Gary Lineker had less problem with lying tabloids when he worked for the Mail
WHEN the Daily Star read an interview Gary Lineker had conducted with Readers’ Digest it transcribed it as the front-page screamer: ”Lineker: England team are losers.”
Lineker read that. He was outraged, taking to Twitter:
“Headline in tomorrow’s Daily Star is a disgrace. I never said ‘England team are losers’. Please change late editions. #outrageous”
Posted: 22nd, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
A history of Cup celebrations – from poor John Terry to fruity Mark Wright
POOR old John Terry. Despite being unable to play in the final because of his suspension, he has dressed in his full kit, including shin-pads, in order to assume his duties as club captain by receiving the Champions League trophy.
This his moment, the culmination of everything he, Mr Chelsea, has fought for throughout his career.
He steps forward, he takes the cup with fellow Blues stalwart Frank Lampard, and they hold it aloft for the Stamford Bridge faithful to applaud…
Posted: 21st, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
In praise of Roman Abramovich – Chelsea’s genius never settles for second best
HATS off to Roberto Di Matteo, the luckiest man in world football, who has navigated Chelsea to the FA and Champions League. Of course, you make your own luck. Still, who could have predicted that when Andre Willas-Baos was fired half-way through the season, Cheslea would end it victorious? Not David Luis, the Blues’ defender, who told media:
“I’m really sad, as Andre was a really capable professional. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the time to show his true value at Chelsea. He didn’t have the chance. You cannot doubt a professional like him, who won five titles last season and was feted by everyone. But he didn’t have enough time at Chelsea.”
Posted: 20th, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comments (3) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Chelsea win Champions League – the best photos of the night
CHELSEA win the Champions League with victory over Bayern Munich; Kalou gets a shocking haircut that Drogba seems scared by; and she picks her moment to pick a winner. These are the best photos of the night:
Posted: 19th, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
West Ham are promoted – Welcome back the two Davids and Emma Benton-Hughes
HAPPY days: West Ham United are back in the Premier League. The Irons beat Blackpool (owned by convicted rapist Owen Oysten). What this means is that top football writers can once more ogle the Hammers’ co-owners, the two Davids – pornographers David Gold and David Sullivan – the latter whose wife, Emma Benton-Hughes (aka the convent-educated middle-class girl who became porn star Eve Vorley; her bother and mum ran her fan club, as told in the book Dirty Fan Male), looks worthy of her own match report. And don’t forget Gold, who begins a chapter in his autobiography Pure Gold: “Several months after the trauma of seeing my best friend John and my wife Beryl having sex in my swimming pool…” Welcome back to the elite, West Ham United – you are owned by the best board of directors in football…
Posted: 19th, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comment (1) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Chelsea Nazis and Bayern Munich – the Jewish club
CAN Chelsea do it? Can the Blues defeat Bayern Munich on their own ground and win the Champions League? Will the British press resort to type and remind one and all that Bayern are German, and thus descendants of the Nazi spirit? Sure, the tabloid hacks are driving BMWs and wearing Hugo Boss clothes, but this is football. The Sun says “NEO-NAZI soccer thugs in Germany are plotting to ambush Chelsea fans”. No, not those British neo-Nazi thugs who support Chelsea, the ones who sing songs about Auschwitz and the Holocaust to Spurs fans, and attack Anton Ferdinand for being black. No. And not those new Chelsea fans called Henry, Camilla and Chuck, either. The German ones.
The tabloids love to talk the threat of Nazi-inspired violence. It’s is if – as if! – the jingoistic sods can’t wait for some to happen.
Posted: 19th, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comments (6) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Beckham blows out Olympic flame – photos
AS DAVID Beckham blows on the Olympic torch and makes an early birthday wish at RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, thousands of people look on, seizing the chance to appear on the telly.
Says one local who was there:
“Usually we have to wait for Prince Harry to shag a barmaid or leaders of a Satanic cult to be arrested for Cornwall to get on the national news. I wouldn’t have missed this for the world, or even Devon.”
