Rob Parker | March 15, 2010
Guest speaker: Roberto Mancini
Today’s Manchester City training session will largely consist of a lecture by Roberto Mancini entitled Why You Don’t Celebrate Late Equalisers Against A Team You Want To Beat When There Is Still Three Minutes Remaining.
The Italian performed extracts from his lecture following Adam Johnson’s stunning goal against Sunderland yesterday. You can see [...]
Rob Parker | March 10, 2010
Reasons why aggressive celebrations normally end badly #791
Sunderland striker Fraizer Campbell was clearly frustrated at his prolonged wait for a first Premier League goal for the club. So when he did break his duck against Bolton last night all that pent-up anger was channelled into his goal celebration.
Unfortunately for Campbell, the advertising hoarding he chose [...]
Dan Morris | February 17, 2010
Sunderland striker is a qwitter
Darren Bent has become so enthralled in the Twitter craze that he’s had to call it a day. He revealed he has quit the social networking site to concentrate on his football. Glad to here you got your priorities right, Darren.
The Sunderland striker had fought hard to get more than 15,000 [...]
Rob Parker | January 26, 2010
Paraguay striker attacked in Mexico City bar
Club America striker Salvador Cabañas, a transfer window target for Steve Bruce’s Sunderland, has been shot in the head in a bar in Mexico City. The Paraguay international has undergone seven hours of emergency surgery and is now in a critical but stable condition in intensive care.
Surgeon Dr Ernesto [...]
Rob Parker | December 12, 2009
Coca Cola Kid could be on his way back to Blighty
Turkey international Colin Kazim Richards has been put on the transfer list by Fenerbahce over claims he organised hotel orgies with three team-mates. The former Sheffield United has been put up for sale along with Vederson, Fabio Bilica and Santos.
Coach Christoph Daum has said there [...]
Rob Parker | November 16, 2009
We’re guessing the buyer wasn’t Pepe Reina
The red beach ball which helped Sunderland to a shock victory against Liverpool has sold for £411.77 at auction. The inflatable, which deflected Darren Bent’s shot past Pepe Reina, was auctioned to raise money for the Alder Hey Imagine Appeal.
It is not known who won the auction, but the [...]
Rob Parker | October 19, 2009
Gary Neville and his balloon hit Liverpool’s title ambitions
At last, the Liverpool balloon thrower is unmasked, and it doesn’t look like he has quite the Scouse connection we first thought!
