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[ChesterDave]

Everton, in genral, OK.

Tim Howard

A ****e wankt cunting fucing wank shine cunt cucj

[Chazza]

[Chazza]

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[Liverpel]

Mohammad Al Fayed blames Fulham's relegation on the removal of his beloved Michael Jackson statue

Manager Felix Magath laid the blame for relegation at the feet of Fulham's players for a lack of fighting spirit.


Cottagers fans expressed theories ranging from a lurch through three different bosses to the unwillingness of new owner Shahid Khan to splash the cash.

But Khan's flamboyant predecessor Mohamed Al Fayed is convinced he knows the real reason why Fulham's 14-year stay in the Barclays Premier League came to an end last Saturday.

Al Fayed told Press Association Sport he believes the Cottagers would still be in the top flight if Khan had not had the 7ft 6ins sculpture of Michael Jackson removed from outside Craven Cottage last November.

Al Fayed was speaking as he formally presented the statue of the late singer to the National Football Museum in Manchester, where it will stand proudly on a first-floor mezzanine.

He said: "This statue was a charm and we removed the luck from the club and now we have to pay the price.

"When (Khan) asked me to move it I said, 'you must be crazy'. This is such a fantastic statue which the fans are crying out for.

"But now he has paid the price because the club has been relegated. He called me because he told me he wanted Michael to return. I told him, no way."

The much-mocked statue was commissioned by Al Fayed and installed at the back of the Hammersmith Stand in 2011.

Al Fayed was a friend of Jackson and the singer even paid a visit to Craven Cottage when he attended a match between Fulham and Wigan in 1999.

But following Al Fayed's decision to sell the club to Indian tycoon Khan, he was told it was surplus to requirements and would have to be removed.

Speaking about its presentation to the National Football Museum, Al Fayed added: "This is a great place visited by thousands of people and I am very proud to present them with one of the greatest artists and singers in the world.

"Michael is a fantastic example for everyone. He came from nowhere and showed fantastic determination to be a superstar and I am very glad that he is now in this great institution for people to enjoy."

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/al-fayed-blames-removal-of-statue-30249543.html

[Lee]

Yep. It's all because of the MJ statue being removed that Fulham went.

No doubt.

[Chazza]

Helena Costa: French Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot name woman boss

Portugal's Helena Costa is to be the highest-profile female manager of a European men's team after being named head coach of Clermont Foot in France.
Costa, a former scout for Scottish Premiership side Celtic, has coached the Iran women's team since 2012.

The 36-year-old, who has also coached Benfica's male youth teams and the Qatar women's side, will join Clermont officially at the end of the season.
"It should help the club enter a new era," the French Ligue 2 club said.
Before Costa, the highest-profile appointment of a woman as coach of a men's team in Europe was that of Carolina Morace, who took charge of Italian Serie C1 team Viterbese for two matches in 1999.

Costa, who scouted for Celtic between 2008 and 2011, has also managed Portuguese lower-league men's team Cheleirense, where she won the Lisbon regional championship in 2006.

She spent 13 years as a youth coach with Benfica from 1997, in addition to winning two Portuguese national women's league titles with Sociedade Uniao 1 Dezembro in 2007 and 2008, leading the club into the Women's Champions League.

She also guided Odivelas to promotion from the Portuguese women's second tier as champions in 2009.

Costa led Qatar's women to their first international victory, a 4-1 win over Maldives in 2012, but was unsuccessful in her attempt to guide Iran to a debut appearance at the 2015 Women's World Cup finals.

At Clermont, she will replace former Montpellier midfielder Regis Brouard, whose contract as head coach expires at the end of the season.
The club are 14th in the French second-tier with two matches to play.

[meffin]

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[danperkins]

https://twitter.com/SportHumour/stat...62286501888001

legend

[Kenneth]

[Tee]

[baitman]

the Kop kid kid who interviewed luis and stevie was on the paul ogrady show earlier this evening.
some kids were doing reviews of ghost/horror books for kids and he was the first kid who was dressed up as a vampire. he seems a very confident lad and quite funny too. a future star.

[McDermotX]

An original goal celebration at last.....

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_OHq64O25c"]Brilliant celebration! Dzimtry Koub scores then heads to the stands to applaud himself!!! - YouTube[/ame]

[Tee]

His straight face sitting down applauding..... Which fans celebrate like that ever?

[john316]

Kroos might want out to avoid playing in a Crystal Palace shirt for next season!

[vlahka]

An original goal celebration at last.....

Actually someone beat him back in 2005


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOab7ytI_bE"]Funny Unusual Goal Celebration v FC United - YouTube[/ame]