Wednesday, October 13, 2010

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• Sunderland’s Anton Ferdinand arrested, currently behind bars
• Lewis Holtby tempts fate with FC Mainz
• Court rules Liverpool sale can go ahead
• Video: Flamengo’s Renato floors pitch invader, referee puts the boot in
• Dear Serbian hooligans, have you considered long-sleeve tops?
• Bolton striker Johan Elmander got tired of being screamed at by Gary Megson
• Romelu Lukaku ticks the boxes in quest for next world superstar
• Top five conclusions: England 0-0 Montenegro
• Video: Italy v Serbia Euro 2012 qualifier suspended after crowd trouble

Sunderland’s Anton Ferdinand arrested, currently behind bars Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:25 AM PDT Rio’s brother gets nicked Anton Ferdinand is currently in police custody after handing himself in at a Newcastle police station. Yesterday, OTP told you that a warrant had been issued for his arrest after he missed a court hearing on Monday. The Sunderland defender had been due to be sentenced after being convicted of using [...]

Lewis Holtby tempts fate with FC Mainz Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:54 AM PDT Young midfielder makes outrageous claim FC Mainz have been the surprise package of European football this season, making headlines for winning all seven of their Bundesliga games. One might suspect that the word from the top would be to remain calm at such a time, and aim to be nothing more than quietly confident. Such [...]

Court rules Liverpool sale can go ahead Posted: 13 Oct 2010 02:52 AM PDT Hicks and Gillett lose court case Liverpool’s sale to NESV can go ahead after the High Court ruled in favour of Royal Bank of Scotland. Owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett’s attempts to block the deal with the owners of Boston Red Sox baseball team were thrown out by the judge. Whether it will or [...]

Video: Flamengo’s Renato floors pitch invader, referee puts the boot in Posted: 13 Oct 2010 02:30 AM PDT Who’s the hooligan? This crazy footage comes from Brazil, where Flamengo – just seconds away from the final whistle in a 2-2 draw with Avai – have had a player sent-off. An angry Flamengo fan runs onto the pitch intent on, at the very least, remonstrating with the match officials. Flamengo player Renato takes decisive [...]

Dear Serbian hooligans, have you considered long-sleeve tops? Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:50 AM PDT Any distinguishing features? In our earlier post on the Italy-Serbia match that wasn’t, we referred to the poor balaclava-wearing fisherman who seemed to be taking all the blame for the crowd trouble. OTP sources are now suggesting that he wasn’t innocently cutting his fishing net at all and so, with this in mind, we are [...]

Bolton striker Johan Elmander got tired of being screamed at by Gary Megson Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:31 AM PDT What’s the Swedish for ginger whinger? Johan Elmander has hit out at former Bolton Wanderers manager Gary Megson, blaming him for the poor form that blighted the start of his career at the Reebok Stadium. The Swede, a £10 million buy from Toulouse, reckons Megson’s style of management did nothing to help him find his [...]

Romelu Lukaku ticks the boxes in quest for next world superstar Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:30 AM PDT Rumours of Arsenal move raise the inevitable questions Predicting stars of the future is a notoriously difficult and dangerous task. It could be labelled Freddie Adu syndrome. We watch a few youtube clips, read a few tabloid headlines, and make more than a few assumptions. Next on this particular pedestal may be a Belgian striker [...]

Top five conclusions: England 0-0 Montenegro Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:22 AM PDT 1. OTP is quite happy with this result. Qualifying blips provide a healthy dose of reality ahead of tournaments. 2. You can see Kevin Davies having a role to play in the England squad (elbowing defenders and flicking the ball on), but it would probably need to be with Jermain Defoe or Darren Bent. 3. [...]

Video: Italy v Serbia Euro 2012 qualifier suspended after crowd trouble Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:51 AM PDT The pitch is on fire Italy’s match against Serbia was suspended after just six minutes following rioting by the visiting supporters. The game, which was being played in Genoa, had already been delayed for 30 minutes by the hooligans. Scottish referee Craig Thomson eventually got the game under way, only to call it off minutes [...]

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