Monday, November 7, 2011

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• An Idiot Abroad: Blackburn boss Steve Kean is Karl Pilkington
• Top 10 things that have changed while Sir Alex Ferguson has been at Manchester United
• Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson vows to sack Mike Phelan over secret stand naming
• Chelsea star Frank Lampard invents the planking goal
• Top 10 conclusions Premier League weekend 5-6 November
• Tottenham create the girliest sounding goal celebration ever
• Arsenal’s Andre Santos needs to work on his spelling

An Idiot Abroad: Blackburn boss Steve Kean is Karl Pilkington Posted: 07 Nov 2011 07:24 AM PST Little Englander is probably the bit that will offend him most This hilarious reworking of Sky One show An Idiot Abroad paints Steve Kean’s tenure as manager of Blackburn Rovers as a cruel practical joke played on the club by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Spotted on Mirror Football.

Top 10 things that have changed while Sir Alex Ferguson has been at Manchester United Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:51 AM PST [A Quarter of a Century in] Football. Bloody Hell. Priding ourselves on our exclusives, OTP can bring you the following breaking news: Sir Alex Ferguson has been in situ at the helm of the Red Devils for 25 years. I know, you'd have thought more would have been made of it. To those who worship [...]

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson vows to sack Mike Phelan over secret stand naming Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:48 AM PST Phelan left out Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated 25 years in charge of the club on Saturday with a stand being renamed in his honour ahead of the match against Sunderland. But the unexpected mark of the occasion could signal the end of the Old Trafford career of one of his backroom staff. [...]

Chelsea star Frank Lampard invents the planking goal Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:35 AM PST Who needs feet? Frank Lampard probably envisaged that he would be scoring a diving header when this cross came in during Chelsea’s match at Blackburn on Saturday. But the ball was so low when it reached him that he was practically flat on the pitch by the time he headed the ball to score the [...]

Top 10 conclusions Premier League weekend 5-6 November Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:20 AM PST 1. Wes Brown demonstrated the loyalty that Sir Alex Ferguson has instilled in his players during his 25-year reign with an own goal winner for Manchester United. Having said that, if any Sunderland player had scored an own goal there would have been a pretty good chance the player in question was an ex-United player. [...]

Tottenham create the girliest sounding goal celebration ever Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:17 AM PST Squealing like a group of Justin Bieber fans Tottenham were delighted when Aaron Lennon’s goal put them in the driving seat against Fulham yesterday afternoon. So much so that they found the nearest microphone and made a noise not dissimilar to a bunch of gobbling turkeys getting over-excited at a Women’s Institute meeting. Video via [...]

Arsenal’s Andre Santos needs to work on his spelling Posted: 06 Nov 2011 10:32 AM PST Defender re-opens homophobia in football argument After Arsenal beat West Brom yesterday, new signing Andre Santos took to Twitter to celebrate the victory. Unfortunately, as English isn’t Santos’ first language he made something of a schoolboy error in his short tweet, as you can see. We can imagine two things will happen now: 1. Santos [...]

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