TRANSFER GOSSIP
Chadwick, Stewart and Nardiello
The NOTW reckon that Liuke Chadwick may be on his way to Everton but not till the summer.
The same paper say that Michael Stewart may be loaned out.
The M.E.N. reckon that United will have to pay up to £2 million to Wolves now that Daniel Nardiello is on the verge of the first team squad.
FUNNY HANDSHAKES
‘City founded by Masons’
This from The Observer:
Outing of the week: The latest issue of must-read mag Masonic Quarterly reveals Man City's United-beating secret is multiple trouser-lifting. According to MQ, published by the United Grand Lodge of England, the club's founders were all Masons, they adopted pale blue as the colour of Freemasonry, Bert Trautmann had 'Masonic connections', five of the six board members in 1964 were masons - they appointed Joe Mercer, who became a mason - as did his captain Tony Book. Current masons include security manager Mike Corbett and honorary president Eric Alexander. Is King Kev a Grand Master on the side?
ANYONE FANCY A PLATE OF HAM?
Ricardo the ham salesman
From The Guardian’s football diary:
Is there no end to the trials of Manchester United’s hapless goalkeeper Ricardo?
This week he told a Spanish newspaper about his dispiriting experience at Old Trafford involving a leg of cured ham: ‘I took some good ham to the training ground for people to try but they wouldn‘t even let me slice it. They almost threw me out. They looked at it suspiciously and said I couldn’t eat it because it was too fatty.”
ONCE A **** ALWAYS A ****
Red Issue nemesis Harry Harris shows his true colours again
"Sven-Goran Eriksson will decide in the next 24 hours whether to become the
first foreign coach to the Italian national team," ran a story carrying
Harry's byline on the back page of Monday's Express. "The indications last
night were that Eriksson was seriously considering the move." Excellent. On
the back page of that SAME Monday's Daily Star, meanwhile, beneath that same
Harry Harris's byline, appeared this: "Sven-Goran Eriksson has turned down
the chance to become Italy boss..." Remarkable....
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Geordies - bless ‘em
From The Guardian:
Freddy Shepherd, the Newcastle chairman, reports this week that the five supporters who walked out of a Turin restaurant saying he would pay their bill, have responded. "A cheque for £150 has arrived on my desk," he says, "with a request to pass the money on to a players' charity. Thanks, lads, you are good Geordies after all."
THE THEATRE OF LARGELY BROKEN DREAMS
Clive Tyldesley, ex Strettie ender, perfectly describes Maine Road in The Telegraph as “The Theatre of largely broken dreams".
Och well, once on thirteen ain’t too bad.