Saturday, July 24, 2010

2010 / 2011 HERE WE COME

Nearly half of the clubs in the Premier League have banned vuvuzelas from their grounds for the new season. It's an excellent start.

Now can we extend that banning order to some more lasting irritations.

- The England brass band. There was a time when they were a welcome novelty. But that was a decade ago. They've been parping out The Great Escape ever since and someone needs to lock them up and throw away the key.

- Any footballer wearing an Alice band. Put them away, girls, and mind you don't chip your nails while you do.

- Goal celebration music. There are few more thrilling sounds than the roar of a crowd. So why do fans need to hear Tony Christie piped over a loudspeaker as a goal is scored?

- The Mexican Wave. Anybody who starts one should be immediately deported to
Central America.

- WAGS. This will ensure a TV director never opts for the tedious cutaway shot documenting the (lack of) facial expression from a botoxed, orange-skinned, fame-hungry refugee from the perfume counter at Debenhams.

- The corporate section of any ground grandly entitled 'The Platinum Club'. It's not classy. It sounds like a lap dancing joint.

- Badge kissing. It is a ridiculous pose, usually followed by a transfer request.

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