Net malfunction causes problems in South America

Skip to [6.05] for the juicy bit

Spoiler fans have become acquainted with Brazilian side Botafogo through their love of awful penalties and good old fashioned rioting.

This weekend, the top flight side landed back on our radar after right back Alessandro scored a header [6.05 in the video]. Conventionally, the ball must go between the posts to be a legitimate goal, but Alessandro’s effort reached the back of the net via a gaping hole in the side netting.

The referee - who may or may not have been Stuart Attwell -  allowed the goal, but rival Boavista players complained for nearly ten minutes until the decision was reversed. The controversy rages on, however, as Botafogo’s manager suggested the officials used video evidence to reach their decision, which is currently against the rules.

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The Croatian beauty who’s had one too many WKD Blues

While things are in crisis at White Hart Lane, it’s good to see some of the WAGs are on their worst behaviour. Our besties at Kickette have alerted us to Vedran Corluka’s 21-year-old fiancée Iva Buzov, who has whipped up a storm in her home nation (Croatia) because a rather embarrassing video has surfaced:

In case you were wondering, the controversy isn’t because she has clearly raided a stripper’s wardrobe for her evening ensemble or that the camera operator is clearly obsessed with her chest area, but that she’s stinking drunk. When a car passes, she blurts out: “Oh my God, is that my Dad?” Let’s hope it isn’t, dear.

Adebayor’s volley causes betting controversy

Blue Square has been forced to close their book on Match of the Day’s Goal of the Month competition, as a disproportionate amount of people were voting for Emmanuel Adebayor’s wonder strike against Spurs in September (2:40 in the video above). Ruling out the possibilities that this was the best goal and that’s why people voted for it, the bookies have pulled the market last night amid whispers of a leak at the Big British Castle.

The BBC claim there is ‘no evidence to suggest a leak’ of the result, yet punters placed