Rob Parker | March 12, 2010
Eye of the Tigers
When he is not washing his hair, Jimmy Bullard loves going for a stroll in the park to fight with his team-mates. At least that is what he was up to yesterday, when he and Nick Barmby dodged the dog poo to scrap it out.
A witness told The Sun: “The lads were [...]
Rob Parker | March 8, 2010
Toffees boss awards his side an extra goal
Everton manager David Moyes caused some sniggering in the post-match press conference when it emerged he had last track of the score during his side’s thrashing of Hull City. In fact, Moyes needed a bit of convincing that the game had finished at 5-1 and not 6-1 as [...]
Rob Parker | March 1, 2010
Why would I make the save when there’s gardening to be done?
Cardiff keeper Peter Enckelman is the master of goalkeeping howlers. The Finnish keeper’s career has been dogged by the memory of the outrageous goal he conceded in the Birmingham derby from an Olof Mellberg throw-in. So things like this incident against Preston don’t really [...]
Rob Parker | February 28, 2010
Carling Cup winners get a decent workout
Comedian James Corden (better known as Gavin and Stacey’s Smithy) has already delivered a motivational speech to the England squad for Comic Relief. Now he has put Manchester United’s players through their paces with an aerobic workout for Sport Relief.
The full sketch will not be seen until the Sport [...]
Rob Parker | February 12, 2010
Pompey provide City with a stiff test
Thanks to OTP reader Tom Commins for spotting this rather peculiar post which looks like it might descend into a jousting match.
Rob Parker | January 25, 2010
1. If Arsene Wenger thought playing a pensionable central defensive partnership would provide the experience to deal with Rory Delap’s long-throw, he thought wrong.
2. 2010 is turning out to be the FA Cup year of Jermaine Beckford. More fantastic entertainment from Leeds.
3. Having said that, since the Premier League’s elite seem content to capitulate at [...]
Rob Parker | January 18, 2010
Footy weekly’s obsession with death comes back to bite it
The image above is a screenshot of Match magazine’s website. As you can see, it make innocent but unfortunately frequent references to Togo being in the group of death at the African Cup of Nations. (If you don’t know why they are unfortunate: 1) where have [...]
