RIP Sir Bobby
“Still, he liked going to the games. He liked having so many people recognise him among the stewards and the fans and the car park attendants - he signed programme after programme, uncomplaining. He said ‘I suppose one day I’ll come and no-one will know me anymore. I’ll be praying to be recognised then”
from All Played Out by Pete Davies.
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LLO Weekly Round Up - 26th July 2009
What have we done this week?
- Worried about editorial independence at The Onion after its takeover by Chinese conglomerate Yu Wan Mei Amalgamated Salvage Fisheries and Polymer Injection Group
- Wagered £10 on Steven ‘Lights Out’ Gerrard adding the Ring Magazine’s Fighter of the Year prize to his PFA Player of the Year award
- Slept outside Sports Direct overnight to ensure we could buy the new Newcastle kit before stocks ran out
- Wondered how it’s possible to write a full page article and be this outraged about a film you haven’t seen
- Wanted to live on the Moon
The Tragic Death of Robert Wobble
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Ramble On: LLO Meets Jim from 'The Football Ramble'
The defining ethos of the 1970’s punk movement was 'anyone can do it'. Anyone can start a band, anyone can play guitar, anyone can become famous and anyone can sell butter to the masses. In the new millennium advances in technology have meant that this idea has extended to the media. Now anyone can set up a website, anyone can make a film, anyone can become a journalist and anyone can broadcast their thoughts about any subject to the whole world at minimal cost.
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LLO Record of The Week: Ill Communication by Beastie Boys
Hero: The Official Film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup
The mid-80s wasn't a great time to be an armchair football fan. Live matches on TV were kept to a minimum due to the Football League's fear that it would stop people going to the games and the few highlight programmes which were shown were bland affairs, a million miles from the CGI-heavy ‘The Day Today on stimulants’ coverage that we’re used to today.
A Visual Explanation Of Why Liverpool Were In Decline In The 90s
Can you image Shankly, Paisley, Fagan or Dalglish wearing those swimming trunks? You can? You obviously have a much more vivid imagination than me.
Courtesy of FourFourTwo’s ‘Footballers On Holiday’ feature this month.
Ringo's Outfit Update
Look! There it is! Bask in its glory! That photo was taken over 40 years! We should all look like that by now!
LLO Record of The Week: Dead of Winter by Martin Carr
LLO: Are you not tempted to write another big "Wake Up Boo" style pop song which might get in the charts, allow you to sell more records and therefore do more tours? Or would that be selling out to the man?
Martin Carr: It’s not something that you set out to do. Having hit records isnt selling out. i would love to sell more records. I'm not being deliberately obscure, all I can do is make 'em.
3 Minutes 10 Seconds Which Explains Why Footballers Are Paid So Well Today
Society is now a better place now footballers no longer have to top up their wage packet by recording songs like this:
Oei Oei Oei by Johan Cruyff
The Numskulls in Alex Ferguson's Head
LLO Record of The Week: Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg
A gorgeous album which will cure all known hangovers using its sultry loveliness.
The Madness of Madrid
LLOJNT2000 UPDATE: It looks like Benzema is going to join Madrid’s experiment to discover whether 0-0-10 is a viable formation for a football team. That’s good for lovers of crazy football tactics and bad for the designers of the LLOJNT2000.