Football

Why don't we even the score a little bit to make FA Cup games between teams in different divisions more competitive and induce a few more shocks? Too many early round games are so mismatched that the big teams can play their entire 3rd team and still comfortably win. The small teams go into each game knowing they don't stand a chance of progressing, but an away draw to a big team gives them a valuable cash boost to invest with.

On this day in 1984, the English FA announced the man they always wanted to be the new England Manager; Harry Redknapp Roy Hodgson. All of the PR was carefully scripted bullshit, in the hopes of mass amnesia among the audience; welcome to the fish bowl Harry Roy.

Every so often, something from one or other of the Old Firm disgusts me as a neutral. For the last few years it's been Neil Lennon's shouting at officials who don't give decisions in favour of Celtic, this time it's Ally McCoist outing SFA officials.

This post is roundup of my thoughts on recent events surrounding Luis Suarez. Let me first get the fact that I am a Manchester United fan out of the way, as well as the fact that Luis Saurez the footballer is an incredible asset to any team with his playing abilities. This will be a long post; sorry in advance.

Every major sports event is different, but there are many similarities. I'm going to compare the football World Cup to the Olympics as I explore this concept. Both are world events, with the focus of the world on one country for a month or so but both have very different financial back stories.