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Western Sydney Wanderers ban 14 fans for oral sex banner at Sydney derby

Supporters group then doubles down on homophobic depiction of opposing manager

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Fourteen members of Western Sydney Wanderers supporters group Red and Black Bloc have been given 18-month stadium bans by the club for having a banner depicting Sydney FC manager Graham Arnold with a penis going in and out of his mouth during the Sydney derby. The banner was likely inspired by one Spartak Moscow fans made involving Zenit’s lion mascot several years ago.

From the Sydney Morning Herald:

Of the 14 supporters banned by the club, Fairfax Media understands several are part of the RBB’s core leadership group. It’s understood FFA is pleased with the Wanderers’ strong response on Wednesday but is unhappy that it’s taken four days for the club to issue such a harsh condemnation of the RBB’s actions. The governing body will not comment on the Wanderers’ banning of their fans until Thursday, once it has ruled on the show-cause notice. Sources suggest the Wanderers will likely still face sanctions, despite taking a hardline approach.

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Instead of apologizing, the group has dug in their feet over their homophobia and posted a response on their Facebook page, along with designs for a potential merchandise line.

We find it ironic that it takes the FFA barely 24 hours to respond to a banner deemed ‘offensive’, but take over 12 months to even commence an appeals process agreed upon in December 2015.

Clearly football in this country is in the wrong hands.

Football belongs to the people, not a dictatorial body or the likes of so called expert commentators.

The sport doesn’t belong to the FFA, nor does it belong to the likes of Robbie Slater.

Fuck off with your pandering to mainstream media.

But, since this banner has been so popular, we are considering a new line of relevant merchandise, and as everyone has an opinion, let us know yours regarding the merch.

Awesome, would purchase.

I’m offended angry and disgusted

Perhaps 18 months isn’t long enough.


A-League ball boy tries to spoil Tim Cahill’s goal celebration

The tyranny of ball boys continues…

Ball boys: A scourge upon the beautiful game, hellbent on subjugating participants to their will the world over. Eden Hazard knows it, Jose Mourinho knows, and now Tim Cahill knows it.

During a New Year’s Eve match between Cahill’s Melbourne City and Central Coast Mariners, there was a plot decided on by the ball boys to try and sabotage Cahill’s signature corner-flag boxing celebration should he score a goal.

In the 40th minute, Cahill did score and, as expected, ran towards the corner flag. But as he did so, the ball boy standing nearest to it pulled it out of the ground and stood there with it, emotionless, as Cahill did his boxing routine anyway.

After what ended up a 2–2 draw, the ball boy in question told Fox Sports of the plan, but there were no hard feelings from Cahill, who even stopped to take a picture with the kid.

When will the ball boys’ reign of terror come to an end?

Video via Bleacher Report

Megan Rapinoe scores twice, mocks referee to help U.S. beat Australia

Megan Rapinoe became the first United States player to score to score two goals in one Women’s World Cup match since 2007, helping her side overcome an ugly first half to beat Australia 3-1 in their Group D opener. She also burned the ref after getting booked in the 64th minute.

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DTotD: Player sent off for cynical challenge on football playing BBQ sauce bottle mascot

Central Coast Mariners held a testimonial for retiring captain John Hutchinson and the match included a mascot dressed as a BBQ sauce bottle, because why the hell not?

The sauce bottle weaved its way through a group of players loitering around the middle of the pitch to set itself up for a clear shot on goal, but Brent Griffiths cut the bottle down with a vicious tackle from behind. This earned Griffiths a red card. In a testimonial. Against a sauce bottle.

The match also included a ball boy in goal at one point and ended 12-5 in favor of Hutchinson’s team. The main takeaway from all of this, however, is that the world needs more footballing BBQ sauce bottles.

This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events. 

Video via The Mirror 

84-year-old FFA chairman falls off stage during A-League trophy presentation

Just as he put his hands on the A-League trophy to present it to Melbourne Victory after their 3-0 win against Sydney FC in the Grand Final, 84-year-old FFA chairman Frank Lowy fell off the stage. The joy of the moment quickly turned to fear as he players looked down at the billionaire, unsure what to do.

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Australian defender scores own goal from 40 yards out

Central Coast Mariners defender Josh Rose scored one of the most excruciating own goals in recent memory when a misjudged backpass turned into an own goal from 40 yards out in the 89th minute of an AFC Champions League match against Guangzhou R&F.

Mariners keeper Liam Reddy was almost closer to Rose than he was to his own net when the 33-year-old defender attempted the pass in the 89th minute with R&F up 2-0. So Reddy had some distance to cover in his futile attempt to chase down the bouncing ball that made it 3-0.

The Australian club scored in added time, but losing 3-1 probably didn’t make them feel any better.