It's always a quiet three months after Christmas as the players enjoy a well earned rest. Traditionally all sorts of swapping and transferring takes place. Here's a quick round up of some of the biggest news stories from the past three months.
Derby County and Doncaster Mainline swapped football grounds in a deal estimated to be in the region of several hundred pounds. the fans went haywire and lobbied to have the grounds swapped back. It emerged later that when "The Counts" found out they would be having to swap back they all left "reversies" in the toilets. A technique involving sitting the wrong way on the toilet and leaving a deposit on the porcelain. Geoff Cornets even performed a Tankie, which involves 'depositing' in the toilet system.
In a bid to engage a slightly geekier audience, Newcastle United were involved in one of the most unexpected signings of the Christmas break: David Duchovney. He played football in college to a fairly high standard although it soon became apparent at his first training session that this had been American Footaball when he picked up the ball, punched Alan Shearer and screamed random numbers at everybody on the pitch. His debut match is on Saturday and it's rumored he'll be lowered onto the pitch from a flying saucer. His catch-phrase, "I want to believe.. in goals" is already being banded about the Newt's dressing room.
The winter break also saw the first straight civil partnership between two footballmen. Amidst accusations of homophobia in the sport the gorgeous Lampard married the enormous Ledley King on the pitch in front of booing fans. The couple (who are both straight) claim it's a massive step forward for the sport and plan to adopt in the summer.
Respects should be paid to the great Dennis Lambert who died age 89 on New Years day. The horribly racist footballer is commonly credited with having invented the coin toss at the start of the match. Before him the two captains would wrestle for the honor in bouts that would sometimes last several days.
So that's it readers. Any predictions for the new season?
1 comment:
I say it's about time Ledley and Lampard got it out in the open, it's been a long time coming if you ask me.
Jai
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