by Ste | Aug 30, 2012 | Best of the Cutter, Features, Main Features
by Andy Robinson In a letter in the Sheffield Telegraph and Independent on the 12 June 1942 a reader wrote the following; “In a match between Rotherham and Sheffield Wednesday at Olive Grove I saw Arthur Wharton jump, take hold of the crossbar, catch the ball between...
by Ste | Jul 24, 2012 | Best of the Cutter, Clubs, Features, Main Features, Manchester United
by Daisy Cutter There is a suspicion amongst many that had Sergio Aguero’s 94th minute shot against QPR on May 13th struck the post or side-netting then Sir Alex Ferguson would have retired as a champion. After a quarter of a century spent knocking a liver bird off...
by Ste | May 14, 2012 | Best of the Cutter, Features, Main Features, Manchester City
by Daisy Cutter If I’d dared to imagine beforehand how it would be winning the league in such ridiculous, far-fetched of circumstances I would have pictured the screaming of a banshee, the clinging to mates and strangers with an intensity of a man being dragged from...
by Ste | Apr 26, 2012 | Best of the Cutter, Features, Main Features
Every Monday evening, before my weekly game of poker, I play a few frames of snooker. Or rather I used to play snooker. Now I just hover my cue over the table as I look up to the telly utterly captivated by the intelligent and brilliant analysis of the weekend’s games...
by Ste | Apr 10, 2012 | Best of the Cutter, Features, Main Features
Writing about Mark Lawrenson’s failings is like shooting fish in a barrel. I mean, where the hell do I begin? The man is as clueless as the world’s hardest crossword puzzle. He is as annoying as sand in your urethra tube. His analysis of football is as relevant as...
by Ste | Apr 5, 2012 | Best of the Cutter, Clubs, Features, Main Features, Manchester City
Mario Balotelli evokes the kind of hero-worship in me that I haven’t experienced since I was a teen poring through the NME and devouring every laconic word whispered by Ian Brown. The 21-year old Italian is a powder keg of brilliance and lunacy, genius and child, a...
