I know this will come off as anti-Man U bias on my part, but I can't think of any reasonable argument in favor of reducing Rooney's red card ban in the Euros. If it happened to, say, Clint Dempsey before the US started a major tournament I would be upset about it, but the incident in Rooney's case was so obvious that any reversal sounds like a travesty of justice to me - especially if the ban is eased to to political pressure or for non-sporting (i.e. business) reasons.
It looks like the official kind of poster font used by the London Underground /
LNER during the 1930s which would make it Edward Johnston (Eric Gill was his apprentice.) [/transport and art deco buff]
It looks closer to Johnston's earlier (and lovelier, I think) typeface, but there are still some subtle differences there. A lot of the newer versions use either Gill Sans or Johnston though, as they're close enough for the casual observer.
Now, when talking about shirt name/number typography then I'm like a pig in the proverbial. Football shirts + typopgraphy = happy Jaffa.
Fascinating stuff. I went on a long Wikipedia adventure reading about the history of typography a month or so ago while trying to decide what typeface to use on a map I was drawing.
I have also always been a fan of Art Deco. This made me wonder whether there are any art deco stadia out there. Well,
duh.
Has Robbie Keane put a transfer request in yet?
He's too busy fulfilling his boyhood dream of playing in Australia with his boyhood club LA Galaxy against Melbourne Victory. In a shock piece of news, perennial injury-collector Harry Kewell will probably not be fit to take part.
EDIT: Fulham 1-0 Liverpool
It seems like a game in which Liverpool did 98% of what they had to do to win, but just could not close the game out. Bad finishing. Fulham played well, but the game was going for a draw before Reina/Johnson's mistake. The sending off definitely hurt. I haven't seen the video, but the reports make it sound at least debatable whether it was a straight red on Spearing for the tackle. I'll have to look at it. The bottom line is, to win games you need goals. Suarez is a little off the boil at the moment and Carroll is still ice cold. We need Bellamy to step up, but he can only do so much.
It goes without saying that losing Spearing to a ban hits Liverpool in its weakest spot. Now it's Kelly's turn in midfield...
I always like to see Clint Dempsey score - though I would prefer, if it has to happen against Liverpool, that it be a consolation goal at the end of a 4-1 thrashing.
