Rob Parker | March 31, 2009
Italian footballers seek alternative employment
This new advert for Sky Italia features some of the biggest names in Serie A (well, you can’t get much bigger than Quagliarella, can you?) trying their hand in the fast-paced environment of a TV newsroom.
Adrian Mutu, Sebastien Frey, Alberto Gilardino, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella all take on bit-part [...]
Rob Parker | March 31, 2009
As requested, following our worst England kits here are the best
1. England third shirt, 1970
England’s World Cup defence might have been ill-fated, but at least they crashed out in style. All three shirts available to the squad were amazing, but we have plumped for the light blue third kit. Did the Aertex material keep England [...]
Rob Parker | March 31, 2009
It’s scarily accurate
Given that it is international week and there is not much else going on, this seems like a good time to introduce OTP readers to Jason Bent. Jason, a parody on modern footballers, is the creation of comedian Simon Brodkin.
Jason has been given his own slot on Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder, so [...]
Rob Parker | March 31, 2009
Fair play or stupidity?
If you thought all footballers were diving scumbags, think again. This action comes from the Romanian league and a match between Rapid Bucharest and Otelul Galati. The referee awarded Rapid a 63rd minute penalty after deciding Costin Lazar had been tripped in the area. It was, in fact, an outstanding tackle and [...]
Rob Parker | March 31, 2009
Man Utd star seen in public (not on a football pitch)
Paul Scholes is the anti-modern footballer. It is well-known that he shuns a celebrity lifestyle, preferring the quiet life with his family when he isn’t busy on Manchester United business. Imagine OTP’s surprise then to read that Scholesy had spent £100,000 on a bit of [...]
Rob Parker | March 31, 2009
Want to relive relegation?
Championship relegation-certs Charlton Athletic are asking fans whether they would like a DVD made to watch their disastrous season over and over again. The Addicks traditionally put out an end-of-season highlights package, but this season has been so bad that the League One-bound side are asking fans to pay up front if [...]
Rob Parker | March 30, 2009
The new England kit has the OTP seal of approval. Now let’s remember when the kit designers didn’t get it so right!
1. England third shirt, 1992
Umbro seemingly replaced the Three Lions by breeding a sunflower with an iguana and letting the resulting offspring crawl over this third shirt.
