Rob Parker | October 23, 2009
Brown-nosing Jack Warner
England’s 2018 World Cup bid team is planning to give luxury handbags to the wives of all 24 members of Fifa’s voting committee. And Fifa vice-president Jack Warner - the most vociferous supporter of bidding countries showing exactly how much they want the tournament via the medium of gifts for committee members - [...]
Rob Parker | October 7, 2009
He just doesn’t know that his idea already has a name
Controversial FIFA vice-president Jack Warner - most famous for being called a ‘clown’ by Roy Keane - says players who feign injury should be made to go to a sin-bin for five or 10 minutes. Well, he doesn’t actually say that because we suspect he [...]
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 [...]
Rob Parker | September 24, 2009
Rob Parker | September 4, 2009
Big fine for a little man
With every man and his dog moping on about Chelsea’s transfer ban, OTP is taking it upon itself to stick up for Gael Kakuta in all this. The 18-year-old’s move to Stamford Bridge from Lens is what has caused this tapping-up storm, and FIFA has come down hard on the [...]
Rob Parker | June 23, 2009
Ze pre-Vorld Cup appraisal
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been telling South Africans where their World Cup preparations are up to, and as usual it is pure comedy gold. Football’s beloved leader begins by telling the gathered subordinates that the main problem is the surprising popularity in the world’s biggest sporting event, which has left an [...]
Rob Parker | September 15, 2008
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