Category: Ball-playing

Laporta/Hitler

This seems a bit harsh on the Barça president but the comparison is a standard feature of any Spanish debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B–eNs5RUWc People I know are voting for the motion of censure on Sunday to fack this one off rather than in the expectation that the next one will be less of a mafioso. Some of…

Semi-naked Spanish rugby players

All praise to Lenox over at Spanish Shilling, who got the shot without getting his head punched. “During the second half, perhaps inspired by a herd of goats being led past by a dusty looking old shepherd and a couple of dogs, the Cabras rose to even greater efforts and by the final whistle (and…

Champions League Final menu

In another bar in the village-over-the-hill aforementioned: Lettuce in fearsome red wine vinegar Little bony bits of baby goat wrapped in stomach in a mushroom sauce Intestines of baby goat stuffed with rice and lungs, kidneys, liver etc Roasted baby goat head Pudding made of milk from the mothers of new-born calves Red wine, coffee,…

Ewerthon

I’m unreliably informed that Real Zaragoza star Ewerthon Henrique de Souza’s dad couldn’t spell Everton rather than Erewhon. Not that anyone gives a feck, but by all means keep the tips flowing.

Blair betraying Freddie?

Almighty personalised Google is having problems with syndication widgets: No 10 denies ‘secret email’ claims 1/26/07 Australia cruise to nine-wicket victory. says the Guardian feed. Norm suggests voting for Blair, so I did, but only twice.

Frying pan/fire

Tim Stannard at La Liga Loca suggests that coach Javier Clemente may not be the smartest bet for a Serbian national team in desperate need of an image upgrade. Dutch coaches seem to travel rather better.

Materazzi and Zidane

Without resorting to stereotyping, explain why the Brazilians lip-read “sister” and “prostitute” while the Brits went for “terrorist” and racism.

Sharapova naked

It’s difficult to believe that this Telegraph headline wasn’t selected with Google in mind.