May 2007 Archives

Almost a week on from Athens, and the dust still hasn't settled on the row about the shambolic ticket arrangements and the trouble outside the stadium on the night of the match.
Some criticism has started to wing its way in our direction, from people who feel that we were too soft on the fans who misbehaved that night.

In the end, it was not to be for Liverpool FC in Athens last night, as AC Milan finally exacted revenge for the quite extraordinary events of Istanbul two years ago.
The fates were not on Liverpool’s side, as they out-performed the Italian giants in the first half of the Champions League final, only to see a cruelly deflected free kick leave them trailing at the interval.

Where will your MP be this Friday? Unless he or she has had a sudden fit of guilt in the last couple of days, not in the Palace of Westminster, fighting to preserve your freedom as a citizen.
The Freedom of Information Act - or FOI to those of us who use it regularly - was a long-overdue piece of legislation and, when it came, a deeply flawed one. But it was a step in the right direction.

It was quite an evening, packed with simmering, dark emotions - rage, bitterness, hate, and an unquenchable lust for revenge.
No, dear reader, I wasn't sitting at home tuned in to Jose Mourinho's tantrums as the reserve teams of Chelsea and Manchester United battled out their meaningless end of season dust-up at Stamford Bridge.