“It is customary for columnists to complain about the excesses of Premiership footballers, whenever - as happens regularly - there is an incident involving some combination of sex, drugs, drink, violence and the constabulary. But modern footballers have a lot of both money and disposable time, a combination that has proved a recipe for personal disaster throughout history. And these incidents take place generally round night clubs rather than football clubs. The average Premiership player who turned up for work drunk would have a career-expectancy measurable in minutes.” HappensNightSexCareersPlayerViolenceModernMinutesFootballDrinkDrugRoundsAverageClubsComplainingDisasterDrunkSoccerCombinationAnalysisExcessRecipesIncidentsInvolvingFootballerDisposableColumnistsExpectancyFootball ClubsNight ClubSex Drugs Author:Matthew Engel
“That's referee Mike Reed's 50th booking of the season, which works out at an average of six a game.” GamesFootballSixSeasonsAverageWork OutMikeCommentatorsReedsReferee Author:Alan Parry
“One thing I don't understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they'll watch a stupid, boring, horrific football game for four hours. Now, that is boredom at its most colossal.” ThreeGamesHoursWatchesFourOne ThingStupidFootballAverageBoringBoredomHorrificFootball GameColossalAmerican Movie Author:Quentin Tarantino
“Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes.” MenYearsCoursesSportsFourFootballAverageSoccerMotivational SportsIngredientsFour YearsAcademicSuccess In LifeAverage Man Author:Knute Rockne