For those not invited to celebrate the birthday of Robert Pires
The U17 World Cup continues at 3pm on Eurosport 2, as Italy’s nippers attempt to take revenge for 2002 and all that, by beating some South Korean children.
Three matches this evening covering a range of footballing competition. If you like your football young, catch Wales vs Scotland in the Victory Shield at 7:40pm on Sky Sports 1. If you like your football second-rate, Man United reserves try to take their own revenge against the Liverpool counterparts, MUTV from 7.
And finally, if you like your football preening, the Special One hosts Walter Zenga’s Palermo, looking to go four points clear at the top of Serie A. The game is on ESPN at 7:45.
Netherlands 2/ England 2
Thanks to suicide defending from Rio Ferdinand and Gareth Barry, The Three Lions endured a very uncomfortable first half in Amsterdam. Fabio Capello blamed an abundance of confidence, rather than general crappiness, for the unforced errors. Fortunately, Jermain Defoe saved their graces with his one-man rescue operation.
Spoiler bonus: British licence fee payers were outraged last night as the BBC decided to show Scotland’s woeful attempt to qualify for the World Cup. Lowlights after the jump…
Crystal Palace’s orange-faced goon chairman Simon Jordan has nothing to do with the Premier League or the Scottish Premier League, but the Daily Record have sought after his well-paid opinion on the matter of whether the Old Firm should be invited to join in with the fun in England:
“Football is evolving all the time and this would be great for the Scottish clubs but they should pay to come down.
“I’d suggest £100million and the immediate financial benefits that arise for both clubs would soon cover it. Their share price would go through the ceiling on the back of massive revenue increases.
“The SPL does not attract a worldwide audience - the Premier League does. It would
Interweb saboteur gets the better of Scottish scribes
Here’s a cautionary tale for anyone who opens nonchalantly opens email attachments, courtesy of The Telegraph:
One gentleman of the Scottish football press, who shall not be identified, was this week tipped off by a contact that phone camera footage had emerged from the Celtic dressing room of the recent punch-up between Artur Boruc and Aiden McGeady and could be found on a certain website.
The journo involved promptly passed this info to a substantial number of colleagues, most of whom went straight online to witness the fun. They certainly got full-blooded man-on-man action, but in the form of extremely graphic gay male porn.
To make matters worse, the download had a viral element that kept it on screen, despite frantic efforts to erase it. Nor could the desperate scribes turn to their IT departments for help as accessing porno sites is an office no-no.
Which is why the editorial floors of several newspapers were treated to the sight of football writers frantically scrabbling under their desks to disconnect power and communication cables from their PCs before colleagues could leap to wholly erroneous conclusions.
At least, that is the explanation currently being offered by the gentlemen involved.
The top heavy model who fell for a love rat’s charms
The Premier League and Serie A are chock full of romantics, but it’s good to know there are also Casanovas operating in Scotland. Model Clair Meek met Rangers keeper Allan McGregor in September 2007 at a fancy ball, and they duly conducted a romance. This came to an abrupt end, however, when Clair discovered McGregor was already living with a partner, and had also been selling his footballer goodness to a slew of fabulous ladies.
Xenophobic tabloid headline writers get their wish
Germany 1/ England 2
After gifting Patrick Helmes an equaliser, lucky England captain John Terry brought joy to the nation (and delight to a certain website editor who profited from goalscorer and correct score bets) as Germany were handed their first defeat in Berlin since 1973. March on, boys.
Spoiler bonus: Diego Maradona enjoyed a winning debut at a half empty Hampden Park, while Carlos Queiroz’s Portugal took a pounding six goal pounding at the hands of Brazil. See highlights of both after the jump…
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