Tuesday, October 11, 2011
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- Ireland’s Eurovision success kept Dennis Bergkamp at Arsenal
- Newcastle United’s iconic East Stand lettering up for sale on eBay
- Republic of Ireland selection mind games ruined by Robbie Keane’s urge to sing
- Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio accidentally completes a half-marathon
- Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson gives England U21 victory over Norway
- Kitman: New Scotland home kit
- West Brom’s Peter Odemwingie blames faith healer for Nigeria’s failure
- QPR midfielder Joey Barton denies English Defence League links
- Joachim Loew’s lucky blue jumper is donated to a museum
- Top 10 premature celebrations
| Ireland’s Eurovision success kept Dennis Bergkamp at Arsenal Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:00 AM PDT Singing for your contract Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp has revealed his 11-year stint at the club was due in no small part to the Eurovision Song Contest. The Dutchman has revealed he has to thank Ireland’s Johnny Logan, whose track What’s Another Year? one Eurovision in 1980, for maintaining his longevity at Highbury. He told [...]
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| Newcastle United’s iconic East Stand lettering up for sale on eBay Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:48 AM PDT Do we have to spell it out? The Newcastle United lettering for the St James’ Park East Stand has been listed for sale on eBay. Twitchy Toon fans have been concerned for a while that Mike Ashley was planning to remove the distinctive signage to make way for a giant Sports Direct logo. It looks [...]
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| Republic of Ireland selection mind games ruined by Robbie Keane’s urge to sing Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:29 AM PDT Too Keane on karaoke Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni attempts to keep opponents Armenia guessing over his team selection were scuppered by Robbie Keane’s burning desire to break into song. Trapattoni was publicly claiming that Keane was in contention for a place despite struggling with an adductor muscle injury. In fact, the injury had [...]
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| Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio accidentally completes a half-marathon Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:01 AM PDT Natural athlete Paolo Di Canio has been pure gold for OTP material since taking up the Swindon Town manager’s post and the latest episode might be our favourite so far. The zany Italian inadvertently completed a half-marathon after taking a wrong turn during a fun run! The 43-year-old was supposed to start the Swindon half [...]
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| Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson gives England U21 victory over Norway Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:41 AM PDT “Now can I play United, Mr Dalglish?” New England Under 21 skipper Jordan Henderson led his side to victory against their Norwegian counterparts last night by scoring the winning goal. West Brom’s Craig Dawson opened the scoring with a header, before Liverpool midfielder Henderson tucked in the second. Valon Berish pulled one back for Norway, [...]
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| Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:18 AM PDT Och aye the noo shirt Scotland have launched their new kit ahead of tonight’s decisive Euro 2012 qualifier against Spain in Alicante. How much wear they get out of it very much depends on whether they can pull off a shock result against the World Cup and European Championship holders. If they do manage to [...]
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| West Brom’s Peter Odemwingie blames faith healer for Nigeria’s failure Posted: 10 Oct 2011 01:30 PM PDT Not a prayer Peter Odemwingie has blamed Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations on a faith healer who told them they wouldn’t make it. The West Brom man said: “The prediction of Prophet TB Joshua really affected us. We thought we could see him and see how he could overturn the [...]
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| QPR midfielder Joey Barton denies English Defence League links Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:50 PM PDT Photo fraud QPR and Joey Barton have released a statement rejecting suggestions that he is a member of far-right group the English Defence League. A photo of Barton posing with EDL leader Tommy Robinson (aka Stephen Yaxley Lennon) appeared on the EDL Support Group Facebook page accompanied by the caption: “Joey Barton joins the EDL.” [...]
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| Joachim Loew’s lucky blue jumper is donated to a museum Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:27 PM PDT African artefact set for museum display Germany coach Joachim Loew’s lucky blue jumper from the 2010 World Cup is to take pride of place in a museum after accumulating several owners in a short space of time. Loew gave his beloved knitwear to a children’s charity, who pocketed a cool €1 million by flogging it [...]
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| Posted: 10 Oct 2011 09:51 AM PDT With South Africa celebrating their qualification to the African Cup of Nations before it turned out they hadn’t made it, we look at some other premature celebrations. 1. Khalid Askri The Moroccan goalkeeper became an internet sensation with his hilarious penalty save celebration. The hapless keeper saw his side lose the penalty shootout as the [...]
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