USA allow victory over Spain to go to their Wiki heads

Rob Parker | June 25, 2009

And this week’s biggest climber, up 13 places…

Tut, tut, tut. Internet football hooligans. Once decent win and they go around wrecking the joint! USA fans wasted no time in adjusting the Wikipedia page for the FIFA World Rankings to reflect their 2-0 Confederations Cup semi-final victory over Spain.
The US have miraculously jumped from 14th place [...]

Charles N’Zogbia the latest player to experience WikiRage

Rob Parker | January 30, 2009

Newcastle fans want him to go

Charles ‘Flying Picket’ Insomnia has unsurprisingly had some amendments made to his Wikipedia page in the wake of the news that he is going on strike.
Off The Post reader Dominic Huxley has alerted us to the changes shown in the image above. The page reads: “Many Newcastle fans will be [...]

Matt Derbyshire’s in for a tough time in Greece, according to Wikipedia

Rob Parker | January 29, 2009

More football-themed Wikipedia fun

Egged on by those naughty boys at the back of the class from The Fiver, an internet scally has used Wikipedia to strike the fear of God into Matt Derbyshire. If the Olympiacos-bound striker chooses to do a bit of internet research on his new club, he will find that the Rivalries [...]

Wikipedia calls Craig Bellamy’s sexual preferences and value into question

Rob Parker | January 20, 2009

The overinflated striker with a penchant for man love (allegedly)

Once again an angry football fan has taken their revenge against a player by taking the fight to the pages of Wikipedia. This time Craig Bellamy is the target. The Welsh striker’s page has been updated to state that “HE LIKES MEN AND IS NOT WORTH [...]

Real Madrid’s Marcelo latest football personality to face Wikipedia rage

Rob Parker | December 9, 2008

Brazilian left-back’s online encyclopaedia page takes a hit

Real Madrid fans angered by Marcelo costing them points at the weekend did the only thing they could and took their protest to the pages of Wikipedia. Expletives aside, the basic gist was that the Brazilian youngster was not quite up to the standards of Real Madrid’s first-team. [...]

Djimi Traore - goalscoring legend

Rob Parker | November 18, 2008

Lanky defender is super striker

It goes without saying that Djimi Traore is one of the game’s greats. Liverpool fans probably place him above the likes of Ian Rush and Kenny Dalglish after his amazing return of 928 goals in 88 appearances. And who can forget that loan spell at Lens when he averaged almost ten [...]

Joe Kinnear gets Wikipedia graffiti

Rob Parker | October 4, 2008

Internet wag defaces Kinnear’s f***ing Wiki page

Childish? Yes. Ultimately pointless? Yes. Funny? Yes!