Manchester United’s 2-1 win over Wigan Athletic looks likely to pip Liverpool for the Premier League title and the Red Devils are also set beat their arch-rivals to the signature of Latic’s winger Antonio Valencia, according to Thursday’s newspapers. Sir Alex Ferguson is leading the race to sign the £20million-rated Ecuadorian, who is also attracting interest [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 14, 2009
Today’s early-rising tittle-tattle went in search of a less-hectic era before breakfast television and 24-hour rolling news channels – but rushed back quickly The internet is a vast place. Deep and wide and tall, it’s rather like a black hole, only with less stuff of worth within. And this morning the Mill managed to chance upon [...]
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If today’s tittle-tattle can suss out the light source, maybe it can make some sorta UV flash-bang grenade or somethin’ Long, protracted and excruciatingly tedious legal battle ahoy! Maybe. Yesterday he was off to Liverpool or Manchester City, but today it’s been revealed that Manchester United could try to sign Carlos Tevez on what the Sun [...]
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Today’s rumours are going to have to get over the whole sponsorship issue Ronseal’s range of woodstains may do exactly what they say on the tin (then again, they may not – to be honest the Mill has never had the opportunity to stain a piece of wood), but sadly not all products are advertised in [...]
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Today’s rumours chow in public to 80s tunes The Mill almost got away with it. Mrs Mill’s birthday yesterday sneaked up unexpectedly, but some emergency last-ditch present buying (books, clothes, wine, online experience) looked to have saved the day. The birthday meal venue, though, was a bit of a disaster. Even the Mill, not being quite as [...]
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How big is a man’s locker if he can accommodate 250 pairs of pants in one go? The fallout from Arsenal’s flag day hogs this morning’s coverage with epic homilies on the failings of youth, marks out of 10 for Johan Djourou that range from a creditable seven to a “see me later” three, buckets [...]
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Today’s groundless gossip bets you look good on the dancefloor. Especially if you’re a parrot You know how it is when there’s something you’ve wanted for ages, really really wanted for a very very long time, or at least fancied a bit for quite a while, until finally the moment comes when you might actually be [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 13, 2009
We’re approaching the time of the year when the press goes into overdrive to mix up as many stories as possible. Without any matches the football pages have to be filled somehow. And, of course, one club who will feature in this column on a daily basis are Manchester City. This summer’s mini transfer saga looks set [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 13, 2009
There’s only one place to start with a round-up of Tuesday morning’s UK papers and that’s with the fallout from Newcastle’s 3-1 win over Middlesbrough. The Magpies went behind early but managed to equalise before the break and allowed Alan Shearer to pull off what the Sun called a “tactical masterstroke” and the Daily Mail labelled [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 12, 2009
It’s a new week, and we’ve got a fresh batch of transfer news and rumors from around Europe. We’ve got tidbits from England, Italy, and Germany in today’s roundup, with names big, medium, and small all being linked with moves from here to there. England Tottenham Enter Race for Tevez Tottenham have joined the queue of teams [...]
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