Friday, October 1, 2010

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• Clive Tyldesley rides to the rescue of Match of the Day
• The world is watching. Huge weekend for…
• Video: Hungarian coach shows his players how it’s done
• Video: Japanese side has been doing Stjarnan style celebrations all season
• Manchester United’s Javier Hernandez in angry stand-off with farmer
• Video: Laurent Blanc forgets to name two players in France squad, including Arsenal’s Samir Nasri
• Video: French art collective re-enacts France v Germany penalty shootout, 1982
• Brazilian Rhodolfo with brilliant somersault celebration

Clive Tyldesley rides to the rescue of Match of the Day Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:41 AM PDT ITV commentator defends BBC’s flagship footy show Commentator and – it now appears – blogger Clive Tyldesley has sprung to the defence of Match of the Day following a couple of weeks in which the show has taken a bashing in the media and on social networking sites. OK, Twitter. The criticism was sparked by [...]

The world is watching. Huge weekend for… Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:17 AM PDT 1. Roy Hodgson Two weeks ago it was Woy. Last week it was Gerrard. Now it is back to Roy again. Quite simply this is huge. If Liverpool lose to Blackpool on Sunday, Hodgson might well be sacked. If they draw, public opinion would swarm against him. Simply put, this is Liverpool’s worst start in [...]

Video: Hungarian coach shows his players how it’s done Posted: 01 Oct 2010 03:49 AM PDT Old man kicks ball It’s not unusual for players to pick up football tips from their coach, but you don’t expect the coach to be quite so hands (or should that be feet) on during in a match. And particularly not when the coach is 69 years old. But that didn’t stop Mezey György, of [...]

Video: Japanese side has been doing Stjarnan style celebrations all season Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:09 AM PDT More post-goal craziness Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima gained a bit of internet notoriety earlier this year after being caught ‘stealing’ the fish goal celebration of Icelandic outfit Stjarnan. But now it turns out that they have been at it all season with the bizarre celebrations. The video compiles the lot, including – at the end [...]

Manchester United’s Javier Hernandez in angry stand-off with farmer Posted: 01 Oct 2010 01:57 AM PDT Chicharito experiences road rage, country style Manchester United’s midweek hero Javier Hernandez nearly found himself in a ditch with a smashed up car after a heated stand-off with a farmer. The Mexican international was taking a shortcut to United’s Carrington training ground when he met a tractor on the single-track road. Being an arrogant Premier [...]

Video: Laurent Blanc forgets to name two players in France squad, including Arsenal’s Samir Nasri Posted: 01 Oct 2010 01:32 AM PDT Gunner inadvertently dropped From the evidence in this video, it appears France coach Laurent Blanc needs to improve his handwriting and invest in some new glasses. The hapless manager missed two players out of his squad as he made the official announcement ahead of matches against Romania and Luxembourg. Fortunately, a member of his backroom [...]

Video: French art collective re-enacts France v Germany penalty shootout, 1982 Posted: 01 Oct 2010 01:17 AM PDT It’s not penalties, it’s art This is pretty impressive in a geeky sort of way. A group of French artists took it upon themselves to re-enact France’s penalty shootout defeat to Germany in the 1982 World Cup. The ambitious lot had initially hoped to do the entire match before spotting a few tiny logistical problems. [...]

Brazilian Rhodolfo with brilliant somersault celebration Posted: 30 Sep 2010 02:17 PM PDT Turn it into an overhead kick and i’ll be impressed Everyone likes a somersault celebration. But Lua Lua, sorry. Tino Asprilla, sorry. Robbie Keane, eff off. Rhodolfo of Atletico Paranaense celebrates only the third goal of his career against Vitoria with a ridiculous on-the-spot piece of gymnastics. To be fair, it really is impressive. Sort [...]

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