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Ballon d’Bluebird
By: Martyn |Ahhh, awards ceremonies. The much-utilized way of expressing gratitude when a slap on one’s tush and a “Good job, sport” from the man too posh for idle water-fountain chit-chat and polystyrene cups of Maxwell House just will not suffice. I immediately hasten to add that this isn’t the bitter lampoonery of an under-appreciated lackey longing [...]
We were making love by Wednesday/and on Thursday and Friday and Saturday/we chilled on Sunday
By: Martyn |We may have contrived to avoid making the play-offs (perhaps the players were told by Jon Parkin in the Deepdale tunnel that they contained swine flu?), but that doesn’t mean Cardiff City FC has ceased to be newsworthy during a time when loan players set off into the proverbial sunset (unless they’re fans of Corrie [...]
Would Birmingham City have gone up with Tom Heaton as their keeper?*
By: Martyn |In light of the news that Cardiff City have signed their four-thousandth keeper in the space of two seasons, I began to wonder if we’ve been so willy-nilly with regards to signing shot-stoppers because they’re a flushable member of the team and begging, stealing and borrowing has made savvier financial sense. Or, if it’s such [...]
Least impressive opposition players at Ninian Park this season XI.
By: Martyn |The tradition of the court jester, a man who would amuse courtiers and monarchs with his antics and jokes, is ancient. Most people associate jesters with medieval and Renaissance Europe, but in fact the practice of retaining a jester or fool goes back beyond the birth of Christ. In the modern era, jesters can still [...]
Save your tears for onion chopping
By: Martyn |What a rotten way to end the season. What a rotten end to our near-century spell at Ninian Park. The nonagenarian did not deserve to be deprived of a glorious play-off semi-final for us fans to offer our final goodbyes and celebrations. I feel like I should be -
But in reality, it’s this dictionary definition [...]






