We’ve all thought it at one point or another, but for most of us clipping the referee’s heels as he runs away remained firmly in our minds.
Not for Brighton’s Ashley Barnes, however, who earned himself a red card during his side’s match against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium for doing exactly that on referee Nigel Miller.
The crazy thing is that Barnes then claims his innocence whilst the home crowd cheer him receive his marching orders.
Stupid, stupid boy!
Owen Coyle may have been out of work for a while since being relieved from his duties by Bolton Wanderers, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been getting his face out there. Literally.
And in a rather bizarre turn-up, Coyle has appeared on a computer game as a gangster, namely Emmet ‘Doc’ O’Connell in Omerta: City of Gangsters.
In fairness, despite have a slightly shonky recent record as a football manager, Coyle does have something of the mean Scot about him.
Pretty sure all footballers are meant to be into FIFA or Pro Evo rather than Gangster games, but I guess you take all that you can when out of work.
Dno if people realised but if you didnt, i dont really care how im perceived or what people think of me. You dont know me is all ill say…
— Marvin Sordell (@MarvinSordell) January 2, 2013
Bolton striker Marvin Sordell has had his mobile phone confiscated by the club in a bid to overcome his Twitter obsession.
Manager Dougie Freedman confirmed that the Team GB player had been deprived of his phone in a bid to get him to focus on settling in Bolton rather than staying on top of his social networking commitments. read more »
Sunderland’s trip to the Reebok Stadium could best be described using the cliche of ‘a game of two halves’. Sunderland were poor during the first half and the Championship side deservedly led at the break.
It was a lead they doubled when Keith Andrews headed home but, after Connor Wickham had pulled one back for the Mackems, Craig Gardner guaranteed a replay at the Stadium of Light with a superb finish, one which may well go down as the goal of the round.
10! 10! 10! Fabrice Muamba received top marks on Christmas Day for making another huge – and rather glittery – step in his recovery from the cardiac arrest he suffered on the pitch in March.
Just nine months on from being seconds from death and being told he can never play football again, the former Bolton defender showed his considerable athletic prowess and zest for life with an exemplary performance on Strictly Come Dancing.
