Cwoff.com: Sporting Editorials Archives: July 2007
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31 July 2007
Methadone Cup Eases the Pain
It has been a tough summer with lean football pickings to choose from. Masters Football and Copa America barely touched the sides but it is time to come out of hibernation and feast yourself on the delights of the Premiership starting with the first Mickey Mouse Cup aka the Charity Shield this Sunday. It gives […]
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31 July 2007
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Bad Refereeing?
The role of the referee in soccer is something that has plagued the game for a long time. It is not the quality of the referees because at least in the UK you have to assume that the quality is same or better since the professional era, however with incredible financial growth comes an […]
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25 July 2007
Liverpool Reveal New Stadium Design
Weighing in at a mere £300million, Liverpool’s Stanley Park stadium has officially been announced.
Opening in 2010 its initial capacity will be 60,000 with the potential to increase that number to over 75,000.
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25 July 2007
Make Your Mind Up Mourinho
This time last week Chelsea fans were dreaming of a transformation from the footballing ugly stepsister of London to the arm of the beautiful game.
Only the most maternal of Chelsea fans could ever call Jose Mourinho’s team beautiful; powerful, technical, tactical, destructive, brave; all these and more are fitting descriptors. Stunning, dashing, mesmerising, beautiful; […]
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24 July 2007
Le Tour de Who Cares
It should be noted that this writer is not exactly a fan of cycling. Chris Boardman, Victoria Pendleton and of course Graeme Obree have a certain charm about them and were certainly worth watching as they beat the world.
The Tour de France however, is a competition so rife with cheats and so inextricably linked […]
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24 July 2007
Here Comes Kroenke II
…and this time, he’s not alone.
Once a billionaire gets the scent of a good investment, he is unlikely to stay away for long and there is no better investment opportunity in English football than Arsenal FC. As mentioned in a previous article 12.19% stakeholder Stan Kroenke would not tire in his pursuit of following […]
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23 July 2007
A Cricketing Anomaly
What do Sachin Tendulkar and Brain Lara have in common?
Plenty of course; they were the two pre-eminent batsmen on their generation, both have more than thirty test centuries to their name, both have over 10,000 test runs, both dominated the greatest spinners of all time who happened to operate in their era and both were […]
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20 July 2007
First Test, Day Two, Lords
Resuming on 268-4, England rolled back the years with a swift collapse to 298 all out after the morning session was lost to rain.
The English bowlers then showed the sort of concentration their batter failed to do by restricting India to 145-4 by the close. James Anderson using the swinging conditions well to capture […]
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19 July 2007
First Test, Day One, Lords
England closed on 268-4 at Lords having been penned back in the First Test by… well, it wasn’t India’s quality bowling.
At one point, with the likes of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar bowling it was clear that the Indians were waiting for the rain that has graced most of this English cricket season. Having […]
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19 July 2007
Bonds Nears Aaron
Smiting his 18th and 19th home runs of the season, Barry Bonds closed to within two of Hank Aaron’s all time home run record.
The Giant’s slugger had been mired in a 0-for-21 slump leading into the game but was a one-man wrecking ball starting with the first pitch of the second inning that he deposited […]
