Monthly Archives: February 2011

Ryan Giggs Signs Up For 21st Campaign

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Manchester United have confirmed that seasoned vet Ryan Giggs has been offered and signed a new, one-year contract extension at Old Trafford – thus taking the Welshman’s vaunted one-club career into it’s 21st season.

Said Giggs, who’ll turn 38 a couple of months into next season, via United’s official site:

“All I’ve ever wanted to do is play for United and I’ve been lucky enough to do that for 20 years. It is great to know I’m still contributing to the team’s success and I feel I’ve got a lot to offer on and off the pitch.

“This is an exciting time to be involved with so many good young players coming through.”

Sir Alex also offered his five-penneth:

“To have the desire and the ability to play at the top level in such a physically demanding position at his age requires a special person.

“You run out of words to describe Ryan. He is a marvellous player and a wonderful man.

“He is still turning in man-of-the-match performances and his experience is so vital for the younger players in the squad.”

‘Hairy’…’hairy’ is a good word to describe Ryan Giggs.

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Ronaldo Announces Immediate Retirement

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Déjà vu is never a nice thing to have first thing on a Monday morning.

Roughly a calendar year after announcing his retirement the first time round, Brazilian legend Ronaldo has confirmed that he is now retiring from the game with immediate effect, after finally admitting defeat in his long-standing battle against dodgy knee ligaments, niggling injuries and cakes.

After scoring 44 goals in 44 games for Cruzeiro, 54 goals in 57 for PSV, 47 goals in 49 for Barcelona, 59 goals in 99 for Inter, 104 goals in 187 for Real Madrid, 9 goals in 20 for Milan, 35 goals in 69 for Corinthians, 62 goals in 97 for Brazil, the man they call ‘El Fenomeno’ is calling it day.

Speaking to Estado de Sao Paulo, 34-year-old Ronaldo said:

“I can’t take any more. I wanted to continue, but I can’t do it any more. I think of an action, but I can’t do it the way I want to. It’s time.

“It’s the body that’s hurting me. The head wants to go on, but the body can’t take any more.”

May the stories of transsexual discretions and his  bloated physical decline never shroud the fact that Mr Nazario de Lima was truly one of the greats…

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You hungry ref?

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“Mmm, tastes like chicken”

Andrea Biondi, who plays (or used to play) for Florence-based amateur side Albereta ’72, has been banned for 20 long months for the paltry crime of trying to force-feed a referee his own whistle.

After being red-carded during Albereta’s recent 2-2 draw with Sancat for verbally abusing the referee, Biondi reportedly grabbed the back of the official’s head and tried to push the whistle into his mouth (sadly, no Youtube footage exists), before continuing to insult and threaten the poor sod as he was forcibly escorted from the field.

Puts Cesc Fabregas, Darren Fletcher et al‘s feeble ref-hounding to shame, no?

Speaking from bitter personal experience, it’s refreshing to know that the kind of psychotic, day-release nutjobs that permeate the amateur game aren’t a solely British phenomenon.

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Always check your tats….

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The keen-eyed amongst you may have noticed that Stoke striker John Carew unveiled some fresh ink not so very long ago, though you may not have spotted the rather embarrassing spelling mistake that lies therein.

The big Norwegian has had a tattoo on his neck that reads ‘Ma Vie, Mes Régles’ – which theoretically should translate (Babelfish approved) as ‘My Life, My Rules’.

However, a French professor at Oslo University has highlighted the fact that the use of the accent over the word ‘Régles’ means Carew’s motto translates rather differently.

Apparently, by incorporating an acute accent (é) instead of a grave accent (è), Carew’s daubings translate literally as either ‘My Life, My Period’ or ‘My Life, My Menstruation’.

Now, are you going to tell him, or shall I?

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Gary Neville Announces Retirement

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Gary Neville has confirmed that, after making 602 appearances for Manchester United over the course of an illustrious 20-year one-club career, he is to retire from football with immediate effect.

With Giggs and Scholes plodding on at Old Trafford, Becks still harbouring dreams of World Cup glory, Nicky Butt banging them in for fun out in Hong Kong and brother Phil still skippering Everton, Neville becomes the first of Sir Alex Ferguson’s oft-lauded ‘kids’ to call time on their career  – with a recent string of debilitating injuries (he’s only played 33 times in the last four years) eventually proving to be insurmountable for the 35-year-old.

Sir Alex also used the occasion to mark Neville as ‘the best English right-back of his generation’

Personally not sure how he ever managed to play for so long or how he managed to get so many caps. Every time I saw him play I wished I’d taken my boots as if he got a game, there would have been a damn good chance I would have!

Have you ever found anyone except Man Utd fans or Sir Alex who ever said they’d seen him have a good game?


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