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Tahiti score against Nigeria in FIFA Confederations Cup – Unbridled joy ensues

Daniel Storey — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:42:30 +0000

Using the word ‘minnow’ to describe Tahiti’s participation in FIFA’s Confederation Cup doesn’t even come close to describe their status. This is a country that had one professional player and lost their last fixture to New Caledonia. And, for large periods of their opening match against Nigeria, that showed. Time and time again they were [...]

Warrior create football boot with ‘Gloryholes’ – Is all PR really good PR?

Daniel Storey — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:28:41 +0000

Quite what Warrior are up to at the moment goodness only knows, but they seem to be operating on a ‘all publicity is good publicity’ principle. First we brought you news that they were the company responsible for dread Liverpool away and third kits, and now Liverpool’s players can also wear Warrior boots, which come [...]

Alex Ferguson’s first Manchester United team-sheet set to go up for auction

Daniel Storey — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:16:56 +0000

Alex Ferguson’s departure from Manchester United may seem a lifetime ago amidst football’s rapidly developing soap opera, but marks of his legacy still remain. Typically, this means that people are looking to cash in on his retirement, and there is certainly big money to be made on any memorabilia Fergie-related. One Oxford United fan has [...]

Manchester City claim that their scouting database has been hacked

Daniel Storey — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:28:57 +0000

Manchester City have today caused something of a stir by formally revealing that the club believes it’s Scouting Performance System has been hacked, possibly by a rival Premier League club. The program lists details and reports on all potential signings and opposition players, and is hosted online. However, the club has announced that they believe [...]

GIF It – Spanish Under 21 star and Manchester City star Isco scores fabulous toe poke vs Norway

Daniel Storey — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:17:09 +0000

Malaga star Isco has been grabbing the attention of a number of top European scouts of late, but it appears that his likely destination is either Real Madrid or following his manager Manuel Pellegrini from Malaga to Manchester City. Unfortunately for both Real and City, Isco is having a mighty fine U21 European Championships, which [...]

Sunderland manager Paulo Di Canio wants to fine players for gaining weight over the summer

Daniel Storey — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:03:30 +0000

Paulo Di Canio is pretty intent on running a tight ship at the Stadium of Light, that much is clear. He has already been warned by the PFA over the public announcement of heavy fines for player misdemeanors, over concerns that the was becoming too heavy-handed in his treatment of his Sunderland players. Well, Di [...]

FAIL! Manchester City official website spells new manager Manuel Pellegrini’s name wrong

Daniel Storey — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:32:31 +0000

It hasn’t been a great few weeks for website balls-ups. Firstly the Premier League announced that Jose Mourinho had been appointed as Chelsea manager before the club had done so, and then Manchester United’s site made the mistake of announcing that they had bought Robert Lewandowski. These things obviously come in threes, because Manchester City [...]

Taiwanese TV give their take on Lionel Messi’s tax fraud accusations

Daniel Storey — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:20:32 +0000

You can normally rely on Taiwanese TV to give their unique take on the biggest news in cartoon form, and this week Lionel Messi made his debut on the station. Messi, and his father Joge were this week accused of defrauding the Spanish government by 4 million euros. They are accused of taking large amounts [...]

Lionel Messi scores a hat-trick for Argentina against Guatemala

Daniel Storey — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:12:13 +0000

Lionel Messi has not had the greatest week, and it isn’t too often you can write that. However, you can’t keep a man down for long, and the Argentinean wizard put his tax evasion accusations behind him with a hat-trick for his country which took him above Diego Maradona in the national scoring charts. Messi [...]

Kitman – Liverpool FC’s new third kit is as ‘alternative’ as the away kit

Daniel Storey — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:57:50 +0000

There must be a growing suspicion that kit manufacturer Warrior are Manchester United fans, because there seems little to no explanation for their sartorial decisions on Liverpool’s shirts for next season. We have already brought you the away kit, which fatures something close to a magic eye, but now pictures have been leaked of the [...]

Newcastle United fan finds an ‘Alan Shearer’ sign in the Middle East

Daniel Storey — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:39:06 +0000

Sometimes a photo just makes you laugh, and we’re not talking about horrific crazes such as photo-bombing or planking. This particular image certainly deserves to go viral, as a Newcastle fan (complete in home shirt) visiting the Middle East found the perfect road sign to make his day. If you don’t get it then we [...]

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers interviewed by a nine-year-old for Liverpool TV

Daniel Storey — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:24:50 +0000

Brendan Rodgers has more than an element of the Brendan Rodgers about him, and this will do little to shake that fact. The Liverpool manager agreed to be interviewed for Liverpool TV by a nine-year-old, but quite why I’m not really sure. The best bit of the interview is undoubtedly the moment when Rodgers was [...]

Kitman – Aston Villa’s new away shirt looks like a school rugby top

Daniel Storey — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:38:33 +0000

Aston Villa have released their new kit for next season, and if you ask me, the new away shirt is particularly horrid. I’m even forgiving them for having an awful bookmaker as their sponsor and a kit made by a rather budget manufacturer, but I can’t let the prep school rugby shirt thing pass without [...]

Javier Mascherano kicks medic for Argentina, then goes mad after red card.

Daniel Storey — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:22:47 +0000

We always knew that Javier Mascherano had this in his locker, but it is good to see the former Liverpool man completely lose his stuff. Playing for Argentina against Ecuador on late Tuesday evening, the Barcelona man received treatment for an injury and was then carried from the fiel. All normal there. Mascherano then proceeded [...]

Futuristic design for Al Wakrah Stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Daniel Storey — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:04:56 +0000

Qatar’s hosting of the World Cup has rightly come in for much criticism, with the country’s strict treatment of homosexuality in particular being attacked. However, one thing we were promised were futuristic stadia, and they have at least delivered on that remit. This is the design for the Al Wakrah stadium, which will hold 45,000 [...]