Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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- OTP introduces Robert Pires to former Arsenal team-mate Thierry Henry’s giant aquarium
- England Euro 2012 squad announcement
- Video: Hopeless Slovakian hooligan lights a flare in his face
- Video: (Unused) substitute goalkeeper stops certain goal (Huracan Las Heras v Club Atletico Union)
- Chelsea great Gianfranco Zola: ‘I don’t star in Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart video’
- OTP Podcast: Episode 38 – Noisy Neighbours
- US President Barack Obama jokes about David Beckham’s underwear during LA Galaxy reception
- Video: Fortuna Dusseldorf v Hertha Berlin play-off held up for 20mins after premature pitch invasion
- Arsenal legend Robert Pires: ‘Going to Highbury development made me cry’
- Gianfranco Zola: ‘Didier Drogba must start for Chelsea in the Champions League final’
| OTP introduces Robert Pires to former Arsenal team-mate Thierry Henry’s giant aquarium Posted: 16 May 2012 06:39 AM PDT Back in February, OTP told you that Arsenal legend Thierry Henry was planning to build a new London home around a 40ft aquarium centrepiece. For some reason this exciting news was obviously left off the agenda at the Arsenal Invincibles AGM, so it fell to OTP to inform Robert Pires of his former team-mate’s plans. [...]
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| England Euro 2012 squad announcement Posted: 16 May 2012 05:01 AM PDT England manager Roy Hodgson has named his squad for Euro 2012. Headlines: Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has been left out of the squad. Uncapped John Ruddy and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain both included. Andy Carroll named in the squad. Full squad after the jump. Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, John Ruddy, Robert Green Defenders: John Terry, Glen [...]
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| Video: Hopeless Slovakian hooligan lights a flare in his face Posted: 16 May 2012 03:46 AM PDT This bungling ultra finds out the hard way why footballing authorities are not particularly keen on you bringing flares to matches. Spotted on Dirty Tackle
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| Video: (Unused) substitute goalkeeper stops certain goal (Huracan Las Heras v Club Atletico Union) Posted: 16 May 2012 03:43 AM PDT You often hear commentators saying: “They wouldn’t have kept that out of the net if they’d had two goalkeepers.” But it turns out sometimes two goalkeepers would come in handy. Take this example from the Argentinian lower leagues, for instance. Huracan Las Heras substitute goalkeeper Fernando Espinoza has left himself open to temptation by positioning [...]
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| Chelsea great Gianfranco Zola: ‘I don’t star in Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart video’ Posted: 16 May 2012 03:15 AM PDT Gianfranco Zola has laid one of football’s great urban legends to rest by confirming that he didn’t appear in the music video for Bonnie Tyler’s 1980s classic Total Eclipse of the Heart. Popular myth – and Wikipedia – have long claimed that the pint-sized forward featured in the power ballad video. But Zola says it’s [...]
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| OTP Podcast: Episode 38 – Noisy Neighbours Posted: 16 May 2012 02:48 AM PDT Ep.38 Noisy Neighbours by Off The Post on Mixcloud 10 months. 380 games. 1,066 goals. And yet Man City still waited until 5.52PM on the final day of the season to somehow re-hang the title race door back on its battered hinges and slam it in the face of a Manchester United team who thought [...]
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| US President Barack Obama jokes about David Beckham’s underwear during LA Galaxy reception Posted: 16 May 2012 02:31 AM PDT David Beckham found his line of underwear the butt of jokes during a reception at the White House with President Obama. It’s customary for the President to meet the MLS Cup winners at the end of every season. But attention soon turned to Becks’ moonlighting role with H&M. Obama said: “I have to say, I [...]
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| Video: Fortuna Dusseldorf v Hertha Berlin play-off held up for 20mins after premature pitch invasion Posted: 16 May 2012 02:07 AM PDT Fortuna Dusseldorf eventually won promotion to the Bundesliga last night. But the final whistle in their promotion/relegation play-off with Hertha Berlin was delayed for 20mins when joyous Fortuna fans ran onto the pitch before the final whistle. They thought it was all over, but there was still just over a minute of injury time left [...]
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| Arsenal legend Robert Pires: ‘Going to Highbury development made me cry’ Posted: 16 May 2012 01:54 AM PDT Robert Pires has revealed he cried when he returned to where Arsenal’s old Highbury stadium used to stand – despite owning one of the flats built on the site. Having enjoyed some of his finest footballing moments at the ground, Pires felt obliged to purchase one of the apartments. But he wasn’t exactly overjoyed when [...]
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| Gianfranco Zola: ‘Didier Drogba must start for Chelsea in the Champions League final’ Posted: 16 May 2012 01:29 AM PDT Chelsea great Gianfranco Zola says Didier Drogba must start ahead of Fernando Torres in Saturday’s Champions League final. The Italian reckons Torres could make an impact from the bench, but claims Drogba’s status as a big-game player means he has to start the game. Speaking exclusively to OTP, Zola said: “I think that Didier Drogba [...]
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