For some reason the blog has recently been getting a lot of traffic via a google search of the words "Gary Neville + socialism". So, suitably intrigued, I did a little digging myself. What did I find? Bugger all: nothing more than a passing joke from a Baddiel and Skinner podcast, and this quote from a Chris Bambery article in an old issue of the Socialist Worker that I found online:
""This is not about millionaire footballers wanting more money. It's about supporting a union that funds lads who don't make the grade and need to retrain, and 60 year old ex-pros who need a heart operation but can't afford it." So said Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville last Thursday, before the compromise between the Football League and the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) that averted this week's threatened strike."
This is my roundabout way of saying that the Leftist Trainspotters Group now has a MySpace page.
You knew there had to be a point to this post? Well, that was it.
1 comment:
Dear Trainspotter,
On the Times Full Colour World Cup Pull Out and Keep Poster there is a reference to Gary Neville refusing to sing the National Anthem and his socialism. The poster has something to do with Baddiel and Skinner.
I hope this helps immensely
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