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Football balls: Bournemouth fans get more extra-tribal sex than Chelsea and Manchester United supporters

Fans of Manchester United and Chelsea are the ugliest faces in the Premier League. Dating service Match.com asked 1000 which supporters were the least shagable.

If you are looking for meaningful love, the tip … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2015 | In: Sports | Comment


This London cupboard is yours to live in for £500 a month

Compact and bijou

 

For just £500 a month, you can live in a cupboard in Clapham, south London.

Alex Lomax, who travelled from Nottingham to view the property, says:
“There … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2015 | In: Money, Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Cathriona White: Jim Carrey ‘laughs’ as the Sun wonders if Twitter and Scientology killed her

More news on Cathriona White, who died earlier in what looks a lot like a suicide. Having pretty much ignored the body to focus on the fact that White once … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment (1)


Corbyn and the Jews: Luciana Berger signs up as Baroness Tonge waits to join Labour

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he’s not an anti-Semite, but some people he’s associated with are. Happily for Corbyn, Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger has accepted the invitation to join his … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2015 | In: Key Posts, Politicians, Reviews | Comment


Marquee Watch: Arsenal sent Cech a signal of in tent

Marquee Watch: a look at newspapers referring to a footballer as a “marquee”. Today Arsenal’s Petr Cech is one.

The Guardian:
Arsenal had to beat Olympiakos – Wenger had described the tie as … (read more)

Posted: 30th, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment


Transfer balls: Mata to Liverpool, Ronaldo to Manchester United and Guillem Balague on The Metro’s speed dial

Transfer balls: The Metro’s Will Giles says Manchester United will sign Cristiano Ronaldo and pay him £1.2m a month.

WOW! Manchester United will pay Ronaldo less than Wayne Rooney, who earns up to £300,000 … (read more)

Posted: 30th, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Cathriona White: dead woman reduced to a life as Jim Carrey’s sidekick

Actor Jim Carrey’s ex-lover has died.

The Sun brings the news of “JIM’S SHOCK” at “CARREY LOVER’S SUICIDE”.

See if you can spot her name. Did she even have an identity pre … (read more)

Posted: 30th, September 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment


Backpages: Arsenal ‘Greeced’ by ‘Oopspina’ and Chelsea lose ‘Capital’ in night of ‘Fawlty Powers’

The newspapers lead with Arsenal and Chelsea’s woes in the Champions’ League. A slapdash Arsenal were beaten 2-3 by Olympiakos. Chelsea’ lost 1-2 in Porto.

 

 

 

Verdict: The Daily Mirror wins the … (read more)

Posted: 30th, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Sports | Comment


Class War: forget the Battle of Orgreave, the Bone heads want to smash the Cereal Cafe elites

Toast

 

Ian Bone is a funny guy. The founder of Class War, an “anarchist group”, says his Shoreditch Fuck Parade event in Shoreditch, was a hit.

The Guardian:
Bone defended … (read more)

Posted: 29th, September 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment (1)


Aston Villa: Ireland’s Jack Grealish picked England for ‘commercial reasons’

 

Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish has opted to play for England, the country of his birth. Solihull-born to English parents, Grealish has declined the option of taking up the grandparents’ rule and playing … (read more)

Posted: 29th, September 2015 | In: Sports | Comment


Transfer Balls: Wenger explains why he didn’t bring Anthony Martial to Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants to explain why he din’t buy Anthony Martial. The Daily Star has “the real reason why I didn’t make a bid for Man United star Anthony … (read more)

Posted: 29th, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment (1)


Blackpool woman wore diazepam invisibility cloak to for shoplifting after scratchcard win

Two days after winning £25,000 on a scratchcard Nicola Lord, 38, stole perfume from Boots in Lytham.

Lord, who was arrested for shoplifting in 2014 and 2013, “took diazepam which she thought made … (read more)

Posted: 29th, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Chelsea balls: Mourinho wants to be more like Wenger and Arsenal

 

Jose Mourinho is the subject of a Sun story that hangs from a pun, as obvious as a ball of mucus from a runny nose:
YOU MUST WIN MOUR
The Sun’s story is just that: football … (read more)

Posted: 29th, September 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment (1)


Marie Black: social workers v the paedophile the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph defended

Marie Black, 34, was part of a group of adults who offered sex with children as prizes in a raffle. She’s been found guilty of 23 offences including rape. She has been sent to prison for … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


LOL: Happy Traveler turns your cat and dog into an astral surfer (photos)

 

Happy Traveler “all Natural” calming chews reduces your nervous or anxious cat or dog. What’s in this “all-natural herbal calming formula for stressed, nervous, or anxious pets?” And where can we … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, The Consumer | Comment


Blood Moon: The Daily Express says you’re all dead and the bookies won

Yesterday, Jon Austin has news from Daily Express readers worried about migrants, Muslims, statins, gypsies, the EU and straight bananas: everyone is going to die. Today!
Rare ‘Blood Moon’ OVERNIGHT ‘will bring … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Liverpool: Klopp says ‘come and get me’ but only if you change

 

Is the next Liverpool manager to be Jurgen Klopp? If it is then changes will need to be made says the Daily Mail:
Klopp will only take Liverpool job if transfer committee … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2015 | In: Liverpool, Reviews, Sports | Comment


The Pope went to America and became a pie chart (photo)

Sean Leahy wonders: Just how popey was the pope today?

Follow him here.

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Posted: 28th, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Chelsea: Garth Crooks, Juan Mata’s Manchester United magic, Mourinho’s shame

 

In the haste to pile in on Chelsea, BBC pundit Garth Crooks salutes Manchester United’s Juan Mata. He’s the Spaniard United bought from Chelsea for a then club record fee of £37.1 … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2015 | In: Chelsea, manchester united | Comment


No More Skinny: The Sun ‘fat-shames’ Steve Wright but not good Dan Wootton

The Sun wants readers to know that BBC DJ Steve Wright is not slim. The paper’s Bizarre columns notes:
RADIO 2 favourite Steve Wright appears to have increased the bandwidth of his … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2015 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Reviews | Comment (1)


Arsenal: new chant of the year hymns Laurent Koscielny

 

Arsenal fans have a new chant for Laurent Koscielny, the club’s French defender.

To the tune of Rufus and Chaka Khan hit Ain’t Nobody:
Ain’t nobody
Like KOSCIELNY
Makes me happy
Makes me feel this way
Nice. … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment


Chelsea: Diego Costa dreams of being a Welsh rugby player

Compare and contrast the Daily Mirror’s reporting on Chelsea FC’s Diego Costa and his on-field battle with Arsenal to the England v Wales game at the rugby World Cup:

Costa is a … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports | Comment


Statins makes you age faster and live to 120, say Daily Express and Daily Mail

 

The Express has news to chill the ill: “Statins Age You Faster.”
A GP expert in the field said: “They just make many patients feel years older. Side effects mimic the … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Liverpool: Rodgers senses ‘hysteria’, 33 new players and Manchester United move miles ahead

The Sunday Times says “Liverpool as far from the top as they’ve ever been”. Is Brendan Rodgers’ side that bad?

Jonathan Northcroft:
Rodgers surely also knew, from last year, that when you churn … (read more)

Posted: 27th, September 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment (1)