April 1st, 2009
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Meaningless football transfer cliches - COME-AND-GET-ME PLEA
Continuing our round-up of terms that get thrown around all too readily, this week we turn our attention to the ‘come-and-get-me plea’. It’s hardly common usage in any other walk of life; have you ever given your dream employers a come-and-get-me plea, or did you just submit a CV and covering letter? Has a significant [...]
When nothing and everything makes sense: Shearer to Newcastle
For the last few days we had wondered whether to do a round-up of April Fool’s stories, or even to create one of our own. It didn’t happen - and it’s probably just as well, since it would have been submerged by the April Fool’s story that apparently isn’t - Alan Shearer has taken the [...]