Rob Parker | March 8, 2010
Everton skipper’s shame-o-meter packs in
Sadly the TV cameras appear to have missed this cringeworthy celebration that David Brent would have been proud of (if he had made it as a footballer), but OTP has it on good authority from an Everton fan sat behind the goal during yesterday’s match against Hull that Phil Neville celebrated [...]
Rob Parker | October 16, 2009
The untold pain a late US goal caused to Honduran larynges
These radio presenters were resigned to Honduras failing to qualify for the World Cup with Costa Rica still beating USA. An American goal five minutes into injury time changed all that. The duo embark on an entertaining riff on the word ‘gol’ before one of [...]
Rob Parker | August 14, 2009
Landycakes takes to his sick bed
USA star Landon Donovan has been struck down with swine flu. But since he was well enough to report this to the media himself we suspect he will be back keeping David Beckham in check before too long.
Donovan gave American xenophobes a field day by receiving his diagnosis the day [...]
Rob Parker | June 29, 2009
1. USA are not the Undisputed Global Soccerball World Series Super Champions just yet.
2. Wearing scarves needn’t prevent you winning international tournaments.
3. Brazil never know when they are supposed to be beaten.
Rob Parker | June 24, 2009
USA stun Spain to reach Confederations Cup final
Remember we told you that Spain full-back Joan ‘Rivers’ Capdevila had taken a bit of a pop at the USA’s Jozy Altidore? Just to refresh your memory, Capdevila said of his Villarreal team-mate: “Yesterday he sent me a message and told me that we had to be careful. [...]
Rob Parker | June 24, 2009
European champions think they are supposed to be scared…
Spain laughed off a pre-Confederations Cup semi-final warning SMS by attributing it to poor language skills. USA forward Jozy Altidore sent a text to Villarreal team-mate Joan ‘Rivers’ Capdevila urging the hot favourites to watch their backs. Naturally, the Spaniards assumed something had been lost in translation.
Capdevila [...]
Rob Parker | June 22, 2009
Proof it’s just 11 v 11, football matches aren’t played on paper and more cliches
Football is a mixed up game, and results in Group B of the Confederations Cup only serve to prove that. It is probably fair to say that Brazil were the best team in the group having won all three of their [...]
