Footballers Are Idiots

Precocious performers Francine and Nicola Gleadall were arrested for threatening words and behaviour during the Yorkshire derby between Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley over the weekend.

The local starlets, ingeniously known as “Twin” managed to get off on the wrong foot by telling fans to “f**k off” as they were welcomed on to the pitch at Hillsborough.

Then, as they performed cover version of Slade classic “Cum on Feel the Noize” at half time, they flicked ‘V signs’ at the visiting Barnsley fans and upon receiving a chorus of boos in response, they again called upon their limited vocabulary to tell the fans to “f**koff” once again.

However, it seems no publicity as bad publicity as the chavvy duo’s antics resulted in columns upon columns of newsprint and appearances on the telly.

What charming young ladies

Their appearance on BBC ‘Look North’

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Mick McCarthy saw his Wolves side trounced 4-0 against Championship leader Cardiff City on Saturday but it wasn’t the first time a team under his management came unstuck at Ninian Park.

The first half sending off of defender Gary Breen with the score at 0-0 was reminiscent of when McCarthy took his Sunderland side to South Wales in February 2004.

That afternoon, defender Joachim Bjorklund received a straght red after 17 minutes and the Bluebirds went on to hammer the Black Cats 4-0.

It seems that in football lightning does strike twice.

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Norwich City’s weekend defeat at Plymouth Argyle has not only left manager Nigel Worthington one match to save his job, but also caused a fight to break out between two of his players.

Youssef Safri and Dickson Etuhu traded punches on the team bus during the long trek home to East Anglia in the aftermath of the humiliating 3-1 defeat at Home Park.

A “Canaries insider” was quoted as saying: “They are always having a go at eachother in training but it really was a shock to see their feud boil over in such a violent way.

“There has never been any love lost between the pair”.

You don’t say. And there was me thinking they were the best of friends!

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Former Cardiff City defender Spencer Prior loves taking a swipe at his former employers, or rather the fans and has been whining in the press again today.

This time he claims he was a target for the Ninian Park boo boys because he is English.

Prior is a perfect inclusion for this website as he is completely self deluded about why he was booed. He was once infamously heckled and jeered as he prepared to enter the pitch as a substitute and it is probably that reason why he has developed such venom towards the Bluebirds, using his nationality is just a convenient excuse.

The reason Prior was booed and target for terrace abuse was not because he was English, but because he came to the club with a huge reputation, commanded an even bigger salary and gave back very little in return.

A player who spent most of his career in the Premiership before joining Cardiff should have eaten third division strikers for breakfast, but what City fans got was an uncertain, error prone player who simply did not justify his estimated weekly wage of between £6-£8,000.

The astute observation of one five year old supporter summed up Prior in a nutshell when he asked: “is he supposed to fall over all the time?”

For the record, there have been plenty of English players who have been adored by the City faithful in recent years: Michael Chopra, Cameron Jerome, Peter Thorne, Neil Ardley, Jobi McAnuff, Gary O’Neill, Gareth Ainsworth, Julian Gray, Leo Fortune-West, Paul Brayson, Jeff Eckhardt, Gareth Stoker, Steve White, Phil Stant and Tony Philliskirk all effortlessly spring to mind.

Where they differ to Prior is, they gave their all for the club. Even if one or two of them had their limitations as players.

Prior, now in the twighlight of his career, must be thanking his lucky stars he is playing at Championship level again, this time with Southend United.

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Cardiff City did their level best to throw away their position at the top of the Championship by surrendering a three goal lead and scoring two own goals in the process at Plymouth Argyle last night.

A goal from Steve Thompson and two from Michael Chopra saw City cruising after 49 minutes but then the Bluebirds pressed the self destruct button.

An own goal from Kevin McNaughton after 69 minutes gave the Pilgrims hope and veteran Barry Hayles reduced the deficit further five minutes later.

With two minutes left, captain Darren Purse snatched a draw from the jaws of victory by putting into his own net to confirm a miserable evening.

Well done, lads.

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