Several years ago Jason Kottke coined the phrase ‘single serving site‘ to describe websites that have a single purpose: often to provide a simple answer to a question. The web has had a long history of these sites, ranging from whether Kayne West is still a douche bag or not (apparently he still is) through to whether former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks has been arrested yet (yes, thankfully).
In fact the controversy over Rebekah Brooks and NOTW spawned many of these sites: starting with hasrebekahbrooksbeensackedyet.com and now hasjamesmurdochbeenarrestedyet.com. This year it seems the single serving site has become quite a feature within British online culture — starting off with football-themed sites such as hasfernandotorresscoredforchelsea.com back in January and then sincearsenallastwonatrophy.co.uk which popped up in May.
In late June, Chelsea FC appointed André Villas-Boas as their new manager. Chelsea managers are often the victims of fickle owner Roman Abromovich’s thirst for success; since he took over the club in 2003, there have been eight managers in total (including Villas-Boas). A few days after the announcement I wondered if anyone had setup a site about whether he was still manager or not. It appeared not, so I thought I’d grab the domain and contribute to the meme, and also try to put a nice visual layer on top for some fun.





