Football blogging is perhaps the best job ever the problem is that it is not a job!
James Robert Shaw laments...
At the time of writing this piece I am sitting at a desk in London undertaking a rather meagre
marketing internship. The time is 8.32am and on seven hours sleep I feel rather lethargic and
devoid of the enthusiasm needed to get me through an arduous day of spreadsheet's, conference
calls, and low-level marketing.
Yet another objectively evil regime was hosting yet another Summer Olympics, and someone asked
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice about a boycott. She spoke out strongly against it.
Quote: "I do not think the boycott of the '80 Olympics was very effective. In fact, I think it
looked feckless," she said.
The Berlin Wall has long since been torn down, friends and family reunited. Germany is a country
unified and has been for some time now. While the west and east of this land are connected now and
equal, the east is still lagging behind in at least one important cultural aspect ... football.
The fixtures are out and the pre-season friendlies have started. This is a time of year for
unbridled optimism and Swansea City supporter David James can look forward to his
team's first appearance in the top division of the game since 1983. They've had quite a journey to
get back there, though.
Mark Ogden, The Telegraph
It's a tough call trying to pin down the highlight of Sir Alex Ferguson's time as United
manager, but I think everything revolves around the title win in 1992-93.
But for that, would United have gone on to be successful for so long? I just think that was the
platform for everything because it lifted the weight of expectation and it was perfectly timed,
with the biggest club suddenly becoming the best team at precisely the moment that Sky came in to
inject money and global appeal into English football.
