Roar Pro About
- Member Since:
- October 2011
- Based In:
- Cessnock, NSW
- Favourite Sports:
- Cricket, Football, League, Motor, Rugby,
Latest Articles
Hillsborough tribute unites the worst of rivals
27 Sep 2012The game between Liverpool and Manchester United on Sunday was a truly stirring occasion, which showed football at its unifying best. It began as soon as the players walked onto the pitch. Anyone who watched as Sir Bobby Charlton, the only possible challenger to Sir Alex Ferguson as United’s greatest living icon, passed a bouquet [...]
Berbatov investment is a stroke of genius for Fulham
27 Sep 2012Anyone who is a regular watcher of the English Premier League highlights show will have noticed something in the last couple of weeks. There is a gangly, sharp-featured and distantly familiar Bulgarian performing wizardry with the football. Dimitar Berbatov is back. How sweet it is. When Manchester United signed Berbatov on deadline day back in [...]
Knights in shining armour more like chocolate soldiers
20 Aug 2012On the Sunday Footy Show today, they showed footage of the 1997 grand final, when the Newcastle Knights produced one of the great grand final upsets to knock over the Manly Sea Eagles. Down 16-8 at half time against the 1996 Premiers, the Knights came storming home, with the footage of Darren Albert’s final minute [...]
Capello's resignation ends an awkward marriage
10 Feb 2012Fabio Capello’s decision to resign, and the FA’s decision to let him, is baffling on a number of levels. Four years of planning, preparation and development has been frittered away over a dispute in which the FA acted rashly, and Capello made valid, if indiscreet, criticisms. On another level, it makes perfect sense, as Capello [...]
Pakistan's win over England a triumph of character
9 Feb 2012After years as the butt of the cricketing world’s jokes, and after all the false hopes, England had reached number one. What’s more, they had done it in the form of the game they invented, Test cricket, the one where their humiliations have been most pronounced. In their tour to Australia, the side which had [...]
Why Manchester United are never really beaten
9 Feb 2012As a Manchester United supporter, I’m often accused of being a bandwagon rider. Their fightback against Chelsea at the weekend reminded me that I don’t love United because they win all the time. I love them because they are never beaten. This is a team which has had a pretty rough year on a number [...]
THE ROAR ON