A beginner’s guide to diving

Rob Parker | October 20, 2009

Learn to cheat like a pro

Thanks to @DilenoFootball for bringing this to our attention.
Contains a bit of visual and audio swearing after the 2mins 50secs mark, if you’re at work. You have been warned!

Sepp Blatter admits he is a diving cheat

Rob Parker | September 30, 2009

FIFA president gets his kicks from a bit of simulation

Normally, a headline like this on OTP would be a twisted quote or a piece of cutting edge satire. Not this time. This is 100 per cent the truth. Blatter has admitted that he used to go over looking for fouls, and that he still does [...]

Video: A new dive for the Wayne Rooney dive compilation

Rob Parker | September 5, 2009

He would never intentionally dive, OK?

“I have never intentionally tried to dive, there have been times when I have tried to stay on my feet and tried to get the shot off rather than going down. I have never intentionally dived. I think everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player who [...]

Video: Referee awards penalty, player refuses to take it

Rob Parker | March 31, 2009

Fair play or stupidity?

If you thought all footballers were diving scumbags, think again. This action comes from the Romanian league and a match between Rapid Bucharest and Otelul Galati. The referee awarded Rapid a 63rd minute penalty after deciding Costin Lazar had been tripped in the area. It was, in fact, an outstanding tackle and [...]

Is this a penalty?

Rob Parker | November 5, 2008

No, is the answer you are looking for

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Football video: Is this the worst dive of all time?

Rob Parker | September 10, 2008

Norway was that a foul, man

Possibly, yes. The offender is Molde FK’s Knut Fostervold and he either:
a) is a total prat
b) made a severe miscalculation of where the referee was standing
c) had a fit of some type
d) all of the above