General Football 2013

[Sarb]

John Cross has typically come down on Flamini in support of Wenger. ****s sake, it's only a shirt.

[Shaggy]

Just read this by the Secret Footballer (aka Dave Kitson). It's a year old but still...Clattenburg. Such a cunt.

And the reason is simple. Clattenburg has refereed countless games that I have played in and I can honestly say that he is a decent ref with whom players feel comfortable enough to actually engage in a certain level of banter without his ego getting in the way (take a bow, Rob Styles). He will give as good as he gets providing he doesn’t think that you have crossed the line.

Clattenburg is known for calling almost every player on the pitch by their nickname and I, for one, used to get stuck in to him about that to see if I could get him to bite. More for the hell of it, really, rather than any benefit that myself or my team might receive.

During the game, he might say: “JT, come and speak to me, mate.” To which I’d say something like: “Oh, JT is it? No wonder they get all the ****ing decisions. Do you call all the big players by their nicknames? Where are you two off after?” And he’d look me straight in the eye and say something like: “Sorry, what’s your name again?” or “Are they still picking you? They must be desperate at your place.”

[Fredo]

Is Clattenburg the one who got cancer and recovered? Or was that Halsey?

[Shaggy]

That was Halsey. Clattenburg is the one who got reported by Chelsea for 'racism'.

[PTP]

Halsey

[Gibbo]

Pat Rice has cancer.

[Chazza]

Sad news.

[MrMichael]

So Switzerland are one of the seeds for the world cup. And trhat's basically because the Dutch played (and won) a friendly against Indonesia

Wold Cup seeding: How to play the game

[ChesterDave]

Its a farce. Although does this mean that England could end up in a group of Germany/Brazil and Holland plus one of the tiny nations?

[rodo]

last day drama korean style
A Sergio Aguero-esque moment was recorded in South Korea on Sunday as the Pohang Steelers beat Ulsan to the K-League title with a chaotic 94th minute winner.

In what was effectively a head-to-head playoff for the K-League championship, Pohang, who started the day in second place and two points off the top spot, went to Ulsan knowing anything less than a win would see the home side claim the title.

According to reports, Ulsan, who has two strikers suspended for the game, opted to park the bus throughout the 90 minutes, and time after time Pohang’s attacks came to nothing.

Four minutes of allotted injury time came and went, yet as the 96th minute ticked over the Steelers had a one last chance to score as they won a free-kick just outside the Ulsan box.

Pohang flooded the Ulsan penalty area with players and, after the ball ping-ponged around the box a couple of times, Pohang’s Kim Won-il managed to stab the ball into the net.

Cue pandemonium.
[ame="http://youtu.be/cPpaZnv0Q1U"]2013 Hyundai Oilbank K League Classic 40th round Ulsan Hyundai vs Pohang Steelers goals - YouTube[/ame]

[baitman]

that ping pong is some player

[Shaggy]

Is there a bigger cunt in football?

[Hollowman]

Davies is clownshoes, but this Westwell character has previous. Had to plead guilty to a public order offence after an incident where he was taking pictures of a protest at Mansfield (he's a stag) and he gave their chief exec the bird.

But the best thing I learned from all this is that the local rag is called the Mansfield Chad. Brilliant.

[ChesterDave]

Reading into it the story seems to be that he was chucked out of the ground for having a photograph he had taken displayed on his laptop screen. A photograph of a banner calling for the Chairman to go. Hardly the act of a scoundrel!

Although there appears to be conflicting reports as to whether his public order offence was in relation to that or an entirely separate.

Either ways, does not seem to be doing anything wrong there.

[ChesterDave]