Rob Parker | May 22, 2009
Feline sub limbers up on the touchline
Hot on the heels of the Old Trafford mouse (though thankfully not literally, child-like impressionable OTP readers), is the Uefa Cup Final cat. Having no doubt risked several of his nine lives simply by being in the vicinity of a Turkish football stadium, the cat then paced up and [...]
Rob Parker | May 8, 2009
Significant stationery
Cheer up, Chelsea fans. At least you have a living, breathing (despite the threats) human being to vent your hatred towards. Supporters have Hamburg have been forced to lay the blame for their European exit with a humble ball of paper.
Defender Michael Gravgaard was lining up a simple backpass to his keeper when the [...]
Rob Parker | February 19, 2009
Perhaps he should try a spray of his own aftershave?
All I have heard David Beckham saying since he arrived in Milan is how welcome he being made to feel by his new team-mates but the evidence says differently. Not only was the seat next to him empty in the dugout for the Uefa Cup game [...]
Rob Parker | December 4, 2008
German outfit top Uefa’s paylist for releasing players
Spain might have walked away with the trophy, but German side Werder Bremen have pocketed £935,107 for releasing their players for Euro 2008. Werder benefited from Germany’s success in the tournament as Tim Borowski, Torsten Frings, Clemens Fritz and Per Mertesacker all played with the national team to [...]
Rob Parker | October 18, 2008
Pull your finger out, lad!
Werder Bremen midfielder Carlos Alberto, currently on-loan at Brazilian outfit Botafogo, has picked up an eight-match ban for this loving caress of a Gremio player’s rump. Quite why he decided to run his finger the length of an opponent’s crack is up for debate, but the Brazilian authorities have deemed it [...]
Rob Parker | October 2, 2008
The artist formerly known as Special One brags about his cash
Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho offered a mouthy journalist the chance to pick the side to face Werder Bremen in a lively press conference. The hack responded: “I would if you gave me part of the nine million euros you earn.”
Well, Loadsamoney Mourinho was not [...]
