Manchester rivals set to dominate title race again August 16, 2012 THE 2011/12 Premier League season will go down in history as one of the most dramatic ever. It was like a heavyweight title fight where both contenders dusted themselves off from a ‘nine-count’ to floor their opponent in the next round, until Sergio Aguero landed the knockout blow in the 94th minute against QPR at [...]
Leicester victory keeps West Ham in contention for top-two finish April 23, 2012 LEICESTER CITY 1 vs WEST HAM UNITED 2 WEST Ham remain in the hunt for automatic promotion to the Premier League after winning 2-1 at Leicester to close to within two points of second-placed Southampton. Striker Jermaine Beckford headed the Foxes in front just after the half-hour mark but defender Winston Reid equalised just five [...]
Allardyce: We mustn’t freeze in £90m final May 17, 2012 WEST HAM manager Sam Allardyce has warned his players not to let the importance of tomorrow’s £90m play-off final against Blackpool threaten their quest to return to the Premier League at the first attempt. The Hammers are hot favourites to record a third win of the season over the Tangerines, whom they have already smashed [...]
Puglia takes on the family challenge September 9, 2012 IT’S ONE of those dilemmas that make you bone-deep thankful to be born in the twenty-first century, austerity notwithstanding. Two hundred years ago my ancestors faced problems like: “Will I be transported to a hellish penal colony if I steal that pie to feed my children?”. One hundred years ago: “Those Germans are looking feisty, [...]
Costly new Italian is a safe bet for good clients May 21, 2012 RESTAURANT COTIDIE 50 Marylebone High Street, W1U 5HN Tel: 020 7258 9878 FOOD *** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** You wouldn’t think London needed yet another high-end Italian restaurant. Well, apparently, it does – or at least, it won’t say no to one. For a late sitting one recent Thursday, the (fairly) new Cotidie was surprisingly [...]
Brave England suffer cruel exit June 24, 2012 ENGLAND (0) vs ITALY (0) Italy win 4-2 on penalties Young and Cole miss in shootout as curse strikes again MANAGER Roy Hodgson leapt to the defence of Ashley Young and Ashley Cole last night after the pair’s missed spot-kicks condemned England to yet another heartbreaking penalty shoot-out exit from a major tournament. Their blunders [...]
Stadium complaint ‘not anonymous’ February 16, 2012 Exclusive: West Ham Olympic move rebel says he warned chiefs THE MAN who submitted the so-called anonymous complaint to the European Commission blamed for scuppering West Ham’s Olympic Stadium move believed authorities knew he was behind it all along, City A.M. can reveal. A deal with the football club was scrapped in October amid fears it [...]
Deloitte sells Can of Ham site to US pension fund January 16, 2011 AN AMERICAN pension fund has bought the site of the proposed Can of Ham building at St Mary Axe from the administrator of previous owner Targetfollow. The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) is believed to have paid Deloitte £20m for the plot. Targetfollow, whose development arm fell into administration [...]
Where the Champagne flows and the meat pie comes with foie gras April 3, 2012 LE BALCON 8 PALL MALL, SW1Y 5NG FOOD **** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £XX The Balcon is not somewhere you’ll have necessarily heard about. It’s not a buzz-generator. This, I suspect, is for two reasons: one, its location in the gentleman’s club hinterland of Pall Mall (which is to say: [...]
Where the Champagne flows and the meat pie comes with foie gras April 3, 2012 LE BALCON 8 PALL MALL, SW1Y 5NG FOOD **** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £XX The Balcon is not somewhere you’ll have necessarily heard about. It’s not a buzz-generator. This, I suspect, is for two reasons: one, its location in the gentleman’s club hinterland of Pall Mall (which is to say: [...]