Footballbits and pieces

Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez has branded Manchester United’s Gary Neville a “boot-licker” and a “moron” in explaining his goal celebration in Tuesday’s Carling Cup semi-final Former Manchester United striker Tevez gestured and cupped his ears towards the United bench after scoring twice in Manchester City’s 2-1 derby win.
“My celebration was directed at Gary Neville,” Tevez [...]

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp was accused yesterday of an estimated £40,000 tax evasion. The 62-year-old was charged with two counts of cheating the public revenue.
The charges concern two payments, totalling 295,000 US dollars  from former Portsmouth  chairman Milan Mandaric to Redknapp, allegedly evading tax and National Insurance contributions.
Redknapp’s arrest was part of a wider [...]

Couple of Barnsley fans invade the pitch during their Carling cup match against Manchester United, one tries to take it round Ben Foster and the other bangs it home.
Good teamwork in the end, but the buildup play by the first one left a little to be desired !

Or at least thats where you’d normally expect to see a beach ball
Sunderland’s Darren Bent scored his eighth goal of the season in a really bizarre fashion, his shot took a wicked deflection off a beach-ball thrown on to the pitch by a young Liverpool fan, and flew past a wrongfooted Pepe Reina in the [...]

Irish rock band U2 are currently touring the world on the 360degrees tour, but it seems they may be destroying some football pitches at the same time.
Two pitches have been ruined in the last week, leading to one match being cancelled and debris being found on the other.
The Scottish third division match between Queens Park [...]