Rob Parker | March 17, 2010
Latics’ Villain
Wigan youngster James McCarthy has long been touted as a very promising football talent, and his own goal against Aston Villa last night was certainly a bit special. The Republic of Ireland international managed to pick out a volley as the ball dropped from the sky in the penalty area, and neatly put the [...]
Rob Parker | March 15, 2010
1. Last minute winners from Nicklas Bendtner now? A Sun-style apology might be due from OTP soon.
2. Craig Gordon is the unluckiest player of the weekend. His excellent performance deserved to win all three points for Sunderland against Manchester City.
3. George Boateng has been watching too much Six Nations action (see video above).
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Rob Parker | January 18, 2010
1. Liverpool fans can be reassured by the vast improvement from defeat against Reading to drawing at Stoke.
2. And they can be pleased that all the other candidates for fourth place decided to quit winning too.
3. Roberto Mancini can ditch the scarf now. Its luck has obviously run out.
Rob Parker | December 28, 2009
1. Manchester City were obviously concerned that Stoke’s bully tactics might extend to stealing the ball. Someone wrote ‘MCFC’ on the ball in marker pen.
2. Presumably that was a PR bod who escorted Roberto Mancini out of the tunnel before letting him take the applause by himself… and then shake hands with Peter Reid instead [...]
Rob Parker | December 12, 2009
One quick-thinking Honduran
Conceding a free-kick in the opposition’s half is not usually a very costly place to commit a foul, but Wigan full-back Maynor Figueroa made Stoke pay the ultimate price this afternoon. Quick as a flash he fired the ball from his own half, over Thomas Sorensen’s head and into the net.
Video via 101GG
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Rob Parker | October 29, 2009
Featuring two courtesy of the man himself
1. “I’m just out of your league. I’m a millionaire.”
Yes, the biggest joke of all is disgraced King’s attempted chat-up line.
2. So Marlon King was jailed for failing to score at a club. Which one? Wigan, Hull, Middlesbrough?
3. Sky Sports News is reporting that a top footballer has [...]
Rob Parker | October 29, 2009
Latics striker locked up
Marlon King has been jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting a woman in a London bar. The Wigan striker was found guilty of repeatedly groping a 20-year-old student and breaking her nose when she refused his advances.
The father-of-three has now been sacked by the Premier League side.
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