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This is Clarkeonenil’s regular comment column, cutting through the various passing issues of football and getting to the core principle in the shortest time.
Today we look at the latest set of idiocies to stalk the world of English football, we had so many to choose from just getting it down to 8 was an achievement [...]

In this weeks column Clarkeonenil’s Monday writer Graeme Garvey gets the shakes.
Course it was a major talking point. Bound to be all over the news. Wayne broken-heart Bridge not shaking hands with John sex-cheat Terry – a sensation! Remember those innocent days when the pre-match routine for footballers consisted of nothing more than a kick [...]

Welcome to the Sunday edition of Sniffer Nose, a punchier version of your favourite occasional column. This week we do a “Circus” special.
Retiring from the ring?
Well I had to start with my club Leeds United because they have been the club most associated with being a “circus” for the best part of a decade. Have [...]

Our old buddies at Love Leeds Hate Bates seem to have spent sometime watching over a not very publicised spat taking place at Chelsea which runs to the heart of ownership and fan engagement. Basically our legandary glorified fund manager, Ken Bates (like you didn’t know) pulled one of his stunts back in 1992, the [...]

Welcome to the Sunday edition of Sniffer Nose, a punchier version of your favourite occasional column.
Bouncebackability.
Horrible word isn’t it and one which should prevent Ian Dowie from working in management again. But I wonder, has Simon Grayson been using it at Elland Road this week to describe what he expects after the Swindon Town debacle? [...]