Having a quick flick through the news this morning, I was astonished to see that complaints have been made by the parents of a toddler to a bakery that has refused to put the child’s name on a birthday cake. The parents of three year-old Adolf Hitler seem to be missing the point I think.
I’m not sure how much more football I can take…no that’s not what I mean. I’m not sure how much more of the ridiculousness surrounding football I can take. At the weekend Arsenal’s Emmanuel Eboue was brought on as a substitute in the game against Wigan only to be substituted himself shortly after. Why? Well he was having what is referred to as ‘a nightmare’, the last act of which was to tackle one of his own players and pass the ball to the opposition.