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Samuel Eto’o to rent Andrew Flintoff’s £2.5m mansion


Freddie to get a “super lodger” in his posh pad

Andrew Flintoff

As Samuel Eto’o inches closer to earning £192,000-a-week after tax at Manchester City, The Mirror are reporting that he has already organised some suitable accommodation for his family in northern England.

Freddie Flintoff owns a £2.5m mansion in Hale, but has since has moved his family to another home in the relatively-nearby Cheshire village of Mottram St Andrew (on land once owned by Mark Hughes). Hence, the Lancashire all-rounder is now looking for a lodger who is happy to piss away an outrageous amount of rent:

Barcelona ace Eto’o is set to move into a Georgian style house in the plush village of Hale owned by cricket ace Flintoff, who is renting out the property for around £20,000-a-month - a fraction of Eto’o’s £200,000-a-week wages.

The Spoiler is a little confused as to why Eto’o would rent a place in England, when he could easily afford to buy one outright. Is he waiting for market conditions to improve, or is he not looking to stay on our tiny island for very long?

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Posted: June 29th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

WAG No. 219: Laura Coleman


Would you dump Miss England? A certain England cricketer did

Laura Coleman

Leicestershire beauty Laura Coleman was crowned Miss England in July this year, the same month that Stuart Broad ended their “secret” ten month relationship. The pair actually met for the first time as children, but the right-arm fast-medium star broke it off when his cricket and her modelling commitments got in the way. The damned fool.

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Posted: November 14th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

WAG No. 200: Katja Zickler


One half of Germany’s answer to Paris and Nicole

Katja Zickler and Cora Schumacher

Much like Juande Ramos and the stench of failure, German WAGs and ’scoiety ladies’ Katja Zickler and Cora Schumacher have been inseparable of late. Katja (the brunette on the left) is a former ‘Miss Bikini’ and current wife of FC Salzburg’s Alexander Zickler, and Cora (voluptuous blonde on the right) is the better half of too-rubbish-to-get-a-contract-this-year F1 driver Ralf Schumacher.

The pair have been snapped out and about by the German press recently, most notably at Oktoberfest and at the opening of Austria’s answer to the Cricket fashion boutique, an emporium called ‘CoKa’.

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Posted: October 17th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

Pussycat Dolls, excellent 1980s film, John Terry, 2 Tone classic


Meanwhile, elsewhere on the internet…

It’s 2 Tone Tuesday in The Spoiler office!

Probably the worst job in the world

[Kickette]

Ex-Hamilton fans start melting things

[Gridcrasher]

Boxing, Pussycat Doll style

[With Leather]

Serena Williams slips into a tiny bikini

[Polite Applause]

Greatest film ever made, Red Dawn (in full)

[chiefwashharris]

Great Sporting Losers

[The Guardian]

Rugby WAG, Kelly Brook, treading the boards

[Egotastic]

Why England won’t with the Stanford millions

[Chickendinner]

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Posted: October 14th, 2008 by Josh Burt

WAG No. 191: Alyssa Milano


Courtesy of our pals at Polite Applause

Alyssa Milano

If you haven’t been to America, you should go, the place is amazing. Everything’s huge, people speak with hilarious pretend voices, and the national dish is beefburgers and chicken wings. Fantastic. Also big in the US is baseball - it’s their version of cricket - and this woman, Alyssa, is a fanatic. So much so that she designs baseball clothes for lady fans, owns an LA Dodgers season ticket, and has shared intimate lovemaking moments with Brad Penny, Carl Pavano, Barry Zito, Russell Martin and Tom Glavine - all big sports stars who are the American equivalents of Boycott, Gower, and Beefy.

Other than that, she’s a gorgeous Hollywood actress, who once starred as Arnie’s daughter in his action adventure film, Commando, about a man who leaves the house without any knickers on.

More steamy pictures after the jump…

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Posted: October 6th, 2008 by Josh Burt

Pussycat Dolls, cricket, football and poignant soul music


Also appearing on a computer near you…

Today’s link dump will be accompanied by the haunting sounds of Esther Phillips singing a song about drugs. Winehouse, we assume you’re listening…

The frightening truth about lovely steroids

[With Leather]

Pussycat Doll intends to write some kind of song for Hamilton

[Grid Crasher]

Newcastle new boy looks like Liverpool legend

[Pies]

Make money from the art of gentlemanly cricket

[Chickendinner]

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Posted: August 28th, 2008 by Josh Burt

Ruud Gullit’s P45, China’s fake fireworks and Man City’s ‘committed’ owner


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British gymnast Alison Carroll is the new Lara Croft

Tenuous link to sport alert: British gymnast Alison Carroll is the new Lara Croft
[On205th]

Video: All your efforts at parallel parking are about to be put to shame
[Grid Crasher]

Why KP could bring home the Ashes
[chickendinner]

China faked the firework display in the Olympic opening ceremony? Is that possible?
[WithLeather]

Ruud Gullit has quit the LA Galaxy
[BBC]

Manchester City insist they are ‘not in jeapardy’
[Football 365]

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Posted: August 12th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

England Captain in student-hating shocker


Pietersen shuns future leaders of industry in nightclub

Kevin Pitersen and Jessica Taylor

Last night, South African-born England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen squired his lovely wife Jessica Taylor about foggy London town, accompanied by his brother and his respective ladyfriend. The double-daters enjoyed fine sustenance at Nobu Berkeley, and then decided it was time to throw some shapes on the dancefloor. They arrived at popular WAG hangout Mahiki, but left immediately when they discovered it was student night.

Why the hatred for the work-shy university layabouts, Kev? Does the prospect of hordes of financially impaired youngsters throwing up on your shoes while dressed up in comedy golfing attire bother you that much? Hmm, point taken.

Spoiler bonus: See more of Jessica and her love of falconry here

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Posted: August 12th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey