Good morning, and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: Every teacher in the country to strike together, concerns over funding-starved Māori sector, and two big stories on the rubbish beat from the weekend. The timing couldn’t be more stark. The day before the government delivers their first ‘wellbeing budget’, every primary and secondary school teacher in … Read more
Joseph Moore travels to the north of England for a first-hand glimpse of the team that has tortured his family for two generations and counting. I’m sitting alone on an empty, overpriced train plummeting deep into the heart of North West England. It’s mainly overpriced because I paid extra to get a ticket which included … Read more
A horrible goal celebration in Manchester, a horrible knee injury in London, and horrible weather in Stoke – all-in-all another great weekend of Premier League action. Yet another milestone in the unbelievable story of Leicester City – for the first time all season they are favourites to win the Premiership at the TAB. The Foxes … Read more
Leicester are the new Barcelona (at least until Pep Guardiola arrives in Manchester), Spurs are inching ever closer to the top of the table, and a rare start for Peter Crouch can’t help Stoke as Manchester United finally rediscover the joy of scoring goals. The January transfer window slammed shut with a hint of passive-aggression … Read more
While we enjoy the magic of the FA Cup’s fourth round and await confirmation of Chelsea’s transfer deadline-busting signing of Neymar this weekend, let’s have a long hard think about the reality that Tottenham might win the Premiership. This weekend’s round of Premier League games has been pushed back to midweek to accommodate the fourth … Read more
Is Jonjo Shelvey the most important signing of the January transfer window? Has anybody seen Peter Crouch this week? And what happened to muscular rapping Dutchman Royston Drenthe? The January transfer window is wide open, and Premier League clubs are rushing in from every corner of England (and Wales) to partake in a bit of … Read more
The Premier League schedule returns to some semblance of normality this weekend, after a typically hectic holiday period. Here’s how each side fared over the break, in the order they sit on the table. 1. Arsenal (43 points) Won v Man City 2-1 Lost v Southampton 0-4 Won v Bournemouth 2-0 Won v Newcastle 1-0 … Read more
Jose Mourinho gets the sack, AFC Bournemouth continue their giant-killing run and Petr Cech’s wife bakes a wonderful cake in another week of wildly unpredictable Premier League action. Chelsea have finally sacked manager Jose Mourinho after a 2-1 loss to Leicester City on Tuesday morning left last season’s champions just one point clear of the … Read more
A strange, wonderful, violent round of upsets in the Premier League – and at the end of it all Arsene Wenger was able to sit back and enjoy his reggae in peace. In a weekend in which you could have reasonably expected wins for Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United and even Chelsea – over Stoke … Read more
In the 1970s, nothing was more important to a young Jeff Evans than Liverpool FC. Then, gradually, his passion for the club began to wither. Could brilliant new manager Jürgen Klopp resurrect his love? It’s not often I’ll start a conversation with a confession, at least a conversation that doesn’t involve my wife, but today I’m … Read more
A goal-filled Premier League weekend saw Jamie Vardy break a record, Alexis Sanchez break his hamstring, and Bournemouth break their manager in an injury time frenzy. All eyes were on Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy on Sunday morning as he looked to break Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s consecutive game scoring record against Manchester United, and his … Read more
Who is this bloke who’s sent Leicester City to the top of the table and tied Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s Premier League record for goals in consecutive games? Calum Henderson investigates this and more in the Premier League Week. In the second minute of first half added time at St James’ Park Leicester City’s number 9 … Read more
Rog and Davo join us from Embassy Road Studios to mark the momentous occurrence of both Everton and Chelsea notching up wins in the same week and of course the incomparable Jamie Vardy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKJTg_3yUto&feature=youtu.be?utm_source=thespinoff&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=partnership Sign up to Premier League Pass now and get the rest of the EPL season for 1/2 Price.
