By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer ‘We’re in no hurry to appoint a replacement’ was the news coming out of Goodison Park after it was confirmed that David Moyes would be leaving to do a Sir Alex Ferguson impression at Old Trafford. And that initial claim has proven be the case as we’re as […]
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A 9/1 final day dead rubber four-fold to put some spring into your step
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer This is karma. 12 months after QPR’s pluckiness and Manchester City’s complacency contrived to make for the most exciting end to a Premier League season in history, we’ve been handed a set of fixtures which make mowing the lawn on a mild afternoon seem moderately appealing. Yes, Arsenal and Tottenham are trying […]
GIF: Watch this goalie score an OG with his face
Last night’s MLS game between the Philadelphia Union and the LA Galaxy had all you could ever want from a football match. Provided all you could ever want from a football match are seeing Robbie Keane celebrating a goal with an awkward semi-cartwheel and a goalkeeper scoring a hilarious own goal off his own face. […]
Five bets worth looking at for the Heineken Cup final
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer No Irish or English interest makes the Heineken Cup more disappointing than anything 2Unlimited have done after 1993, but it’s still going to a fascinating game between two European powerhouses. The money-bags of Clermont take on the slightly bigger money-bags of Toulon and there’s more than enough English […]
GIF: Enjoy this butter calamity for a greasy fingered goalkeeper
This happened in South Korea’s second division over the weekend. I could give you more details, but they’re irrelevant. The important thing is that this goalkeeper provided us with a few seconds of GIF gold thanks to his staggeringly inept butter-fingers. I hope the laughter makes up for the lack of details. Enjoy. Have a […]
GIF: This is a spectacular volley. Shame it was into the wrong goal
‘When it doubt, put it out’ is the mantra of Sunday Pub league coaches and dim-witted firemen the world over and it seemed to be the philosophy Israel Jimenez was trying to adopt as he and his Tigres team-mates defended a Monterrey attack in the Mexican Premier Division on Sunday. The no nonsense attitude may […]
Commander Chris Hadfield takes astronauts to alien territory
By Aidan Elder | Chief space correspondent The name of Chris Hadfield may not ring too many bells, but as long as you’re not a technophobe or a member of the Amish community, there chances are you’ve seen one of the amazing pictures he has taken of the earth from the International Space Station. Yes, […]
GIF: Mark van Bommel ends career as you’d expect from Mark van Bommel
Mark van Bommel’s professional career came to an emotional end yesterday in the Dutch Eredivisie. Well ‘emotional’ in the sense that the emotion was pain and it was mostly belonging to Dusan Tadic. The Twente striker had the honour of being the last player to come off second best in a coming together with the […]
MORE UPDATED: Who you’ve been backing to be Next Everton manager
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer ===================================================================== IN A NUTSHELL MARTINEZ TIGHTENS UP AS WIGAN RELEGATION IS CONFIRMED HEAVY SUPPORT SEES MARK HUGHES COME INTO THE EQUATION PHIL NEVILLE DRIFTS ALARMINGLY AFTER EARLY SUPPORT ===================================================================== After the whirlwind of the last few days, it’s time to start picking up the pieces. That process begins […]
GIF: Make your Friday even better by watching this long range cracker
Normally goals from in and around the halfway line owe a lot to a dozy keeper or his suspect footwear, but this one is different. From the Ecuadorian league the other night comes this bullet. ‘Bullet’ probably isn’t the best why to describe something from South American football, but I’ll got with it. The goalscorer’s name is […]
Ruby Walsh: Fergie is the greatest ever and Cantona his best signing
Ruby Walsh has been supporting them for as long as he can remember and through their shared interest in the turf, he’s got to know Sir Alex Ferguson. He pays tribute to the retiring Manchester United legend I’m biased because I was sitting in the stand at the end where all the goals went in, […]
GIF: Thierry Henry stops cheating long enough to score a sweet overhead kick
Yes that headline is an out of date reference to the handball from nearly four years ago that cost Ireland the chance of going to the World Cup, but this is Ireland in a recession, so we’ve got very little to look forward to and I’m still bitter. Anyway, Thierry Bryant was concentrating on the […]
12 ill-advised choices in the history of the Next Manchester United Manager betting
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer Sir Alex Ferguson will be bringing the curtain down on nearly 27 years in the Manchester United hot seat at the end of the season. The betting on who was going to replace hasn’t been around quite as long, but it is older than many of the markets […]
Hitler reacts to Sir Alex Ferguson retiring
Yes, it’s about as original as saying Fergie is a fan of playing until United get their last minute winning goal so there’s no need to point that out, but still – it’s a momentous day in the history of British football. In Sir Alex Ferguson, one of the all time greats has hung up […]
Yes, Moyes hasn’t won at Anfield, but here’s why Everton have hope
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer It’s Merseyside Derby time. And that can mean only one thing – an abundance of terrible Scouse impressions. One thing you’re also going to hear about a lot is David Moyes’s awful, terrible, atrocious, abysmal and other such sensationalist words record at Anfield. Since taking charge of the […]
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