Eye-eye captain
During Liverpool’s FA Cup victory over Preston North End, skipper Steven Gerrard took the opportunity to show off his impression of Marcus McGee, the DJ he allegedly brawled with in a Southport nightclub.
Der, der, der, der, click, click
There is some spooky activity at the San Siro, where some sort of Addams Family tribute act seems to be in the process of being put together.
You know the game - find the odd one out in the red hat
Did you spot him? Don’t worry if not - that was a tough one, kids. Dimitar Berbatov has been rocking his Steve Zissou look over in Japan. This is how his painstaking process of withdrawal and isolation begins.
Geno, Geno, Geno, Geno
It’s been a weekend for popular music references in the Premier League, as Phil Brown will testify. Fergie showed better musical taste than the Hull boss by rocking a Geno-era Dexy’s Midnight Runners look during Saturday’s clash with Tottenham.
Hull manager dons stage mic and shows us his moves
Phil Brown, there’s no need to feel down.
I said, Phil Brown, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, Phil Brown, ’cause you’re in a new town
There’s no need to be unhappy.
It’s fun to stay at the… [over to you, Phil]
Iran away from a World Cup once
One is a fanatical megalomaniac prone to random outbursts of aggression, the other is the president of Iran.
Everton’s midfield general is a midfield colonel
What is the correct slang term for the north African equivalent of the Wafro? An Arafro? Nevermind, these pair are both rocking the look, whatever it is called.
Histon defender out to beat his alter ego’s ex-club
This is Histon FC centre-back Mat Mitchel-King who, we suppose, at a squint looks a bit like Rio Ferdinand. It is probably just a well that he resembles the Manchester United defender at least a bit since he is his body double in Nike adverts. The 25-year-old has also played the part of Thierry Henry in the past.
This weekend the Histon skipper has put his lookalike work to one side and is concentrating firmly on overcoming Ferdinand’s former side Leeds in the FA Cup. Mitchel-King is eager to for a third round tie with Manchester United so he can come face-to-face with the man who creates his alternative line of employment.
Big Fumbling Gomes
Spotted on the weekly cauldron of schoolboy jokes that is the Guardian Gallery.
Barca’s former child star loses the plot
Everyone had heard the name Bojan Krkic before they had ever seen him play football. You wouldn’t have been able to pick him out of an identity parade but you knew that in a few years he was going to be the next big thing of the Camp Nou production line.
It is certainly not fair to say that he has not reached his potential (the kid is still only 18), but signs are beginning to emerge that Bojan’s child star status is beginning to take its toll. It is not unusual for young prodigies to go off the rails for a variety of reasons - for instance, Macaulay Culkin disappeared into oblivion when he realised being the kid from Home Alone wasn’t going to earn him any credibility as a teenager. In Bojan’s case, it seems to be the thought that his coach thinks that old French guy who was good a while back at Arsenal is more likely to score a goal. The youngster is reduced to tears by the episode.
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