Little charity in Cardiff today (FA Charity Shield)

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Product:	FA Charity Shield
Date:	13/08/01 (44 review reads)
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Advantages: Good game, Good players, Good stadium

Disadvantages: Referrees, Wales in general, I wasnt their!

The not so Charity Shield kicked of the big boys league today as Man United and Liverpool played out the annual less so friendly these days. One of the reasons the cup has lost its no tackle status is the distribution of the gate money these days.
Only a 5000 grand of the 1.7 million goes to the charities with the FA picking up a half a mill for future lunches and the clubs bagging the rest.
Year on year the take has drifted away from the needy and ended up with the greedy.

The Beeb stole a cheeky march on ITV by broadcasting highlights of the big match today though. They had to highlight this with an embarrassing hand over link on the beleaguered Sunday Grandstand.The last dregs of the Match of the Day studio are now cosseted away in the corner top left off the bland Sunday show.

Linekar looked down uncomfortably at his contract and Steve Ryder in the more snug studios, squirming like an octopus out of water trying to ad lib thinking of something enticing to say without a script.
Alan Handsome was looking a little more rugged after the break and will have plenty of holidays this season to work on the eye stare and grin for the truncated BBC football season.

The match itself was played under the moveable roof of Cardiff’s amazing millenium stadium. It gave it a kind of unreal American pazaz feel, which didn’t quite work with dowdy earinged Northerners.It time for the dancing girls and rocket back packs on the big occasion if you ask me.
Manchester United paraded their latest multimillion-pound signing to appeal to the men and ladies of their soccer global merchandising. He could play to, with some nice touches early on that any young girl would die for if it were their lips that were being caressed.

The other lavish signing was fortunately oninternational duty and the embarrassment of riches selection dilemma Ferguson faces was avoided neatly.I fear egos will fray mid season with the biggest in Beckham
seeking pastures or record contracts new,be it musical or foreign.
Well you never know if he will turn up on Popstars two for that inevitable CD that we all know is coming. You can still get 10-1 with William Hills that he will get a number one solo. The partnership with Posh is evens and a Diamond Lights style football effort is 25-1.

Back to the football with Liverpool taking a first minute lead through a Mcallister pen. Keanes gentle tap on Murphy was enough for anti Man United ref Durso to award the spot kick. An attitude he would carry through the match as Liverpool defenders played B-Ball in the penalty area through out.
The Scousers nudged two head with a classic busy Owen slot as the impish striker passed it in. Manchester Uniteds hatrick of Charity shields looked to be heading for a forth. But beware for every time they lose this season’s opener, they win the league.

Untied and their arrogant manger were in no mood to give Houllier a forth trophy for the calendar year and snapped the boys into gear with a stiff b*****g.
If Liverpool win the Championship in world cup very early May 2002, they will hold unprecedented five pots with six if they bag the Super Cup next month.
Manchester came out of the traps and battered the Liverpool goal. Keane looking especially venomous, although not in face with his less than aggressive hair cut pinged the bar early on. Van Nilstoroy finally took his chance and slotted from the angle mid way. With that pressure goal out of the way, Premiership defenses can expect the floodgates to open early on.

The oblong jawed Dutchman was clear on goal for hero time in a match Man United and their determined manager wanted to win. But a despairing majestic diving save from the Liverpool stopper blocked the certain goal..Unfortunatley for the Anfield team, it wasn’t the goalkeeper palming the ball away but Stefan Henchoz.
Fortunately for the treble winners, umpire Durso was not
cheering for Man United and turned his attention elsewhere as Liverpool closed the game out. It was so obviously handled that it had David James fingerprints on it.(think about that one footy fans).

A draw would have been fair, but even as a Man United fan I want to see the scousers get a flyer as I think these two will battle out the championship. We are pretty much have parity man for man with equally solid players in each department. Once Liverpool win their first championship with Furgy long gone then the balance of power will swing the way of the Mersey like the old days.
It does get boring like it did for Liverpool when they won everything. They only advantage of supporting a winning team in the Premier league is you have tons of televised matches for matches you cant get tickets to.
The departing 71 thousand were Wales biggest export since coal and Foot n Mouth.The brilliant Cardiff stadium performed yet again to bring us great entertainment.

ITVwill be feverishly polishing there new hi tech Saturday night live football set for the first Saturday.The equally sexy Gabby Yorath will be practicing her innocent pouts along with Grinning Tel and gibberish Big Ron.
But the BBC had the first laugh (the second being Sunday Grandstand) and got the new season underway with a fun match. Sadly though Gary, you are the most boring thing on the BBC sine their last sitcom.

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