Saturday 25 May 2013

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Swearing, not dying and minor rioting »

While contemplating the big issue of what to write about for the last Hacker of the year, this writer came up with a list of topics more plentiful than the last five editions put together. The main topic I was itching to get my pen round was the violen...

Wed 24 Apr 2013 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

Hacker: Fireworks at the football as Hampden rocks »

Passion, excitement, tensions running high and then a brutal low when one team misses out on a trophy… a cup final is always a big day for all involved. Sunday’s League Cup Final at Hampden Park had all the ingredients for a classic, and t...

Tue 19 Mar 2013 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

The manager merry-go-round moves at a dizzying pace »

This week while recording the Journal’s weekly football podcast, the issue of managers came up. The casual dismissal of coaches in this new football age was discussed, as was the movement of managers between clubs, searching for better money and ...

Wed 06 Mar 2013 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

Hacker: Time to scale back the Gareth Bale terror-alert »

You don’t have to be an ardent Spurs fan to recognise that Gareth Bale is playing well at the moment – very well, in fact, with some cracking goals in recent weeks to complement his general good play. That’s about where the matter st...

Wed 20 Feb 2013 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

Egg chasers suffer from repetitive strain injury »

There’s a certain time of year that fills me with a sense of deep-setted irritation. It’s always marked - in Edinburgh at least - by rows of little coloured flags and chalk boards outside pubs. Swathes of lairy, well-spoken men fill the st...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

Reduce ticket prices or lose the SPL »

There is no doubt that the Scottish Premier League is an endangered species. Quite how fearfully endangered is debateable. On a scale from the panda at one end to the rat at the other, the SPL would be akin to the polar bear. Protected to some degree, ...

Wed 21 Nov 2012 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

Metaphorical Waffle Keeps Football Afloat »

In the world of football the focus is very often not on the pitch. With regards to irksome stories such as controversial handshakes, digs at referees or twitter outbursts, fans resent this wavering of on-pitch attention. However, when it comes to the h...

Thu 08 Nov 2012 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

Hacker: Strictly no dancing »

I blame Phil Tufnell. Ever since his victorious stint on ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’, the sport star has been transformed on our small screens into a preening reality-TV personality. Tufnell is the epitome of such creations, ...

Wed 24 Oct 2012 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

Football managers vs video games »

Fancy following in the footsteps of Fergie or Mourinho? The new FIFA 13 game has every fan trying their hand at steering a team towards league success, but the real world of managers is having a most turbulent week. Not that the life of coaches is alw...

Sat 06 Oct 2012 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

Hacker: 5 things we've learnt from the 2011/2012 season »

1. All hail the great scouting network of the northeast. Its grim up north, or so they say, however this season’s dark horses have galloped into Champions League reckoning from their hallowed turf on their country’s north-easterly tip. New...

Wed 09 May 2012 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

Hacker: Bernie, Bahrain and bloody money »

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Thu 26 Apr 2012 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

Hacker: No-one knows you, no-one cares »

The above headline may well have echoed on the away end of the Broadfield Stadium in Crawley Town’s recent 2-0 home defeat to Stoke City in the FA Cup fifth round, but more frequently this season the Red Devils have been hearing such sentiments e...

Thu 01 Mar 2012 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

Decline of the Tartan Ten »

The unexpected retirement of Dan Parks from international rugby prompted an entirely expected reaction from his adopted nation. Only Alex Salmond could rival Parks’ ability to polarize opinion. To some he was a kicking king, capable of dominating...

Wed 15 Feb 2012 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

Hacker: Right to Protest »

November, 2010. You’re Blackburn Rovers; you’re 14th in the league after a solid start to the campaign, coming off the back of a tenth-place finish the previous season, and Sam Allardyce is your manager. You might not be about to storm th...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

Red or yellow, the decision has to be right the first time »

When Vincent Kompany’s red card was overturned last week, most football fans were pleased. His supposedly two footed tackle on Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere was by no means a conclusive sending off, and in fact, on closer inspection of replays, looks to dese...

Mon 23 Jan 2012 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

Hacker - Return of the Geriatricos »

It has come to the attention of Hacker that 2012 appears to be a lost year of the 20th century, what with Manchester United bringing back Scholes, Arsenal bringing back Henry and Liverpool bringing back racism. The club are quick to condemn the kind of...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

Hacker: The artificial grass is always greener... »

It isn’t often that the words of an English League One board member set off the alarm bells on The Journal’s sportsdesk, but Brian Kane, vice-charman at Wycombe Wanderers, managed just that last week with his musings on a return to artifici...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

Hacker: The End of the Entertainers? »

The world of sport has, it seems, taken a turn for the serious. Everywhere you look there is an allegation of something insidious. The John Terry/Anton Ferdinand saga - punctuated bafflingly by various Chelsea and England alumni proclaiming JT as a &ld...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

Hacker: The artificial grass is always greener... »

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

Hacker: 'The modern game' »

The art of tackling is dying on its arse. This isn’t so much a creeping realisation as it is a bald truth that has only been reinforced by the latest in a long line of high-profile incidents. Jack Rodwell’s red card in the recent Merseysi...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Sean Gibson | Read more »