Rob Parker | March 3, 2010
Don’t fan the flames flame the fans
If you’ve ever watched flares being lit at football matches on the continent and wondered how nobody ever got burnt, it turns out they do. This Nurnberg fan is forced to make a slightly slower than you might expect move for the exit after finding himself on fire.
The footage [...]
Rob Parker | December 10, 2009
Germans get World Cup advantage
Fabio Capello is rumoured to be far from pleased after probable members of Germany’s World Cup squad got their hands (and feet) on the official matchball last weekend. Several players in Germany’s Bundesliga, where teams are allowed to choose who supplies their matchball, have already played with the Adidas Jabulani months [...]
Rob Parker | May 20, 2009
In-form keeper is not pleased to concede
Eintracht Frankfurt keeper Markus Pröll did everything he could to help his side against Bochum at the weekend. In the video above we see him making two double saves. He then makes another impressive point-blank save, but the slow reactions of his team-mates mean he eventually concedes from the [...]
Rob Parker | April 20, 2009
600 travelling fans get their money back
Struggling Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus have offered to refund the tickets of 600 fans who travelled to watch their abject display against Schalke. The club has issued an apology on its website and called the 4-0 defeat a “pitiful performance”.
As you can see above, Energie released a statement headed [...]
Rob Parker | April 10, 2009
Don’t worry, love. It’ll condition it
This Hamburg fan had a bittersweet night as she watched her side beat Manchester City last night. First City took the lead, but then Hamburg went on to win the match. Her excitable partner gave her a hug and a kiss (albeit with his boggle eyes creepily wide open), but [...]
Rob Parker | April 5, 2009
Why didn’t Maradona finish the dribble against England with a backheel?
Oh, this is just beautiful! Wolfsburg’s Grafite beats three defenders on a mazy run. Another defender and the goalkeeper come to help tackle the roaming attacker, so he casually beats them all with a deft reverse of the ball which rolls into the opposite side [...]
Rob Parker | February 23, 2009
Mad Jens adds a boot to his collection
Given his nickname it is pretty obvious that Mad Jens Lehmann has never been the most stable of footballers. But playing out his twilight years with Stuttgart Lehmann seems to be shifting through the gears of craziness pretty rapidly.
Remember last week he stole a headband from team-mate Khalid [...]
