Balls to Fiend (The Football Thread) (Read 1352865 times)

tomtom · May 28, 2015, 09:14:29 am

Hopefully the feds can help sort out Fifa...

Jaspersharpe · June 02, 2015, 06:58:07 pm

Sepp Blatter just broke Twitter.

tomtom · June 02, 2015, 07:11:13 pm

huh? something happen in Swiss?

My money is he jumped before pushed...

Sasquatch · June 03, 2015, 05:57:21 pm

Go Team USA!

Not bad for a second time. Little bit of luck and a whole lot of education.

Thank god Blatter is going. Can't happen soon enough for me.

Jaspersharpe · June 03, 2015, 06:33:19 pm

Good article (via Neal Mann on Twitter) about the reporter who basically took FIFA down:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/03/how-a-curmudgeonly-old-reporter-exposed-the-fifa-scandal-that-toppled-sepp-blatter/?postshare=1651433336369627

moose · June 03, 2015, 07:06:46 pm

Funny / sordid insight into Chuck Blazer (the FIFA exec whose "turning" and wearing an FBI wire precipitated all this):

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/chuck-blazer-meet-fifa-biggest-nightmare-article-1.2241143

A choice excerpt:

"He liked to treat the guys in his crew to New York strip club nights. For a time those tabs were charged to CONCACAF as a “SONY” expense, which sounds like a tech cost, except “SONY” stood for Stringfellow’s of New York, the high-priced strip club that used to operate in Manhattan."

Jaspersharpe · June 03, 2015, 11:27:03 pm

In some ways I respect Blazer for the "knew he had it coming at some point so FUCK IT!" attitude.

It's almost poetic that he takes the whole thing down while dying. The fat cunt.

moose · June 03, 2015, 11:50:36 pm

Aye, by comparison, the venality of Blatter and Valcke et al has a very quotidian character - ordinary greed on an admittedly extraordinary scale. But for all his ill-gotten gains, you suspect that all Sepp's corruption has amounted to for him is more expensive suits and bigger numbers on his bank statements. Chuck's actions at least have a certain grandiosity to recommend them. He enjoyed his money: he wasn't just sitting it watching the balance accrue, he was renting Manhattan apartments for his cats, taking his underlings clubbing, and touring from banquet to banquet on a fleet of mobility scooters, with a child-attacking macaw on his shoulder. Still a cunt... but at least one who might have given a few people a decent night out.

fatneck · June 23, 2015, 09:10:42 am

England through to the Semis after beating Norway. Stunning winner by Lucy Bronze!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33234578

galpinos · June 23, 2015, 09:13:18 am

Quote from: fatneck on June 23, 2015, 09:10:42 am

England through to the <b>Semis</b> after beating Norway. Stunning winner by Lucy Bronze!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33234578

I think you mean the Quarters? There is/was an extra knockout round this time as there are more teams in the Cup.

fatneck · June 23, 2015, 09:14:22 am

Thanks

tomtom · July 10, 2015, 10:06:36 am

I weep....

cheque · July 10, 2015, 10:14:17 am

Bad times. I remember them sponsoring Scarborough in the 90s. We sang Manfred Mann's "Pretty Flamingo" at them.

Hopefully your away kit will be better than this east coast theme park classic.

tomtom · July 10, 2015, 10:23:15 am

Oof! Our new kit is Tba on Monday but..

FA set to announce on Tigers name change debacle later on today...

tomtom · July 10, 2015, 10:35:19 am

Apparently they used to sponsor Leeds too.. (it just gets better..)

galpinos · July 10, 2015, 10:46:57 am

Quote from: tomtom on July 10, 2015, 10:06:36 am

I weep....

Ha!

We've done ok, no stupid strips and despite Dafabet being a gambling outfit from the Philippines, it seems to reasonably above board and isn't a chicken.

http://www.footyheadlines.com/2015/05/blackburn-rovers-15-16-kit.html

(And, a re-post of the fantastic Venky's Chicken advert for those who missed it the first time...... )

tomtom · July 10, 2015, 02:34:46 pm

And it gets even better - Flamingo Land are the (back) shirt sponsors for Boro as well.. So we'll get the flamingo land Derby. One despairs...

http://mobile.mfc.co.uk//news/article/2014/middlesbrough-boro-flamingo-land-resort-yorkshire-2538306.aspx

Jaspersharpe · July 10, 2015, 02:59:27 pm

Hilarious.

That Colin photo is dynamite.

nai · July 10, 2015, 02:59:52 pm

They must be in the pink to be splashing sponsorship around like that

tomtom · July 10, 2015, 03:01:53 pm

Quote from: nai on July 10, 2015, 02:59:52 pm

They must be in the pink to be splashing sponsorship around like that

Or on their last leg

Mike Tyson · July 17, 2015, 09:31:11 am

Wasn't sure what the protocol was, but I've taken the liberty of setting up the UKB Premier Leauge fantasy football for the forthcoming season.

Code to join is as follows: 336399-88899

Jaspersharpe · July 17, 2015, 11:25:41 am

Nice one.

Mike Tyson · August 04, 2015, 07:24:15 am

Only 4 teams in the UKB Premier League so far, chop chop everybody, sort it out!

nai · August 04, 2015, 09:18:21 am

Just joined but struggle to find the time for this now I'm not at work in an office on Friday afternoon.

And as Moose hasn't reminded us the pre season guide is out with the Racing Post today. Stats galore.

ashtond6 · August 04, 2015, 04:17:33 pm

tried to join.... web page blocked at work