Off The Record
If there’s something that must be said, but cannot be said within blogging / journalistic confines, this is the place to say it. We’ve used this column to poke fun, to provoke and to just say our minds.
From playing Football Manager to being a Football Manager
Back in 2006 a guy named John Boileau made a courageous move and applied for a vacant job as Middlesbrough manager. You might remember that Boro were a Premier League club back then but you surely don’t know who John Boileau is, right? Well, this guy took Nuneaton Borough from Conference North to the Championship…
Fastest Red Card
The dubious honour of receiving the quickest red card goes to Chippenham Town striker David Pratt, who was sent off only three seconds into his side’s loss at Bashley back in late December 2008. Pratt, 21, lunged at Bashley midfielder Chris Knowles straight from the kick-off and received his marching orders from referee Justin Amey….
Ian Holloway Quotes
“To put it in gentleman’s terms if you’ve been out for a night and you’re looking for a young lady and you pull one, some weeks they’re good looking and some weeks they’re not the best. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the…
Manchester United: Drop it like it’s hot!
Two very different things. Manchester United is a football club and “Drop it like it’s hot” is a song by Snoop Dogg. What relation could there possibly. Well, how about Rio Ferdinand and a 2009/2010 Manchester United home shirt. Judging from the shirt, it seems like an event from last year. The pictures show Snoop…
Paul The Octopus dies…can we get back to the football please?
“Paul” the Octopus is dead. If you, like me, were watching the World Cup with all the dread and disinterest of a Manchester United / England fan (there really was nothing for us to see last summer, barring Chicarito), the octopus business was one of the more annoying facets of the World Cup watching experience….
Fergie: Cow-loving Rooney should learn from Ruud’s lack of judgment
Ferguson, while speaking to the press last night about Wayne Rooney: “Sometimes you look in a field and see a cow. You think it is a better cow than the one you see in your field. It never really works out that way. Some players like to think the world is better somewhere else. It…
The Chilean miner who was a footballer
As we all recently saw the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped in the San Jose mine. The 27th miner to be rescued was a former professional footballer in Chile. Franklin Lobos debuted for Chilean second division Regional Atacama in 1980 and 15 years and six clubs later, he finished his career…
Longest 5-a-side game: Guinness World Record Attempt
90 minutes? Try 1980 minutes! For everyone trying to convert that time into hours, it is in fact 33 hours! At 10:01 p.m. on 10th April 2010, our dream became a reality. We had officially broken the Guinness World record for Longest 5-A-Side Football (Soccer) Marathon. As the clock struck midnight on 11th April, we had pulverized…
What If Footballers Were Poor?
In FIFA 10, EA Sports’ widely popular football game, the weekly salary of Wayne Rooney is set at £110,000 in Manager Mode. That is how rich a virtual edition of Wayne Rooney is. Clubs like Burnley, Blackpool, Hoffenheim, Hercules have recently entered their respective country’s premier championship and impressed all neutrals. It is widely known now that…
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