The Dubious Goals Committee
Archive for 2011
John Charles: An Iconic Career
John Charles, The Gentle Giant, is widely believed to be the greatest Welsh football player to have ever lived. Starting his career in Leeds, scoring 155 goals in 316 games, he was transferred to Juventus in Italy, for a then record fee of £65,000. His time in Italy was a successful one, winning three Scudetti … Continue reading
Juan Sebastian Veron: An Iconic Career
After the final round of the 2011 Apertura on December 11th, Juan Sebastian Veron announced his retirement from professional football*. In a seventeen-year career starting at his hometown club Estudiantes, La Brujita has gone on to play with Boca Juniors, in Italy with four different clubs (Parma, Sampdoria, Lazio, Internazionale) and in England with two Premier League … Continue reading
Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia – Week Nine
Welcome to Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia Wikipedia has changed the educational landscape as we know it. Gone are the days when knowledge was gained through dusty encyclopedias and local wisdom, hearsay and rumourmongering. Nowadays, people simply need to access Wikipedia in order to pass off facts as their own, plagiarise beyond all means in academia, sully … Continue reading
Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia – Week Eight
Welcome to Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia Wikipedia has changed the educational landscape as we know it. Gone are the days when knowledge was gained through dusty encyclopedias and local wisdom, hearsay and rumourmongering. Nowadays, people simply need to access Wikipedia in order to pass off facts as their own, plagiarise beyond all means in academia, sully … Continue reading
The Butterfly Effect: What if Phil Neville chose to play international cricket?
Not only is Phil Neville a successful footballer, he was also a child cricket prodigy who broke many batting records set by Michael Atherton. His dad, Neville Neville, played for Greenmount Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket League during the 1980s and while both of his sons, Phil and older brother Gary, were talented batsmen, … Continue reading
Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia – Week Seven
Welcome to Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia Wikipedia has changed the educational landscape as we know it. Gone are the days when knowledge was gained through dusty encyclopedias and local wisdom, hearsay and rumourmongering. Nowadays, people simply need to access Wikipedia in order to pass off facts as their own, plagiarise beyond all means in academia, sully … Continue reading
Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia – Week Six
Welcome to Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia Wikipedia has changed the educational landscape as we know it. Gone are the days when knowledge was gained through dusty encyclopedias and local wisdom, hearsay and rumourmongering. Nowadays, people simply need to access Wikipedia in order to pass off facts as their own, plagiarise beyond all means in academia, sully … Continue reading
Dubious Goals Committee DECISION: ENGLAND v Sweden 15/11/11
England 1 – 0 Sweden on 15th November 2011, saw an incident which required further clarification. A staggering 48,876 people crammed in to Wembley to see England, recent World Champion matadors, line-up against Sweden for the most eagerly anticipated battled between the respective nations since that Parisian hotel and that couple. Of course, that incident … Continue reading
Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia – Week Five
Welcome to Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia Wikipedia has changed the educational landscape as we know it. Gone are the days when knowledge was gained through dusty encyclopedias and local wisdom, hearsay and rumourmongering. Nowadays, people simply need to access Wikipedia in order to pass off facts as their own, plagiarise beyond all means in academia, sully … Continue reading
Jan Koller: An Iconic Career
In June 2011, the Czech Republic’s all-time leader international goalscorer, Jan Koller hung up his boots for medical reasons while plying his trade in Le Championnat National, the third tier of French football, with AS Cannes. By playing and scoring in a game for Czech part-timers AFK Smetanova Lhota recently, Koller has shown that he … Continue reading
Dubious Goals Committee DECISION: MANCHESTER UNITED v Otelul Galati 02/11/11
Manchester United 2 – 0 Otelul Galati on 2nd November 2011, saw an incident which required further clarification. Having scored an early goal against the Romanian champions, it took almost eighty further minutes for Manchester United to score a second against Otelul Galati. As is commonly the case in such games, the floodgates didn’t open, … Continue reading
