Football Daily | Unbelievable, Jeff! Hartlepool’s beef with Stelling is a baffling business

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!You come at the Stelling you’d best not miss, as the famous quote from The Wire’s Omar Little kind of goes. Feared by his enemies and loved by viewers, the scar-faced stick-up man’s advice suggests that anyone attempting to challenge the established order should be prepared for unpleasant consequences if their plan backfires. It is a lesson Hartlepool United owner Raj Singh is currently learning the hard way after sending a letter to each of Hartlepool’s fellow National League clubs asking them to ban Jeff Stelling – the TalkSport and former Soccer Saturday host, and national treasure – from their boardrooms and hospitality suites for the season ahead. In scenes that his chum Chris Kamara would almost certainly describe as “Unbelievable, Jeff!” (unless they in some way involved an Anthony Vanden Borre red card at Fratton Park), Stelling resigned from his role as president of Hartlepool in May, in protest at Singh’s handling of negotiations over the protracted non-sale of his beloved hometown club.I’ve done one live performance which felt a bit weird – there was a live band playing the drums and I had to literally use it as an instrument, which felt crazy, but I enjoyed it. It’s all about timing …” – Fulham’s Alex Iwobi gets his chat on with Ed Aarons about how he enjoys dabbling with being a musician as a chance to breathe away from football, but is still 100% committed to the game.I know Mr Francis has dumped all of your sisters but not giving him letter o’ the day for the nominative determinism belter (yesterday’s Football Daily) was just petty. Noble rot!” – Harry Piano.Marvellous contribution, as always, from Noble Francis. I found his comments on nominative determinism doubly fascinating, as I’d always assumed his name was Francis, with Noble being an epithet, as in Teflon Tony or Stinky Pete. You really do learn something every day. (And yes, I’m fully aware that I don’t actually have to explain to Big Website readers what an epithet is …)” – Phil Taverner.It was very sad to hear of Jorge Costa passing away, and at only 53 years old too. That’s no age at all. Unsurprisingly, all the focus will rightly be on his eight league titles, five cups, Uefa Cup and Champions League but for some of us elder members of this parish, he will always be a key part of the best named back four in what was called, at the time, the Barclaycard Premiership: ‘Young, Fish, Costa, Fortune’. RIP Jorge Costa” – Noble Francis.Many thanks for showing a beautiful photo of the Øresund/Öresund Bridge (yesterday’s Still Wants More, full email edition) when marking the occasion of the Øresund/Öresund Strait Bigger Cup clash. I was one of 40,000 runners to make the journey to Malmö on foot in May this year, and may even be on your chosen picture (although very close to the back). What an experience” – Iain Moore. Continue reading...

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