Footballbits and pieces

It must be love if you’re happy to play in these conditions. Welcome to the Southern Sunday Football League Barring the girlfriend of a player, no one was watching the game, the rain was lashing down on a drearily dark afternoon, the pitch was a few glasses of water short of a bog and the goal [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

No more Heinie at the Bridge. Chelsea announced this week a new beer partnership, a four-year deal with Singha Beer. Gourlay, also hapless, had this to say about the development: “We are excited to welcome Singha Beer as our official beer partner for the club. It is the leading beer brand in Thailand and will [...]

England v USA recreated in Lego, even though Robert Green’s howler made me cringe at the time, in Lego it actually gets funnier the more you see it! But what gets me, is just who has the spare time to be able to do something like this????