Any Derby County fan older than five years of age will know the significance of the appointment of the boy Clough as the manager of the Rams -- the messiah has come. (NB ANC members need not panic this is not a reference to the one referred to by ANC...
Saturday, September 27 2008
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal
v
Hull City
(Home win)
League leaders should have far too much for Hull City despite a decent start from the newly promoted side. Hull threw away a two goal lead to draw 2-2...
Terry Venables has confirmed that he has had talks with Newcastle about filling in for Kevin Keegan, who left the club recently, but rejected the offer. The position will start as caretaker as nothing can be finalised until the club has been sold by ...
West Ham's new manager Gianfranco Zola came down to earth following a win at the weekend with the Hammers crashing out of the Carling Cup at Vicarage Road thanks to a Hayden Mullins own goal. Fulham is another premiership side from the capital also m...
Sky news are suggesting that a Nigerian group are in the process of trying to acquire Newcastle United from chairman Mike Ashley. Should the deal go through they will be reinstating Kevin Keegan as manager.
UEFA president Michel Platini in a newsp...
Arsenal were in irresistible form at the Reebok on Saturday, overturning an early Kevin Davies goal to run out 3-1 winners. They looked like the Gooners of last season and, while they're back on top, the fear is that once again there are too many bab...
I had to laugh when I spoke to Jake who was in Bloemfontein to attend
Os du Randt's benefit dinner.
They had just returned from Scotland where our legends played theirs.
He was a man in pain. Read about it here:
jakewhiterugby.blogspot.com...
ESPN among others are reporting that seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is set to return next year.
Aged 37 in a couple of weeks’ time, Armstrong is reportedly going to be racing for the Astana team once again.
How wise this is...
If it turns out that Springbok coach Peter de Villiers did get involved with a lady in a car park, which is being vehemently denied, then that is his own business, as far as I am concerned. Whatever sanctions need to be applied, if there is any merit...
Newcastle United were supposed to have parted company with Kevin Keegan if press reports confirming his departure yesterday were to be believed. They suggested that after showdown talks with owner Mike Ashley the manager was shown the door. Needless ...
Mike Trapido is a specialist criminal attorney, journalist and political commentator.
He has written sports columns for the Derby Evening Telegraph (5 years), SASoccer365 and articles for English and South African sports sites.
Besides all South African teams he is a fanatical Derby County and Blue Bulls supporter.
He was sports editor at Supersport under producer David Blood.
He is currently writing his first book on South African Rugby for the South African Rugby Legends Association.
He is a director of the firm Turnbull and Associates.
He was born in Johannesburg and attended HA Jack and Highlands North High Schools. He married Robyn in 1984 (Mrs Traps, aka "the government") and has three sons (who all look suspiciously like her ex-boss).
He was a counsellor on the JCCI for a year around 1992.
