England soccer scandal not fading away
The only way this could have been more of a kick in the gut is if it happened at Alabama. Which it has, in a way. Legendary Alabama men’s basketball coach Wimp Sanderson was fired after punching a secretary with which he had a 15-year affair. Football coach Mike DuBose was canned after nailing a female staffer in the football building, then going 3-8 (losing beat embarrassment for the Boomhauer from Opp). The short-lived coaching stint of Mike Price came to an end after he let a stripper go crazy with a credit card during a trip to Pensacola. Frankly, DuBose was always a damn fool, but the others were awful.
So, for the past few days the world has been consumed with the escapades of Chelsea (our favorite — favourite? — team) and England captain John Terry. We thought Terry was a stand-up guy. Now he’s turned the season into a fucking version of “Footballers’ Wives.” What was that character’s name again? Bordeaux? Merlot? Oh, Chardonnay. Classy. Like what happened between Terry and former Chelsea teammate, but current England teammate, Wayne Bridge.
If you haven’t been keeping up, here’s the synopsis: Terry is married, and Bridge was in a solid relationship. Terry had an affair with Bridge’s (now) former girlfriend, a lingerie model. She got pregnant. He paid for her abortion. UK tabloids wanted to print it. He sued to stop publication. He was rebuffed. Now he’s, ahem, screwed. So, too, may be Chelsea and England. Not too long ago, Chelsea drew in a match to Hull (that should never happen), after a four-match winning streak.
The England manager may well strip Terry of his captaincy and, while Chelsea leads the table by two points, the rest of the season is up in the air. Compare this to a massive scandal hitting the Yankees or the Red Sox just after the All Star break.
While we have a tendency to want to protect our own from the public and punish them in private, Terry is certainly up Shit Creek. He’ll stay on the team, because he’s that good and England hasn’t won a World Cup in 44 years, but he’s fucked as a leader of a team. So, eh, Frank Lampard, how about it?
Oh, now I get why I don’t care, this story is really about soccer…English soccer at that.
Your loss.
Your loss indeed, Colonel, because English football is football at its BEST, which is completely opposite from anything coming from the state of South Carolina.
Yeah, yeah, where I am now I get more than my fill of English football, cricket and rugby on the “tele”. They even show “classic matches” – old guys in “way to short” shorts, poorly filmed and with “Veddy British” announcers. Simply awful
I played, coached and reffed soccer and it’s fun if you’re on the field but otherwise, paint drying is slightly more exciting. There needs to be an alternate way to score, say each team gets one small SUV on the field and if you take out the opposing team’s striker you get 5 points – I’d pay to watch that. Give the goalies a RPG and we’ve got the greatest sport on earth.
And how bout those Gamecock Girls Soccer team 19-4-1, SEC Champs and worth looking at on the field or not. They could beat half the clubs over here.
Oh, I see Colonel, it’s not about what’s real football at all. I can see where young college girls are more interesting than guys on a pitch.
Having said that, college women playing any kind of sport have very little support at all in this country. Why not put your money on it and support women playing sports with some cash. Are you a sponsor (as in cash donation) of Gamecock Women Soccer? If so, please accept my apologies for the first two sentences in this comment and for my assuming that you’re just another old goat.
Shawn,
I am definitely an old goat and yes, if we’re talking about football pitches, tasty young southern ladies beat homely English footballers hands down.
I teach at USC and manage to stroll down to the Graveyard from time to time to watch the guys and girls play – but only when there is absolutely and I mean absolutely nothing better to do.
I’m donating all my money to my three son’s college fund (working there, you get an idea of what college really costs – I’ll be working till I’m 70 to pay for it).
As for football (the American kind) – if the Gamecocks aren’t playing, I ain’t watching so it isn’t about what’s really football at all. Add some bumper cars and a flamethrower or an RPG to soccer/football and I’d pay to watch guys or girls play.