Referee Howard Webb and his team of officials swapped shirts at half-time during yesterday's match between Newcastle and Arsenal amid fears that their yellow jerseys were irresistible to Tyneside's insect life. After being bitten by midges in the first-half, Webb and his assistants swapped to green shirts at half-time.
Don't worry, it is just my little joke. Arsenal have named Thomas Vermaelen as their new captain,
after Robber van Persie forced his way out of the Emirates this summer. I do not really think that
we will be waving goodbye to another captain next summer( please God). Mikel Arteta has been
rewarded for his [.
He may not be the best defender. But, he has some experience, is a France international and, on
some days, he can be rather good. Yet, reports are circulating that Milan could be ready to ship
out Philippe Mexes to Arsenal in return for Nicolas Bendtner. It is not a joke; apparently the club
thinks [.
Robin van Persie is staying at Arsenal by BA If the papers are to be believed then Robin van Persie
will be playing football in an Arsenal shirt again next season. Apparently Juventus have offered
the Gunners a paltry £8 million for the Dutch striker. Is this a joke or a typing error? It
certainly [.
Southampton's Jason Puncheon showed he can take a joke after his recent mid-match toilet break. The Saints star's extended convenience break against Everton caused much hilarity and a few spin-off chants. But Puncheon answered back with a toilet-inspired goal celebration during the victory over Manchester City on Saturday.
QPR have written a formal complaint to Leeds United demanding an apology after 'keeper Paddy
Kenny allegedly sent 'abusive' text messages to QPR technical director Mike Rigg and chairman Tony
Fernandes or 'doing a Kevin Pietersen' as it's known in the trade.
Jamaica have unveiled a cunning plan to beat the USA in their forthcoming World Cup qualifier: get
their opponents high on cannabis before kick-off. Midfielder Dane Richards let slip about the
tactics his team will be deploying on Friday. He told Tropigol.com: "They say when they come there,
they smell marijuana.
It reads like a crap joke: An Englishman, and Irishman and a Scotsman took to the field, and all
scored doubles. I wouldn't normally advocate watching 11 minutes worth of highlights from an MLS
game, but it's Sunday morning and there's not much football on at the moment, so get yourself a cup
of tea [.
It reads like a crap joke: An Englishman, and Irishman and a Scotsman took to the field, and all
scored doubles. I wouldn't normally advocate watching 11 minutes worth of highlights from an MLS
game, but it's Sunday morning and there's not much football on at the moment, so get yourself a cup
of tea [.
Rolando Bianchi, striker for Torino, ex of Manchester City B.O. (Before Oil), missed a penalty
on the weekend. He scored later anyway and Torino thumped tiny little Pescara, which allowed him to
offer up this as an apology:
"Thank you to the fans for your support," wrote Bianchi on his Twitter page.
The Serie A champions have began pre-season training and on the Juventus shirt, right below the
teams logo are the words "30 on the pitch" in place of usual stars that indicate how many trophies
a team has won.
The 30 and the three stars is basically a taunt aimed at the FIGC, as Juventus President Andrea
Agnelli admitted:
"We Juventini feel that all 30 titles we have won are ours," he explained.
Radamel Falcao picked up where he left off in the Europa League last season to win and won the
UEFA Super Cup for Atletico Madrid, scoring a first-half hat trick in their 4-1 win over Chelsea.
It was an abysmal performance from the Champions League winners, but Falcao -- who has led the
Europa League in scoring the last two seasons in a row -- once again showed that he can beat any
team all by himself.
Messi has come out and has said that Barcelona's exit from the Champions League last season was
unfair because Barcelona dominated the possession and had almost triple the amount of chances that
Chelsea had on goal. That to me is a joke. Any Barcelona player talking about justice and fair play
is a joke.
This Spanish squad is superb. 4 0 against Italy is no joke. You only see football like this when
Barca is playing.
Spain made history in magical fashion as they outclassed Italy and claimed a successive European
crown to add to their 2010 World Cup triumph.
Vicente del Bosque's side staged a compelling claim to be the greatest international side of all
time as the Euro 2012 final was transformed into an exhibition with Italy who performed creditably
for long periods passed brutally into submission.
Fabrice Muamba, who suffered an on-pitch cardiac arrest last season, joked that he needed to be
hooked up to his cardiac monitoring device before England's penalty shootout defeat to Italy last
night. The Bolton midfielder was clearly feeling the tension as much as the rest of us, but
lightened the mood with a joke about [.
What with a thunderstorm forcing play to be suspended, there hasn't been a great deal of action in
the Ukraine v France match. In fact, the highlight probably came in the tunnel. Ukraine's Anatoliy
Tymoshchuk went for a chat with Bayern Munich team-mate Franck Ribery. They shared a joke, but the
Frenchman didn't look impressed [.
Please do excuse my tardiness. Ik was hele crabby gisternacht.Portugal 3 Denmark 2 Fasten your
seatbelts for this one. I told you the Danes were no joke - but a Portugal sub still got the last
laugh. NSC Man of the Match: Fábio Coentrão (Portugal) Germany 2 Netherlands 1 There's clearly
something awry with the new Van Marwijk construction of the Dutch attack.