It seems like way more than two weeks since the Premier League broke for the international window. We’ve seen the best of times – Zlatan effortlessly curling a free kick around the Danish wall to send Sweden through to the Euros – and the worst of times – France – and now the return of … Read more
Stoke City striker Peter Crouch holds the Premier League record for headed goals, famously enjoys free nachos, and wears his deep and enduring love of Britpop on his sleeve. At 34, he has made his first music video guest appearance. For most people Britpop died out to the celebratory strains of Toploader’s ‘Dancing in the … Read more
Join the Men in Blazers Rog and Davo as they tackle all the talking points from Gameweek 12 of the Premier League. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyXoDOuBo18?utm_source=thespinoff&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=partnership With a quarter of the season gone, Premier League Pass are offering a quarter off the price. To claim your 25% discount, simply sign up as usual to a Full Season pass, … Read more
Our Premier League heroes have had a busy week, toiling away in the Champions League or logging serious Call of Duty hours on the Xbox. Ahead of the weekend’s games, headlined by a big juicy North London derby, here is the week’s best and bleakest Premier League Twitter activity. Premier League Creative Insult of the … Read more
This week the Men in Blazers discuss the mid-table clash between Liverpool and Chelsea. Are Rog and Davo #teamJose or #teamCesc in the Chelsea fiasco? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P3DVrTNNj0&feature=youtu.be?utm_source=thespinoff&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=partnership With a quarter of the season gone, Premier League Pass are offering a quarter off the price. To claim your 25% discount, simply sign up as usual to a … Read more
A relatively quiet week for our Premier League heroes, with only a smattering of Capital One Cup matches standing in the way of some good solid tweeting. Ahead of the weekend’s intriguing round of games – predictions: Newcastle v Stoke a 7-goal thriller; Chelsea v Liverpool a 0-0 draw – let’s try and divine some … Read more
This week Men In Blazers Rog and Davo wonder if anyone in New Zealand is paying attention to football and get a bit carried away over the All Blacks themselves. https://youtu.be/ypYTsS_-w78/?utm_source=thespinoff&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=partnership Watch all this weekend’s Premier League action live and on demand at Premier League Pass.
A happy week on Premier League Twitter, thanks to everyone doing reasonably well in Europe for once, with Arsenal’s 2-0 triumph over Bayern Munich a definite highlight. Looking ahead to the weekend’s round of games, which features a tantalising Manchester derby and struggling Chelsea vs high-riding West Ham, let’s first check what’s been happening on the … Read more
As we barrel through the international window, Premier League twitter once again becomes a case of the haves and the have-nots. Those who have international duty have not got the time to watch the final of Great British Bake Off and Grand Designs back-to-back like Norwich City’s Matt Jarvis, and for that they deserve nothing … Read more
Who’s got the best kit in the Premier League this season? Calum Henderson looks at all 51 shirts on offer and ranks the clubs on the strength of their designs. Probably the most exciting thing about the Premier League pre-season isn’t the tours of Malaysia and the USA, the Emirates Cup or even the multi-million … Read more
Premier League Pass kindly loans us NBC’s excellent football pundits Men in Blazers, to bring us up to speed with all the Premier League talking points ahead of this weekend’s games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKemH61l-vs&feature=youtu.be Watch all this weekend’s Premier League action live and on demand at Premier League Pass.
Premier League Pass kindly loans us NBC’s excellent football pundits Men in Blazers, to bring us up to speed with all the Premier League talking points ahead of this weekend’s games. https://youtu.be/K4BbmGg89Hc Watch all this weekend’s Premier League action live and on demand at Premier League Pass.
A very quiet week on Premier League Twitter, with most players selling their accounts to EA Sports in exchange for an advance copy of the hottest ticket in town, FIFA 16. The game’s release was celebrated in the UK with a tournament which saw eight Premiership legends battle it out on the Xbox for the … Read more
It’s been a busy old week in Premier League twitter with the first round of Champions League football to play in or watch on telly, but there’s still been time for the important things – celebrity haircuts, European basketball mania, and a competition to find Stoke’s best baker. Premier League Pun of the Week A … Read more
Schadenfreude is not a football team in the German lower leagues, but it is nevertheless a state familiar to sporting partisans, not least fans of the beautiful game. For followers of English football teams that don’t begin in Chel and end with sea, precisely this basest of human emotion, pleasure at the misfortune of another, … Read more