Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Off The Post

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• Plymouth Argyle manager Peter Reid takes up Madron FC coaching role!
• Don’t forget to check out the December issue of Manchester City’s official magazine
• Top five re-workings of the Carlos Tevez ‘Welcome to Manchester’ billboard
• Was Big Sam Allardyce sacked by Blackburn because he didn’t want to sign Geovanni and Kris Boyd?
• SILKS! Rio Ferdinand slips his favourite hashtag into post-match interview
• Video: Wayne Rooney misses Chris Waddle-esque penalty against Arsenal
• Andy Gray gives Sky Sports viewers a middle finger salute
• FIFA president Sepp Blatter suggests homosexuals don’t have sex during Qatar 2022
• Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce leaves the club

Plymouth Argyle manager Peter Reid takes up Madron FC coaching role! Posted: 14 Dec 2010 03:29 AM PST Reidy to put OTP’s team through their paces Cheer up, Madron FC. Oh what can it mean. To a poor Cornish outift. Who are trained by Peter Reid? That’s right, OTP fans. Plymouth Argyle manager Peter Reid is heading to our favourite team / the worst team in Britain to take a training session. The [...]

Don’t forget to check out the December issue of Manchester City’s official magazine Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:20 AM PST Is ‘Unplugged’ footballing parlance for breaking your contract? Make sure you fill the Christmas stocking of the Manchester City fanatic in your life with the latest edition of ManC, the official Manchester City magazine. The December edition features one Carlos Alberto Tevez as its cover boy. The spiel on the club’s website promoting the mag [...]

Top five re-workings of the Carlos Tevez ‘Welcome to Manchester’ billboard Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:49 AM PST Remember the great Manchester Billboard War of 2009? The ceasefire was never particularly observed and it is have been well and truly broken in the wake of Carlos Tevez handing in his transfer request. Here is a collection of some of the Photoshop re-workings of the infamous ‘Welcome to Manchester’ advert taken out when Tevez [...]

Was Big Sam Allardyce sacked by Blackburn because he didn’t want to sign Geovanni and Kris Boyd? Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:21 AM PST The man from The Sun says ‘yes’ Blackburn reportedly fired Big Sam Allardyce after he clashed with the new owners over potential January transfer targets. The club’s Indian owners Venky’s Group allegedly have their sights set on Brazilian veteran Geovanni, who has averaged more than a club every year since 2006, and Middlesbrough misfit Kris [...]

SILKS! Rio Ferdinand slips his favourite hashtag into post-match interview Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:00 AM PST #silks Cheeky tweeter Rio Ferdinand managed to plug his favourite Twitter hashtag during an interview after Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Arsenal yesterday evening. Rio regularly uses the word #silks in his tweets as a synonym for skills, as in the phrase silky skills. But last night he unleashed his new-fangled vocabulary on an unsuspecting [...]

Video: Wayne Rooney misses Chris Waddle-esque penalty against Arsenal Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:00 AM PST Two points for the Salford City Reds Manchester United nicked a 1-0 victory against Arsenal at Old Trafford in last night’s big Premier League clash. But the winning goal, from the head of Ji-Sung Park, has had its thunder stolen by Wayne Rooney’s continued mishaps with cows’ backsides and banjos. The out-of-sorts striker blazed a [...]

Andy Gray gives Sky Sports viewers a middle finger salute Posted: 14 Dec 2010 12:55 AM PST Up yours, subscribers Sky Sports pundit Andy Gray channelled his inner gangsta as he gave viewers a double middle finger salute during last night’s coverage of Manchester United’s victory over Arsenal. Monday Night Football always goes to his head a bit even after all these years, doesn’t it? You want to remember who pays your [...]

FIFA president Sepp Blatter suggests homosexuals don’t have sex during Qatar 2022 Posted: 13 Dec 2010 09:28 AM PST Sepp plays down World Cup fears Sepp Blatter has joked that homosexuals should give celibacy a try if they head to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Concerns about hosting the World Cup in a country where drinking alcohol in public and homosexuality are illegal have been raised since the Middle East country was awarded [...]

Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce leaves the club Posted: 13 Dec 2010 09:01 AM PST Rovers part company with Big Sam Blackburn have confirmed their manager Sam Allardyce has been sacked. The club’s new owners Venky’s have sacked Allardyce saying he is not the right man for the job. A statement released by the club said: “We have taken this decision as part of our wider plans and ambitions for [...]

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