3PM Extra: Real-life football video game, brilliant overhead goal and an even better own
goal
Presenting quality football videos from the interweb, daily at 3pm. Here's today's collection:
1) Imagine getting two five-a-side teams and wiring them up with headphones linked to a
smartphone so that someone can control what they do by sending them commands like "shoot", "pass"
and "tackle" so the whole thing becomes like a real-life version of a computer game.
The Global Game: Watching The Premier League In Pakistan - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
Earlier this week I came across the 'Global Game' initiative launched by Nick Harris (Mail on
Sunday, Sporting Intelligence). It's a great idea, hopefully it catches on and more and more people
from different parts of the world who follow football (and especially the English Premier League)
can contribute to it.
John Terry is facing consequences of a substantial nature as the FA begin their investigation
into whether or not the England and Chelsea captain racially abused Anton Ferdinand during
Chelsea's 1-0 loss to QPR last weekend. His captaincy is on the line. His reputation with Chelsea
supporters such as myself is as well.
There are several things you should know about me before I get into it.
- My name is Bert Tiddle. Not Burt Tiddle. That's an idiot name. Bert. Like the Muppet.
- I had a wonderful career as a professional footballer, the highlight of which was winning the
1987 FA Cup with Coventry City and never getting to spend more than a season and a half with one
club.
