Friday, July 6, 2012
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- Who Are Ya? Gael Bigirimana (Newcastle United)
- Metro newspaper quotes Everton fanzine When Skies Are Grey as ‘disgruntled Liverpool fan’
- Top 10 worst Premier League signings: Southampton
- Top 10 worst Premier League signings: Newcastle United
- Video: Boca Juniors’ Santiago Silva gets over Copa Libertadores defeat by stealing a camera
- Video: Journalists empty a Euro 2012 media centre beer fridge in three minutes
- Video guide to Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea’s pre-season friendly globetrotting
- Video: FK Baku keeper Agil Mammadov does his best Harald Schumacher impression
| Who Are Ya? Gael Bigirimana (Newcastle United) Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:00 AM PDT Your whistle-stop guide to the latest Premier League arrivals Name: Gael Bigirimana Age: 18 Position: Midfielder Signed from: Currently undergoing medical ahead of move from Coventry City. Fee: Rumoured £1million. Did you know? Bigirimana is a refugee from Burundi. He was spotted aged 11 by Coventry’s then academy recruitment officer Ray Gooding knocking around outside [...]
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| Metro newspaper quotes Everton fanzine When Skies Are Grey as ‘disgruntled Liverpool fan’ Posted: 06 Jul 2012 03:29 AM PDT The Metro newspaper demonstrated just how unhappy Liverpool fans are with their horrendous new third kit… by anonymously quoting an Everton fanzine. When Skies Are Grey is a popular Toffees fanzine which has been around since 1988. But today’s Metro describes it as a “disgruntled Liverpool fan”. A Metro journo was obviously trawling Twitter for [...]
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| Top 10 worst Premier League signings: Southampton Posted: 06 Jul 2012 02:57 AM PDT OTP revisits some of the transfers that the country’s largest clubs would rather forget… 10. Stig Johansen Bought by Southampton for £600,000, the striker was intended to partner Matthew Le Tissier in the Saints side, but after just six games (plus a lot of time in the reserves) he was loaned out to Bristol City, [...]
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| Top 10 worst Premier League signings: Newcastle United Posted: 06 Jul 2012 02:18 AM PDT OTP revisits some of the transfers that the country’s largest clubs would rather forget… 10. Christian Bassedas Such a disappointment in England that he retired straight afterwards, at the age of 30. He played as a sweeper for Velez Sarsfield in Argentina, where he was both incredibly successful and impressive. Then he moved to Newcastle [...]
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| Video: Boca Juniors’ Santiago Silva gets over Copa Libertadores defeat by stealing a camera Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:34 AM PDT We all deal with disappointment in different ways. Boca Juniors player Santiago Silva likes to get over defeats by stealing electrical equipment. After his side’s loss to Corinthians in the Copa Libertadores final, Silva helped himself to a photographer’s camera. Walking down the tunnel after the game, he can be seen snatching the camera out [...]
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| Video: Journalists empty a Euro 2012 media centre beer fridge in three minutes Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:18 AM PDT Why do football journalists love their jobs? They get paid to write about football, they get paid to go to watch football matches and, most importantly, they get free beer. Like greedy kids visiting a Pizza Hut ice cream factory for the first time, the journos at this Euro 2012 media centre couldn’t believe their [...]
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:59 AM PDT Pre-season is that time of year when even diehard fans struggle to keep up with their team’s movements. These days your team can be in a different timezone from day-to-day. Throw into the equation the fact that you’ve got to take your holiday some time and it can be hard to keep track. That’s where [...]
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| Video: FK Baku keeper Agil Mammadov does his best Harald Schumacher impression Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:42 AM PDT The new season really kicked into full swing last night with the qualification stages of the Europa League getting under way. And what better way to mark the occasion than with a little attempted decapitation. The incident comes from the match between FK Baku, of Azerbaijan, and Slovenia’s Mura. Baku goalkeeper Agil Mammadov charged out [...]
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