Rob Parker | November 30, 2009
Open goal, one yard out, and he misses
Harrow Borough journeyman Rocky Baptiste produced arguably the worst miss of all time against Waltham Abbey. The striker, previously most famous for his FA Cup goal against Liverpool for Havant and Waterlooville, made a pig’s ear of this chance - despite the fact he was virtually standing on [...]
Rob Parker | November 30, 2009
FIFA president further endears himself to Irish public
Sepp Blatter risked further fury from the FAI and Republic of Ireland’s supporters as he scoffed at their attempts to overturn Thierry Henry’s handball. The FIFA president burst into laughter as he told the story of how the FAI had requested to be the ‘33rd team’ at next [...]
Rob Parker | November 30, 2009
The Hand of Frog gets Photoshopped out
Shaving brand Gillette has tweaked its advert to avoid any suggestion that they helped Thierry Henry towards his infamous handball against the Republic of Ireland. In the advert, Henry was featured honing his ball control with the offending hand.
Rob Parker | November 30, 2009
More ammunition for Red Devils
Manchester City executive chairman Garry Cook has offended the club’s supporters after referring to the club as “Manchester United” at a supporters’ club gala evening. Cook was announcing the evening’s special guest when he said: “I’d like to welcome Uwe Rosler into the Manchester United Hall of Fame.”
The blunder will be [...]
Rob Parker | November 30, 2009
1. Jimmy Bullard is a genius.
2. Chelsea look like they are going from strength-to-strength. But with key players heading to the African Cup of Nations soon, will they be able to keep it up?
3. That was the weekend of the dodgy penalty decision.
Rob Parker | November 30, 2009
The only man in the stadium dressed as a Sacha Baron Cohen character… NOT!
Another beautiful chapter was written in the FA Cup’s illustrious history as Staines earnt a replay Millwall. And as fate would have it, there goal was scored by a man called Ali.
Ali C, or Chaaban to those without a sense of [...]
Rob Parker | November 29, 2009
Comedy gold at Eastlands
Last time Hull City visited Manchester City, the match resulted in an embarrassing 5-1 defeat and an even more embarrassing on-pitch half-time talk from Hull manager Phil Brown
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But the incident was the source of fun and games as Hull returned to Eastlands for their first visit since the half-time fiasco on [...]