Posted: 19th, May 2012 | In: London Olympics | Comments (10) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Boxing Lessons with Eric Kelly – Wall Street traders get slaughtered
WALL Street traders and City types go to Eric Kelly to learn how to box. In so doing they alleviate their white man’s burden as Eric belittles them. Language is fruity and NSFW. We present Boxing Lessons WIth Eric Kelly:
Spotter:Animal New York,
Posted: 19th, May 2012 | In: Anorak TV, Sports | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Face of the day – French bullfighter Sebastian Castella is gored in Madrid
FACE of the day: French bullfighter Sebastian Castella is gored during a bullfight of the San Isidro’s fair at the Las Ventas Bullring in Madrid. Castella continued with the bullfight, bleeding from his injured groin. He was not put down and eaten…
Posted: 18th, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comments (3) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
How LOCOG cheated the Woolsack knitters – UPS could help
MAYBE the unpaid knitters of Woolsack, an official Olympic scheme to knit 14,000 woolly cushion covers to brighten up the athletes’ rooms in the London Olympic Village, should get in touch with UPS. The US postal firm is looking after the logistics for the London Olympics. Its website trills:
If UPS can handle a logistics challenge the size of the Olympic Games, just think what UPS can do for your business.
The site also features a Time and Money Calculator, to see “how money you could save”.
The UPS London Olympics deal is called the ‘FINAL MILE SERVICE’. All packages destined for the Olympics Park from January 10 2012 have been subject to a surcharge. Packages earmarked for any of the UK’s 34 Olympic sites are held in a depot. Going through UPS is the only way documents and freight can reach the venues, unless an operator has passed the Vendor Certification Programme.
Posted: 17th, May 2012 | In: Key Posts, London Olympics | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Jimmy Greaves plays the England Euro 2012 team anthem
THE England Squad for the Euro 2012 championships have been announced. Sadly, no Joey Barton. The chance to see Barton do what England fans want – fight the opposition and tweet about what a twat everyone else is – has been overlooked. Can England still win? Unhelpfully, Germany will be stronger than ever, having taken over Greece and reaping a 90% share of any win bonuses for Portugal, Spain and Ireland.
But with a good wind and a tall player up front, England can do as well as ever they did (oh no!).
The full team England is: Joe Hart, Rob Green, John Ruddy; Glen Johnson, Phil Jones, John Terry, Joleon Lescott, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Leighton Baines; Theo Walcott, Stewart Downing, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Steven Gerrard, Gareth Barry, Frank Lampard, Scott Parker, Ashley Young, James Milner; Jermain Defoe, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Andy Carroll.
Posted: 16th, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Alan Hansen remembers to forget Liverpool and that Arsenal curse
ALAN Hansen earns £40,000 a week to tell Match of the Day viewers that Arsenal can’t defend and Manchester United are a decent bet for the title whilst using a graphics package to track players about to score. Last Sunday night, we tuned in to see Manchester City clinch the Premier League title in a spellbinding thriller. The Premier League is not the best in the world (Italy is). It is not the most skilful (Spain). It is not the most watched (Germany). But it is the most exciting. City’s win was epic. What the show’s host, Gary Lineker, wanted to know was where City’s victory stood in history.
Gary Lineker asked Hansen: “Have you ever, in your life, seen anything like that?”
Hansen replied: “No.”
No? Never?
Posted: 15th, May 2012 | In: Key Posts, Sports | Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
De Graapshaft midfielder Rogier Meijer gets help from his daughter Saar – cute overload
DIABETICS look away now. To Holland, where De Graapshaft midfielder Rogier Meijer is upset that his side have been relegated form the Eredivisie. His daughter Saar is her to help…
Posted: 15th, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
The Manchester City tattoo story – Rooney, Mancini and Kaka’s European Champions
ROBERTO Mancini is under pressure to get a Manchester City crest tattooed on his leg. Why? Because his other leg already bears a Sampdoria crest, which he acquired after his team won Serie A in 1991.
He is reported to have said: “I have another leg. If I win the Premier League with Manchester City, I might get one.”
Note the word ‘if’ in that sentence.
Posted: 14th, May 2012 | In: Key Posts, Sports | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Joey Barton is summed up in a gif and a tweet
JOEY Barton is the violent and ludicrous footballer currently being sent off for QPR. Barton’s big noice on twitter. Barton’s just been sent off playing against his old club Manchester City, so his bit to spoil a brilliant afternoon. Her;s his career summed up in one tweet and a gif:
Posted: 13th, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comments (6) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Premier League last day photos – Barton, Furlop and Manchester City madness
PREMIER League Last Day Photos – Joey Barton loses it for QPR; former Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Marlon Furlop wins third spot for Arsenal (in place of Spurs; although Man United are still North London’s top team) and Manchester City provide a fitting and joyous minute of madness…
Posted: 13th, May 2012 | In: Key Posts, Sports | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Premier League – final day photos
THE final day of the Premier League – featuring the North London battle for third between Spurs and Arsenal; the battle for top spot between Manchester City and Manchester United; and lots of great photos of why playing all the games at the same time works best…
Posted: 13th, May 2012 | In: Sports | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
