Rob Parker | January 28, 2010
Gaga ooh-la-la
Manchester City are planning a poptastic transfer swoop, according to the BBC’s Gossip Column. Apparently, they are making a bid for Fernando ‘Lady’ Gaga. Or is that Gago?
Thanks to OTP reader Rob Rowland for the spot.
Rob Parker | January 25, 2010
League One outfit secure points victory
Leeds are through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after the BBC handed them victory over Spurs. Like most viewers watching the match, OTP thought that Jermaine Beckford’s late penalty was an equaliser but it is now being lauded as the “matchwinner”.
Spotted on A Football Report
[...]
Rob Parker | October 5, 2009
Bizarre attempted own goal from the Israeli?
Surprisingly, Yossi Benayoun’s length of the pitch own goal attempt didn’t pay off.
Thanks to the Beeb’s Jonathan Stevenson for that!
Rob Parker | September 10, 2009
Confused youngster tries to loan himself to different team
Derby County defender Jermaine Johnson joined up with the wrong team as he attempted to begin a loan spell at Stafford Rangers. The 19-year-old introduced himself to his new ‘team-mates’ from Tamworth at a motorway service station and began the settling in process when a call to [...]
Rob Parker | July 9, 2009
Rob Parker | July 7, 2009
That hardly seems fair
If you were wondering why Sweden U21 striker Marcus Berg was running rings around most defenders he came up against at the recent European Under 21 Championships it was because he was about four years older than most of the other players in the tournament. That’s according to the BBC gossip column, [...]
Rob Parker | April 2, 2009
Jobs for the boys from the Beeb
Since new Newcastle United manager Alan Shearer has poached fellow BBC pundit Iain Dowie to be his assistant, OTP decided that plans could be afoot to move all of the Beeb’s football team to St James’s Park. We thought we would help Shearer out by creating a few positions [...]