While his Germany side were busy running Holland ragged last night, Jogi Loew took a break from
mining in his nose quarry to play a little joke on one of the the ballboys sneaking up behind the
young'n and cheekily poking his ball from behind.
While his Germany side were busy running Holland ragged last night, Jogi Loew took a break from
mining in his nose quarry to play a little joke on one of the the ballboys sneaking up behind the
young'n and cheekily poking his ball from behind.
A group of Republic of Ireland supporters have taken the internet by storm with a cheeky flag aimed
at German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Irish fan Gerry Nolan and a group of friends from Limerick are
behind the topical banner. He told the BBC: "It was purely a joke, it wasn't political at all. "We
were [.
Chances are the word "Ukraine" conjures up two images for most Americans: 1. Kramer and Newman
playing the game "Risk" on a New York City subway. 2. The Chernobyl disaster. Hey, but you want to
talk about disasters, how about the Ukraine national soccer team. Am I right? Please, try the veal.
Let's just make this joke once and get it out of the way, ok?
It's hard not to love Antonio Cassano when his number 1 speciality includes
cracking jokes during the most inappropriate of situations. He is a character that the Italian
Azzurri would definitely welcome amidst all the controversy in recent weeks, especially as they
prepare for their crunch Euro 2012 opener against Spain on Sunday.
QPR have launched an internal investigation after Stephane Mbia took to Twitter to begin talks about a move away from the club. Mbia tweeted Joey Barton who moved to Marseille on loan as part of the deal that saw Mbia move to Loftus Road asking if they could swap back. He tweeted: "Do [...]
Henning Berg is set to be unveiled as the new manager of Blackburn Rovers tomorrow morning. The Norwegian's decision to return to his former club to take over the lead role in the Ewood Park pantomime might seem a little crazy to some. Indeed, just a few months ago it seemed that way to Berg. [...]
So, that match really happened. I had thought there might be some wild chance it was all just a
very odd dream, or perhaps nightmare. After all, we were subjected to the horrors of MLS scheduling
which pitted an absolutely drained roster for the Houston Dynamo thanks to International Call-Ups
and some kind of flu-like virus making it's rounds amongst the teams in the MIDDLE of the bloody
week.
"That's all well and good for sheep, but what are we to do?" -- Rod (maybe Todd) Flanders, "Homer
Loves Flanders" A nice title for a preview of Friday's CONCACAF World Cup qualifier between the
United States and Jamaica would have been, "Hooray, Soccer ... that actually counts" which probably
would have been too long, so I'll use the Red Stripe joke here and get it out of the way so we can
Milan have given up on Kaka. For those who dreamt of his return, the dream is over. If Milan's
transfer campaign this summer was not a joke already, the failure to sign Kaka ensures it. The
Brazilian was unwanted by Real Madrid, did not have many other genuine suitors and he was the
club's number [..
Sprockets joke or something. If you've followed along with me on twitter for this summer, which
you most certainly should do by now since it's the most fun and hijinks (and random GIF links) you
can humanely have with 140 characters or less, then you've no doubt noticed my regression into
using professional wrestling euphemisms, brother.
Sometimes a meme becomes so funny it can only live as a joke. Anyone using the "Fredy Montero is
lazy" is in fact themselves so lazy they are a joke. Sure, Montero wasn't the only reason the
Seattle Sounders matched their best ever result in MLS with a 6-2 win over Chivas USA. Still a
hatrick is pretty awesome in any circumstances.
Aston Villa scored late in the first half, but the Portland Timbers young guns didn't give up.
Through hard work and effort the Timbers twice came back from one-goal deficits to tie the game on
goals from Sebastian Rincon and Rodney Wallace. In the obligatory shoot out all but Bright Dike
scored, and the Timbers lost 2-2 (5-4).
I got quite the chuckle this morning when I realized the FCD PR office played a little joke with
the above pic. A couple days ago I had asked for a shot of David Ferreira playing in his return and
that pic is the one FCD sent me. Only this morning did I realize it's a pic of Ferreira and Julian
de Guzman.
For days Italy have been simultaneously building up and playing down theories that Group C
leaders Spain and Croatia would conspire to produce a 2-2 draw (an act known as a "biscotto") in
order to keep the Italians from advancing. Paranoia levels -- already heightened by the fact that a
suspicious 2-2 draw between Sweden and Denmark kept Italy from advancing at Euro 2004 -- were not
helped by UEFA choice in scoreboard test information at the Stadion Miejski hours before the
match.
Benny Feilhaber notched his first goal and assist of the season on Saturday and helped lift the
Revolution to a 2-0 win over Chicago. (Photo: Kari Heistad)
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Benny Feilhaber wants the ball at his feet no matter where he is on the field.
That much is certain about the Brazilian-born Revolution midfielder who has spent time behind the
strikers, at left wing, and in central midfield.
