OTP Rebounds: Bored Thierry Henry, cross dressers and injury fakers

Usama Waheed | September 7, 2009

Showing off our link-up play

Thierry Henry publicly declares France’s players are bored with Raymond Domenech [Mirror]
Which player faked an injury to get out of Newcastle? [The Spoiler]
Slaven Bilic knows something about England that we don’t. [The Guardian]
Sven Eriksson attracts cross-dressing footballers. [Dirty Tackle]
The most feared managers in football. [The Independent]

Hard Tackle: Is Newcastle striker about to become the Premier League’s first openly gay player?

Rob Parker | March 14, 2009

Xisco loves to be photographed snogging men

The photographic evidence suggests that Newcastle United striker Xisco could soon become the first openly gay player to ply his trade in the Premier League. We will stop at this juncture to halt the high horse brigade in their tracks: have we said there is anything wrong with this? [...]