Small pleasures: Football transfer rumours
Everyone knows it’s mostly rubbish, and yet people can’t get enough of it. We need transfer rumours to get by.
Small Pleasures
Small pleasures: The very best of 2016/17
Tottenham’s lovely boys (in the bunk beds), Brenda, the FA Cup, Jermain/Bradley and Yorkshire…
Small pleasures: Late-season unpredictability
The end of the season often feels like the last day of term, when all bets are off and rules made to be broken.
Small pleasures: The language of football
‘Small pleasures’, he says. And then moans about the inconsistencies. Why isn’t it a ‘football ball’?
Small pleasures: Footballers with koalas
Amidst the whirlwind nature of football celebrity culture, is chilling with a koala the only way to find peace?
Small pleasures: The cattiness of Carragher
Bitchiness is only a potent weapon when deployed judiciously and Carra is just right…
Small pleasures: Footballers actually being happy
There’s no rational reason why anybody should be irritated by Jesse Lingard doing a little dance.
Small football pleasures: The earth’s sun
After 2.8m years of human development, we still can’t shield the sun from a goalkeeper’s eyes.
Small pleasures: Third-choice international goalkeepers
That man there is one of England’s recent third-choice keepers. Our Steven Chicken is amused.
Football’s small pleasures: Last-minute breakaway goals
There’s nothing quite like that last-minute dash from the half-way line to launch a Nevillegasm…
Small football pleasures: Double-digit scorelines
Like watching people fall down, there is pleasure to be taken in a double-digit shellacking…
Football’s small pleasures: Handshake confusion
Will they be able to shake hands successfully without looking like massive idiots? We love the dance.