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Miracle on Loftus Road

Posted: December 21, 2007 in football
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Next to being an England supporter and a second-class white expat in Bermuda right now, there is nothing more miserable than being a long-suffering QPR supporter, especially when your teamed is rooted to the foot of the Championship.

But lo and behold, miracles really do happen at Christmas: Rangers today announced that the richest man in Britain – steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal – has brought a 20% stake in the club!That means along with fellow shareholder Bernie (Formula One) Ecclestone, those two have a net worth of about $40 billion which officially makes us the richest club in West London by about $20 billion.

It will have no effect on the forthcoming FA Cup tie with Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea next month, of course – maybe they should dispense with the football and throw wallets at each other in the centre circle – but the New Year sure looks a whole lot brighter.

Premier League here we come … and maybe in my lifetime!  

Daily balls

Posted: December 13, 2007 in football, internet
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If you find keeping up with all the soccer news a full-time job, I can thoroughly recommend subscribing to The Time’s Ahead of the Game e-mail. It contains a daily fix of all the footy news and witticisms you need and takes less than five minutes to skim through – plus there are daily YouTube links for you sorry people who don’t have jobs, lives, families, etc. to occupy your waking hours. Among today’s gems, insight from Sven on why Capello’s lack of English wouldn’t be a hindrance to him getting the England job:  “It certainly wasn’t a problem for me as I spoke to him in Italian!” he said helpfully. And for more on Fabulous Capello, the man who once asked Ronaldo, “Aren’t you ashamed of being so fat?”, check out The Times’  A-Z on the man.   Now if only The Times could clear it with their legal department for overseas viewers to watch the Premier League highlights they post every week …. 

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