"Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron has got Sepp Blatter and co hot under the collar as she prepares to host the World Cup draw later today. She was taking part in a rehearsal mock draw yesterday and pulled an ‘Ireland’ ball out of the hat." writes offthepost.info
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'Keeper carded for kitty rescue
"The Croatian first division match between Sibenik and Medjimurje Cakovec will be remembered for a cat which earned the visiting team's goalkeeper a yellow card." writes AFP
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Leeds United have a laugh at Liverpool with beach ball stunt
"Leeds keeper Shane Higgs showed Pepe Reina a thing or two about putting beach balls to good use when he blockaded most of his goal with inflatables ahead of last night’s clash with Norwich." writes Rob Parker
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Smeltz comes clean
"CoastConfidential has failed to find any dirt on Gold Coast United hero Shane Smeltz, despite speculation of foul play in the shower." writes Renae Dyer
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Web Hackerz 'Sign' Pondeljak
"Web hackers have bizarrely 'signed' Melbourne Victory star Tom Pondeljak to Portuguese giants Benfica in an internet hoax that has taken in at least one news outlet." writes Aidan Omond
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Viagra treatment for footballers
"A Bolivian football team's former physiotherapist says he gave players the sex drug Viagra to help them play at high altitude in the main city." writes BBC
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Apologetic German soccer team offers refunds
"A struggling German soccer team is offering a refund to its fans who traveled to another city to watch it suffer a 4-0 loss." writes cnn
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Yellow card for penalty fluff
"A soccer[sic] player was given a yellow card for "distracting" a penalty taker with what the referee deemed "ungentlemanly conduct" by breaking wind." writes courier mail
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If Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish & Dave Mitchell had spoke on the phone
It may have gone something like this! - "Ear-wigging on a telephone call at St Andrew’s the other day, I’m sure I heard this conversation between Birmingham boss Alex McLeish and Perth Glory coach Dave Mitchell." writes Mat Kendrick
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Toon fan invaded pitch but avoids ground ban
"A fed-up Toon fan ran on the pitch and begged to be barred from St James’s Park. But Kevin Southerton has not been granted his wish after he escaped a three-year stadium ban...As police pounced to arrest him, he declared: “I hope I get banned, I’m sick of watching this.”" writes Adam Jupp
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Funny Google Translation on Central Coast Mariners Story
A Central Coast Mariners article by a Times Online news written in chinese has funny results when put through Google translation.
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How Soccer[sic] is Ruining America: A Jeremiad
"Soccer[sic] is running America into the ground, and there is very little anyone can do about it. Social critics have long observed that we live in a therapeutic society that treats young people as if they can do no wrong." writes Stephen H. Webb
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Uproar as football fans are told to be quiet during matches
"Football fans are furious after their club told them to keep quiet during matches" write The Daily Mail
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Thousands of fans hold minute's silence for footballer - but he's not dead
"More than 2,000 football fans held a minute's silence for one of their amateur team's greatest stars after reports of his death, only for his 'widow' to tell them he was alive and living in Kent." writes Nick Allen
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Fan Playing Away From Home Falls Victim To Cruel Hoax
A MARRIED Manchester United fan drove 400 miles for a saucy weekend with a girl he’d met on the internet only to discover it was an elaborate hoax set up by two burly Liverpool supporters he had upset on holiday.
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