three days before the start of the new season, I still feel that tonight's game is of some value.
The anxious period of anticipation that some know as summer has finally segued into the new season and already there are talking points galore.