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May 18, 2021

Prick of the Week No. 34: The Upcoming Harry Kane Transfer Saga

This week’s prick has only just begun. It’s going to rumble on and relentlessly on and there is absolutely nothing you can…

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May 4, 2021

Prick of the Week No. 32: Graeme Souness and his alternative facts

We were, like so many of you, gravely shocked that a former Liverpool and Rangers ankle-botherer has at best a shaky grasp…

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April 20, 2021

Prick of the Week No. 31: Perez, official spokesb*stard for the Dirty Dozen

Tricky one this week. In as much as identifying a single prick among the vast array of pricks in a record-breaking week…

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April 13, 2021

Prick of the Week No. 30: The Game’s Gone

It has gone, the game. Football. The game. Our game. The one we loved. The one we grew up watching. It has…

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April 6, 2021

Prick of the Week No. 29: Juan Cala and how not to handle a race row

Miserable one this week. And it’s not going away. Valencia’s players walked off the field after Mouctar Diakhaby alleged Cadiz’s Juan Cala…

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March 31, 2021

Prick of the Week No. 28: Aidy Boothroyd and his ‘impossible job’

Is it an “utterly impossible job” or is it just an utterly impossible job for Aidy Boothroyd? Because from the outside looking…

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March 23, 2021

Prick of the Week No. 27: Conspiracies and penalties

There’s real and distressing prickery afoot this week, but – thanks to a Harry Kane penalty – we’re going to talk mainly…

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March 16, 2021

Prick of the Week No. 26: Tardy Aubameyang and a flurry of takes

Being late (again) when you’ve been specifically told not to be late (again) is the work of a prick. Mainly, though, this…

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March 2, 2021

Prick of the Week No. 24: Conspiracy theorist Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Managers need to stop blaming entire results on marginal refereeing decisions, really.   So who’s this week’s prick then? In shameless pursuit…

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February 23, 2021

Prick of the Week No. 23: Roy Hodgson and self-serving warnings

In which we mercilessly kick a lovely but really old puppy. Which is just a dog, isn’t it? We’re just kicking an…

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