Imperial College may have been wearing imperial purple but it was the ‘Chels who put on an imperious performance yesterday to continue a start to the season that has been almost Newcastle-like in its consistency, on an altogether auspicious day in the club’s history. This was the day when the club revealed its tribute to a manager who for 25 years has been, simply, Mr Kenchels. EP may still remain, for reasons best known to Her Majesty, plain old Mr Moore, but to the ‘Chels his achievements, both domestic and European, should have elevated him to at least a peerage by now.
Now then, now then, guys and gals, after last week’s gaffe in revealing the Man United result (I’ve had complaints) and to avoid spoiling the news for anyone; if you don’t want to know the identity of the eccentric, jewellery jangling, tracksuit wearing DJ and TV presenter, who passed away earlier this week – look away now.
Manchester City turned over their great rivals this afternoon with a 6-1 drubbing at Old Trafford. In the final minutes the City fans were chanting “easy easy”. But – as they steal all the best crowd ideas such as “The Poznan” – they were merely ripping off the Kenchels crowd, who hours earlier saw their heroes gain a straightforward two-nil win away at Old Salesians.
A tight opening with both sides playing the ball around – it looked as if we were in for a difficult game. So it proved for the opening half an hour until good work by EP and Martin down the right allowed the new Tom to slide the ball across for Wiki to smash it past the keeper.
When a waiter delivering champagne to George Best’s hotel room saw thousands of pounds of casino winnings on the bed and a scantily-clad Miss World lolling beside the bundles of notes, he famously asked the question: “Mr Best, where did it all go wrong?”
That same waiter asked the very same question of today’s game as [...]