Big Transfer House
Big Transfer House: Tugs and twits
Meet the housemates
Catch up on day 31-43
Day Forty-Four
Harry is seated in the garden with Danielle, talking about his latest acquisition. “Next time you are down at the Lane,” he says, “You should check it out. He is different to almost anyone else in the league in terms of his size and the way he plays the game.”
Danielle’s interest is [...]
Big Transfer House: Tugs of war, wars or words and defender merry-go-rounds
Meet the housemates
Catch up on day 24-30
Day Thirty-One
Eviction night came and predictably enough, Emannuel was sent on his merry way with Garry and Mark’s blessing. The house watched his interview on a live feed, and it seemed Garry and Mark’s tactics in the house had paid off when Emmanuel told everyone “I’m happy being here. I had a [...]
Big Transfer House: Swap deals, part exchanges and a parting of ways
Meet the housemates
Catch up on Day 16-23
Day Twenty-Four
It’s a quiet day in the Big Transfer House. Alex has a few drinks to get over the crushing disappointment of being rejected by Karim, who opted for Florentino even though Alex had liked him for ages. Alex goes to the diary room to order a new player to cheer himself [...]
Big Transfer House - Factions and Ructions
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Catch up on Day 8-15
Day Sixteen
Garry and Mark are called to the diary room to discuss their shopping list. Big Transfer informs them that they shouldn’t expect Samuel to arrive in the next delivery, as he was demanding half the £30m transfer fee for himself and it was causing problems. “This is ridiculous!” splutters Garry. [...]
Big Transfer House: Back from the dead
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Catch up on Day 7-10
Day Eight
Alan has gone for being too boring, but the housemates act like he was never there since he was banned from nominating players for transfers anyway. Instead he has gone back to the Toon where he will hold crunch talks with Mike about being allowed to play the transfer game again. [...]
Big Transfer House: Goodbyes and good buys
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Catch up on Day 5-6
Day Seven
Eviction night comes. Alan and Ricardo both wander around the house looking nervous. Ricardo is the more chatty, still telling anyone who’ll listen how keen he is to go. Alan, for his part, wants to stay right where he is, and “just wishes that he would be left alone to get [...]
Big Transfer House: Tears and phone calls
Meet the housemates
Catch up on Day 1-4
Day Five
Alan goes to the Diary Room in the morning for a chat. While reading the morning’s papers, he’s come across a story which he’s not so pleased about. They’re not going to commission a £65,000 statue of him outside St James Park after all. Big Transfer asks him whether he’s upset [...]
Big Transfer House: Settling in
Meet the Housemates
Day One
The housemates enter into the house one by one.
Conversation is stilted at best amongst the group as they attempt to feel each other out. Garry and Mark keep to themselves, as do Carlo and Roman, while Stanley and Guillem hit it off instantly discussing their favourite columnists. Two to bridge the gap are Cristiano and Florentino, who get down to personal [...]
Sport Without Spin’s Big Transfer House: Meet the housemates
Big Transfer House - Photo roryms CCANC
Welcome to the Big Transfer House, the frightening place where seventeen housemates are going to spend the summer in the hopes of raising their profiles, meeting some new people, and entertaining the nation in anticipation of winning their Big Transfer - unless they leave the house early… It’s something to [...]