This is proper shit, right? And I'm almost ashamed to say this is one of my spots... I'll resign
immediately. Now we really need a Shit Lookalike for Andy Gray.
Jacob Steinberg is a pulsating football brain for The Guardian (and others),
occasional Pies writer, and a top chap to boot. Follow him on the Twitters.
George Watsky is an American hip-hop poet/spoken-word artist (call it what you
want).
Big news, folks. Today we launch the first issue of our new quarterly football magazine.
Wooooooop!
The first issue of Who Ate All The Pies (The Tasty Football Magazine) is on sale today. TODAY!
Like NOW! You can consume Issue No.1 it in two ways:
1) As a printed, 48-page magazine (order it here) we hope that you'll buy it not only as
a gesture of support for Pies (it costs around a fiver), but also
just because it's worth it.
For those not in the know, Dynamo is a remarkable magician from Bradford in England, famed for
scaring the crap out of A-list celebs including Robbie Williams and Tinie Tempah. Nemanja Vidic is
a defender with EPL champions Manchester United, famed for being a hot robot.
Opta users now more likely to wear a manager's jacket than an anorak
Premier League clubs are increasingly relying on statistics to shape their transfer policy Here
is something you probably did not know: only 13 players across Europe's top five divisions created
more goal-scoring chances last season than Chris Brunt, with the West Bromwich Albion midfielder's
tally of 86 putting him 11 clear of Barcelona's tormentor-in-chief, Xavi.
There must have been something in the air in Cheshire yesterday, because several Manchester
United players and their families were spotted out walking, talking and doing stuff.
Let's take a look:
The Best Dressed Family award goes to the Van der Sars.
We have one pair of lime-green Umbro GT football boots (pictured below) to give away to one
lucky Pies reader, courtesy of our pals at Umbro. Even better, the boots are signed by England and
Aston Villa striker Darren Bent.
The early 1990s was a halcyon era for shit football kits, especially in Britain. This Bradford
City 'diamonds' shirt, worn from 1991-93, is a textbook case in point:
You might recognise a couple of familiar faces in there – but can you name them all?
I remember approaching the 1996-97 season with a degree of optimism. Despite a poor finish to
the previous Division One campaign, Southend United had been in the running for promotion right up
to Easter and, with former Liverpool and Ireland legend Ronnie Whelan in charge, there was a
feeling that we could genuinely make a tilt at the Premiership.
While you've were toiling over turkey and trimmings, AC Milan took advantage of the Serie A
break by taking their players to sunny Doha. Their winter training camp includes a match vs. Paris
St Germain in the Dubai Football Challenge on the 4th January; a fixture sure to be a tough one as
PSG's newly appointed manager is none other than Carlo Ancelotti, who managed Milan from 2001 to
2009.
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Pies reader the ultimate football fanatic's prize.
As the shirt sponsors for Real Madrid, bwin is giving you the opportunity to own a piece of
footballing history with the chance to win a signed version of the legendary Real Madrid white
jersey.
Anyone know what the record attendance for a two legged game is? Official attendances here change
like the weather in Manchester but the combined attendances for both legs of the AFF Cup Final were
pretty impressive.
In KL I saw 100,000 mentioned which won't be far off the mark given that just two blocks of seats
remained empty for the whole game.
