Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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• Fancy taking a penalty at Old Trafford and the Nou Camp, Man Utd and Barcelona fans?
• Warrant issued for Anton Ferdinand’s arrest
• Top 10 playmakers in football history
• Rio Ferdinand confuses Jack Wilshere and Adam Johnson with toddlers (or possibly dwarves)
• Fulham’s Danny Murphy drops out as England pundit
• Video: Scotland under 21s’ Chris Maguire scores from kick-off
• Competition: It’s another massive OTP ticket giveaway
• Velez Sarsfield lower the tone with heart attack celebration
• David Healy becoming the forgotten man of British football

Fancy taking a penalty at Old Trafford and the Nou Camp, Man Utd and Barcelona fans? Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:53 AM PDT How would you like to take a penalty in front of thousands of fans at two of the world’s biggest stadiums? Betfair is giving six lucky fans the chance to go head-to-head in a penalty shootout at both Old Trafford and the Nou Camp. The Betfair Penalty Champions campaign will give supporters the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity [...]

Warrant issued for Anton Ferdinand’s arrest Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:32 AM PDT Sunderland defender wanted by the law WANTED: FOR CRIMES AGAINST DEFENDING. Nah, not really. Sunderland’s Anton Ferdinand has had an arrest warrant issued against after he failed to appear in court. The brother of England captain Rio could now be arrested and kept in custody if officers track him down before he hands himself in. [...]

Top 10 playmakers in football history Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:13 AM PDT A truly better job than the Daily Mail On the basis that Monday evening is football pub quiz night, Tuesdays will often bring some sort of countdown or top 10 feature, on the basis that it will generally have been argued at length the night before. This week is no different, and the topic of [...]

Rio Ferdinand confuses Jack Wilshere and Adam Johnson with toddlers (or possibly dwarves) Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:56 AM PDT Those pesky kids Rio Ferdinand has returned to the England squad to reclaim his captaincy and paint himself as the grumpy elder statesman of the national team set-up. Old man Rio is fed-up of those silly boys Jack Wilshere and Adam Johnson getting in his way and treading on his toes. He said: It’s nice [...]

Fulham’s Danny Murphy drops out as England pundit Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:38 AM PDT Outspoken Cottagers captain stands up ITV As a former Wales manager, Mark Hughes knows all about players dropping their international commitments at short notice. But is now seems he is behind an international withdrawal with a twist. His Fulham skipper Danny Murphy has decided not to appear as a pundit on tonight’s ITV coverage of [...]

Video: Scotland under 21s’ Chris Maguire scores from kick-off Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:58 AM PDT The sort of goal that earns you a 2-1 defeat to Iceland U21 Just like their senior squad, Scotland under 21s don’t bother going into the opposition half to attack – but for very different reasons. Whereas Craig Levein’s squad get a nosebleed if they cross the halfway line, the youngsters just ping the ball [...]

Competition: It’s another massive OTP ticket giveaway Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:56 AM PDT Watch some footy for free, courtesy of OTP and npower After last week’s competition (hope you enjoyed your matches, winners), we have another huge ticket giveaway this week. Thanks to npower, sponsors of the Football League, we have a pair of tickets for 29 of this weekend’s Football League matches to give to lucky readers. [...]

Velez Sarsfield lower the tone with heart attack celebration Posted: 11 Oct 2010 11:18 AM PDT Doesn’t necessarily fit the bill It has been a strange old season for celebrations, with teams from Iceland, Finland and Japan resorting to the weird and the wonderful to celebrate goals (what happened to the good ol’ handshake?) However, Santiago Silva of Velez Sarsfield might have just lowered the tone. After scoring a penalty against [...]

David Healy becoming the forgotten man of British football Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:41 AM PDT Time hasn’t been a great Healy-er. Apologies It would be remiss of me, before starting this article, not to congratulate Northern Ireland. Friday’s result was a fantastic draw against the Italians, particularly after a stunning win in Slovenia. This was a starting line up that contained Warren Feeney of Oldham Athletic, and Grant McCann of [...]

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