Who Ate All The Pies?

'Who Ate All The Pies?' is, as you may or may not be able to tell from the title, a website dedicated to football.

In terms of content, there seems to be much more in the way of football gossip than there are "newsworthy" stories. For example, on Monday one of the main stories was Holland legend (and current national team coach) Marco van Basten's mysterious presence at Chelsea's defeat at Old Trafford on Sunday. Obviously, with no concrete evidence for the Dutchman's surprise appearance, the story is made up of rumours over the possibility of van Basten taking over as Chelsea manager.

As well as the stories, there also appears to be a certain "fun" element to the website, with one story inviting visitors to the site to suggest who they think is "the gayest-acting-but-straight Premier League footballer". There has also been the announcement of the beginning of the site's coverage of the Gay World Cup which has this week begun in Argentina - hardly the sort of event you would expect to be featured so prominently in the sports section of any major newspapers.

As mentioned previously, there is a "fun" element to the website, which suggests the target audience is probably the "bored at work" crowd, who, as the name suggests, use the site to pass time during particularly boring office hours. To its credit, it caters well to said audience, even offering a Fun and Games section for when the boss is out of the office.

As casual as it may be, it is hard to argue that Pies (as it is known to regulars) isn't journalism. In addition to all the gossip and lookalikes there are the stories you would expect to find on the BBC Sports News website, covered in the sort of detail you would expect from a more "well respected" source.

Saturday's football - rubbish. Yesterday's football - even worse. Arsenal win 5-0 and we draw away at Bolton, who were even below Derby before we gave them a point yesterday. If we don't Middlesbrough this week we're buggered.


Still, at least Chelsea seem to be falling apart.