Category archives: Sport
Manky Toy Monday: Phantasms and Maniac Bellows
A Manky Toy double-bill for you on this glorious Monday (glorious because the sun has his/her hat on and I’m off work). Through no conscious design on my part a “Jesus” theme seems to have sneaked its way into proceedings.… continue reading »
Manky Toy Monday: Super Pedestal Ball
As regular readers may have gathered, my enthusiasm for the mighty game of snooker is long-standing. While weak eyes and a total lack of diligent practice have consigned me to life as a bog-standard club player – I once very… continue reading »
Wo kann ich ein kühlschrank magnet kaufen?
And so it ends. After 18 days of squinting at shifting, swirling, pixellated blobs of colour and light on the lousy bbc.co.uk feed, the World Snooker Championship packs away its balls and white gloves for another year. My eyes may… continue reading »
Limerick Graffiti Archive: A Bonner All The Time
Pictured above is one of Irish sport’s most enduring images: Packie Bonner in the act of palming away poor old Daniel Timofte’s penalty (Genoa, June 25th, 1990). Not pictured anywhere on this page is the moment (4 years later) when… continue reading »
Rockets vs. Grinders
It’s late April and the sun, which for most of the month has been beaming down its rays with commendable industry, has temporarily taken its hat off. No better time then to pull up a comfortable chair, pop on the… continue reading »
Limerick Graffiti Archive: David Beckham
On Tuesday night, after an evening spent gulping back bellinis and spritzes, Jess and I managed to find our way back to our hotel in Venice without getting lost. Not much of an anecdote I know, but it was the… continue reading »
Of Heels and Faces
Recent talk of crap toys and wrestling has motivated me to have one of my sporadic (YouTube-assisted) dips into the world of professional wrestling (something I retain a guilty affection for). Via the comments section of the Guardian sports blog… continue reading »
Manky Toy Monday: Imaginary Racers & Dudes full of Love
Today’s entry in the toy-making hall of shame was, like last week’s example, purchased in the marvellous crap toy repository that is Limerick’s “Euro 2 Shop” (formerly “Mary’s of Limerick”). Just as “Super Rorot Rorot” was a fairly undisguised knock-off… continue reading »
