Posts tagged with ‘Football

We were caught on sucker punches in counter-attacks. It is the story of the game: nobody can stand here and tell me Germany were a lot better than us.
Frank Lampard quoted after England lost 4-1 to Germany. Frank - you might want to watch a re-run of the game and revise that statement.

Astonishing miss from Yakubu in last nights game against South Korea. If Yakubu had scored this Nigeria would’ve qualified for the knockout stages of the World Cup. D’oh!

Adidas parody of the Cantina scene in Star Wars.

Rio Ferdinand banjaxed his knee at training this morning following a challenge by Mr Em and is thus cruelly deprived of the opportunity to extend his proud record of being the first player to jump on a team-mate’s back in a half-hearted leapfrog attempt after every goal.
The Guardian’s Fiver reporting on Rio Ferdinand’s injury.
Unless you have felt the stinging kiss of the Mouldmaster during a PE lesson on a witheringly cold day, while wearing shorts that amounted to little more than a piece of elastic and in an environment that was a torture camp in all but name, you cannot truly say that your time on this earth has been justified.
The Guardian reviews great footballs. The mere mention of a Mitre Mouldmaster still makes my eyes water to this day.

Write The Future : an excellent Nike football commercial. Makes you want to get out and kick a ball around :) (via @mikos)