Sports Poets Society

The rot goes beyond Carrick but keeping him feels cruel Already under huge pressure, United’s head coach surely can’t survive this loss 1 Nov 2026 - TH OBSERVER / Sport Jessy Parker Humphreys Stamford Bridge Manchester United celebrated the denouement of Celebrity Traitors on Friday night by playing their own version at Stamford Bridge. Lisandro Martínez was the obvious pick for traitor as he trudged off the pitch after two yellow-card offences in the space of 83 seconds, the latter a reckless challenge on Wesley Fofana which earned Chelsea a penalty. Catherine Ivill/Getty - Head loss: Manchester United’s Martínez  is sent off after receiving two yellow cards in four minutes. Bruno Fernandes also showed he could take on the role. After stabbing his head coach in the front by publicly criticising his tactics in an interview with TNT Sports after their 4-1 defeat to Como, he seemed to believe stabbing him in the back might be more effective. Despite the “clear the air” talks with Mic...

Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty ‘Plenty of people claim they were there for  his debut but there were very few of us’     - Leyton Orient fanzine editor 1 Nov 2026 -  Sport Andrew Butler About 200 Leyton Orient fans were there to witness Harry Kane’s senior debut 15 years ago – it was the beginning of a remarkable career that has featured no scandal, continuous improvement and now, at last, formal recognition as the best player on the planet It was a game that should have been forgotten, according to Keith Hill. The then-Rochdale manager, furious that his side's match against Leyton Orient went ahead due to bad weather, said the 1-1 draw “wasn't a spectacle, it was a farce”. He went on: “I don't think the game should have been played. That's forgotten now, it's history.” Unfortunately for Hill, that game in January 2011 will never be forgotten. In the 73rd minute, a 17-year-old, doughy-faced Harry Kane entered a senior football match for the first time. “It w...