The Guardian

Good on Paper: When Irish Lines are Spoiling

LET’S face it. The morale of the Irish people is like a smouldering fire in a landfill somewhere in County Kildare; down in the dumps. Our football team did nothing to arrest this melancholy when the Russians made us resemble more clowns than the Moscow State Circus last October.

Passage of Play: Steve Busfield

“My colleague Gregg Roughley (yes, a Liverpool fan) says: “Liverpool fans might enjoy knowing that on Margaret Thatcher’s 85th birthday she’ll be watching nothing but celebrating scousers and miners all day on TV.”