Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Off The Post

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• Gregg Wylde: Rangers saviour or man who spotted money-spinning free transfer to England?
• Premier League Name Translator: Paul Gravedigger
• Seriously injured Belgian player Julien Lecompte sent off for diving
• Random 1990s Footballer Tuesday: #24 Justin Edinburgh
• Divine intervention – Football Focus fire alarm cuts off Martin Keown mid-sentence

Gregg Wylde: Rangers saviour or man who spotted money-spinning free transfer to England? Posted: 06 Mar 2012 05:18 AM PST Rangers youngster Gregg Wylde has become the first player to leave the club as administrators Duff and Phelps look to cut the Ibrox wage bill. The midfielder has left without a pay-off after his offer to take voluntary redundancy was accepted. The 20-year-old has painted the decision as a pretty selfless one. He said: “I [...]

Premier League Name Translator: Paul Gravedigger Posted: 06 Mar 2012 05:06 AM PST Cutting through the exotic monikers of Premier League imports Apparently, this Premier League name is so menacing that it’s meaning is implied. The first part of the surname refers to burial. Although the translation isn’t exact, if you’ve got burying in your surname you ancestors must have been doing some digging for a living and [...]

Seriously injured Belgian player Julien Lecompte sent off for diving Posted: 06 Mar 2012 03:32 AM PST Now, here at OTP we want to remove diving/simulation/cheating from our game as much as anyone. Anything that tarnishes the reputation of the beautiful game must be eradicated, and villains treated with the heavy-handed arm of the football law. However, it does appear that referees can often go too far. In a Belgian amateur game [...]

Random 1990s Footballer Tuesday: #24 Justin Edinburgh Posted: 06 Mar 2012 03:20 AM PST Name: Justin Edinburgh In his 1990s prime for: Tottenham Hotspur Lowdown: A left back by trade, Edinburgh began his career at Southend United but soon moved to Spurs in 1990 for £150,000. It was a transfer that saw Edinburgh move up three divisions, and clearly showed his potential. Edinburgh became a mainstay of the Spurs [...]

Divine intervention – Football Focus fire alarm cuts off Martin Keown mid-sentence Posted: 05 Mar 2012 08:00 AM PST We knew the Tyne and Wear derby would be a hell-raising affair, but not so fiery that a mere pre-match discussion of the dual would set off the fire alarm. That appeared to be the case in the Football Focus studio in Salford on Saturday as a loud fire siren did the right thing and [...]

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