Video: Blackpool manager Ian Holloway gets sent-off against Ipswich, strips off in anger

Rob Parker | January 4, 2010

Ollie beats the winter freeze to get hot under the collar

Blackpool boss Ian Holloway was so incensed at seeing his side reduced to nine men in their FA Cup clash against Ipswich, that he chose to convey his anger through the medium of striptease.
Not convinced that the fourth official had understood the meaning behind [...]

Roy Keane’s interesting choice of backroom staff

Rob Parker | May 7, 2009

Not just any old assistant - a man’s best friend

After an extended stint at home, new Ipswich Town boss Roy Keane has apparently found it difficult to part company with his beloved Triggs every morning. This Photoshop effort is as funny as it is disturbing.
Any new-ish readers who missed this post and want to entertain [...]

Top 10 football financial disasters

Dan Morris | April 26, 2009

In the wake of Southampton’s point deduction and relegation this week, OTP looks at the English clubs which have been left looking like a bunch of bankers.

1. Leeds United
Peter Ridsdale led Leeds to football’s archetypal financial meltdown. While they only cost small change compared to the millions spent on managerial compensation and outlandish wages, Ridsdale’s [...]

Eight clauses that should be in Roy Keane’s Ipswich Town contract

Rob Parker | April 24, 2009

The work of a Tractor contractor

1. At no point shall the amount a time per week Mr Keane spends walking his dog exceed the amount of time spent training the squad of Ipswich Town Football Club.
2. The Ipswich Town squad will not consist of more than four failed Manchester United players at any given time [...]

Call off the vote, Roy Keane is clean shaven

Rob Parker | April 23, 2009

We have an answer, ladies and gentlemen

It is just a few hours since we began to ponder whether Roy Keane would turn up to his first day at work looking like the bearded weirdo who quit Sunderland. As you can see, Keano has not only found alternative employment but also his long lost razor.
He is [...]

Vote: Which Roy Keane will turn up at Ipswich Town?

Rob Parker | April 23, 2009

Rough Roy or Clean Keane?

Ipswich Town have announced that Roy Keane will make his return to management with them. So the burning issue ahead of a 4pm press conference at Portman Road is: what sort of shape is Keano going to show up in?

Ipswich midfielder David Norris in hot water over handcuff gesture

Rob Parker | November 10, 2008

Tractor Boy makes gesture to jailed Luke McCormick

Ipswich Town’s David Norris has found himself in trouble with the club after celebrating his goal against Blackpool with an alleged handcuff gesture. The celebration was reported to be a message to former Plymouth Argyle team-mate Luke McCormick who was jailed for causing the deaths of two children [...]