Friday, October 5, 2012
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- Top five implausible defences Ashley Cole might like to mount
- #BUNCHOFTWATS-gate: Chelsea star Ashley Cole’s unique form of international retirement
- Chelsea captain John Terry’s defence ‘improbable, implausible and contrived’, says FA panel
- Northern Irish player Ryan Newberry given eight-month ban for punching a window
- Prompt sheet encouraging clubs and managers to talk up the Europa League found at Tottenham
- Bet’s be ‘avin you: Football betting tips for the 6-7 October
- Video: Udinese’s Giampiero Pinzi makes hilarious rugby tackle on Liverpool’s Stewart Downing
- It’s a huge weekend for… Real Madrid, Mark Hughes, Chris Hughton and Milan
- Jose Mourinho tells of the comedy of working with Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli
- Video: Gary Lineker sparks controversy by referring to Muslim prayer celebration as eating grass
- Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen’s Olympic gymnastics dream is over
- Former Argentina international Matias Almeyda speaks out on his doping and match-fixing claims
- GIF It: Liverpool goalscorer Jonjo Shelvey’s pre-match penis-tying ritual
| Top five implausible defences Ashley Cole might like to mount Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:09 AM PDT 1. He misread the FA report and thought that they were accusing him of calling them a #BUNCHOFTWATS. 2. #BUNCHOFTWATS actually refers to bun choft wats. It’s a perfectly harmless hashtag about bun (a small cake), choft (according to Urban Dictionary, someone who pretends to live inside the internet) and wats (a Cambodian monastery). It [...]
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| #BUNCHOFTWATS-gate: Chelsea star Ashley Cole’s unique form of international retirement Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:48 AM PDT Ashley Cole looks set for a fine and suspension of his own after using an expletive in his Twitter review of the FA’s report into the John Terry racism case. The Chelsea left-back’s evidence was called into question in the 63-page report published today, prompting Cole to tweet: “Hahahahaa, well done #fa I lied did [...]
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| Chelsea captain John Terry’s defence ‘improbable, implausible and contrived’, says FA panel Posted: 05 Oct 2012 03:14 AM PDT The defence that saw John Terry cleared of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand was “improbable, implausible and contrived”. That’s the finding of the FA panel that found him guilty of misconduct. Terry has been banned for four matches and fined £220,000, but only today has a 63-page report explaining how the panel reached that decision [...]
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| Northern Irish player Ryan Newberry given eight-month ban for punching a window Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:54 AM PDT Glentoran player Ryan Newberry has been handed an eight-month ban after punching a window while on international duty. The 22-year-old was representing Northern Ireland Juniors at the Uefa Regions Cup in Macedonia at the time. He got into an argument with team-mate David Wright, of Bangor, after being thrown into a fountain during a night [...]
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| Prompt sheet encouraging clubs and managers to talk up the Europa League found at Tottenham Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:42 AM PDT A Uefa document encouraging club officials and managers to help build the prestige of the Europa League was found following a press conference at Tottenham. The prompt sheet reveals European football’s governing body are trying to get participating clubs to talk about the competition in glowing turns as they seek to overturn its reputation as [...]
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| Bet’s be ‘avin you: Football betting tips for the 6-7 October Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:52 AM PDT It’s Friday, so that means it’s time for some more betting tips ahead of this weekend’s action. We’ve scoured www.onlinebettingoffers.com, so now it’s time to win some money with our free bets. First bet of this weekend is another both team to score accumulator, and keeping it purely Football League. From the Championship I will [...]
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| Video: Udinese’s Giampiero Pinzi makes hilarious rugby tackle on Liverpool’s Stewart Downing Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:49 AM PDT You won’t be surprised to learn that the referee spotted this subtle foul by Giampiero Pinzi and duly showed him a yellow card during last night’s Europa League match between Liverpool and Udinese. Apart from laughing at just how cynical the foul is, OTP also has to wonder, if you’ve been following Stewart Downing’s form [...]
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| It’s a huge weekend for… Real Madrid, Mark Hughes, Chris Hughton and Milan Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:33 AM PDT Real Madrid In truth, it’s a big game for La Liga full stop, with the first El Clasico of the league season taking place on Sunday evening. For Real Madrid, however, the game is monumental. Lose at the home of their greatest rivals and they will be eleven points behind Barcelona. Given that last season [...]
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| Jose Mourinho tells of the comedy of working with Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:29 AM PDT Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has revealed the fun but testing nature of working with Mario Balotelli. In an interview with CNN, Mourinho claimed it was “funny” managing Balotelli at Inter Milan. But he then gave an example which you suspect he’s only begun to laugh at in hindsight. He said: "The most problematic players [...]
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| Video: Gary Lineker sparks controversy by referring to Muslim prayer celebration as eating grass Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:20 AM PDT Gary Lineker has caused outrage after using his broadcasting slot on Al Jazeera’s Champions League coverage to compare a Muslim prayer goal celebration to eating grass. Way to play to the Al Jazeera crowd, Gary. Lineker was commentating on highlights of Karim Ait-Fana's goal for Montpellier against Schalke when he said: “A terrific effort from [...]
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| Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen’s Olympic gymnastics dream is over Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:08 AM PDT Thomas Vermaelen found out on Wednesday night why gymnasts use a lot of chalk on their hands before attempting a parallel bars routine. And why they don’t do their routines in the rain. The Arsenal defender attempted to swing on the crossbar during his side’s Champions League win over Olympiakos. But it didn’t quite go [...]
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| Former Argentina international Matias Almeyda speaks out on his doping and match-fixing claims Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:59 AM PDT River Plate coach Matias Almeyda hit the headlines last speak with allegations about doping and match-fixing he witnessed during his time playing in Italy. And now he’s spoken out about those claims. The former Lazio, Parma, Inter Milan and Brescia man alleges in his book that players at Parma received IV drips before matches. He [...]
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| GIF It: Liverpool goalscorer Jonjo Shelvey’s pre-match penis-tying ritual Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:08 PM PDT Despite the fact that standing in the centre circle immediately before kick-off in a televised football match means you’re almost certainly being watched by millions of people, Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey took the opportunity to tie a knot in his penis. Perhaps he needs to remember to collect his dry cleaning tomorrow or something like [...]
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