"We're sixty-eight minutes into the Spain-Italy quarter final and at the risk of sounding like one of those stupid old Tory cunts who threatened to leave Britain if Labour got elected in 1997 (Andrew Lloyd Webber, take a frog-faced fucking bow you fucking LIAR), I say this – IF ITALY WIN EURO 2008 THEN I WILL LEAVE PLANET EARTH. Since Gattuso 'lit up' the 2006 Tournament with his wide-faced protestations of incredulity (see blogs passim) I didn't think it was possible to be so angry with football/footballers but the buoyantly-moustached Luca Toni is currently engaged in cheating so seriously and completely that it's difficult to watch the game through the TEARS OF DISBELIEF.
Football doesn't have to be this way."

where does he write?
its aces.
i'm guessing it'll be the Future Of The Left myspace blog
and yes the man is a genius
On the FotL blog
His comments on the last World Cup and Terry Butcher's contribution thereof were ace. He should be on some sort of panel.
This
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=62653487&blogID=152334881&Mytoken=658A4259-5331-44E2-AE12559741D0866117284847
Wonderful, cheers.
:D
"Me? Referee? A foul? A yellow card? Really? I'm amazed, I'm fucking stunned, I'm embarrassed. What the hell were you thinking? That that cuts me to my core. I came here today with the best of intentions, to represent myself and my country, sure, but first and foremost to represent football, children, love, Gilbert, Sullivan and The fucking Force. I suppose that youre the elected official here and ultimately your decision is final but seriously, youve made a huge mistake and as you can plainly see my team-mates agree. Do you really think that theyd make such a big fuss if they genuinely thought I'd ever commit such a terrible challenge, such an atrocity? You can see the outrage in their eyes, the disbelief and betrayal in their naïve, innocent sportsmens hearts. They are men Sir, I am a man, and you, this great man in black with his knees showing, are also a man. Let us meld together into the half-light of achievement and history, and disregard these trifles, these penalties, as the inhuman constructs that they are!"
(i could imagine these being mclusky lyrics)
Brilliant!
I love Andy Falkous
So, so much. And i dislike Italy (in football terms) so, so much. This makes me happy.
If you want football related cheating..
..look no further than Portugal in 2002, Italy have been saints in comparison.