DT has teamed up with purveyors of exceptional wall art The Beautiful Game to bring you the chance to win one of their fine products. The Beautiful Game offer a wide variety of football wall stickers — from player images to memorable quotes — designed by a number of great artists (including our pal Dan Leydon). And you can win the design of your choice.
Chelsea have announced a club record shirt sponsorship deal with Yokohama Rubber reportedly worth £200 million over the next five years. Though the deal doesn’t begin until next season, the influx of FFP friendly cash has already been earmarked for several key areas.
Here’s a breakdown of how the money will be divided up…
Clubs are always looking for new revenue streams and Championship side Charlton Athletic are no different. But to set themselves apart from the rest, Charlton now seem to be offering their pitch for all your late-night sex session needs.
Stomping on someone’s chest is traditionally frowned upon in most human endeavors, yet Beijing Guoan’s Erton Fejzullahu still seemed rather surprised after getting sent off for doing just that in a match against Brisbane Roar.
After Brisbane’s Adam Sarota fell to the ground while trying to keep Fejzullahu from getting to the ball, the Beijing player attempted to take a shortcut over Sarota’s vital organs in reaching his desired destination. But the referee didn’t appreciate this route and pulled out a red card.
This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events.
Well hello there.
I see you’ve caught me scoring against Arsenal at the Emirates. Yet again. This was an especially satisfying conquest since few people gave Monaco a chance. But like when I pop out of your oversized birthday cake completely nude, we gave them quite the surprise. Ha-HA!
Looks like @DunkinDonuts have deleted their tweet. pic.twitter.com/fRz5yPovCW
— Jim Boardman (@JimBoardman) February 25, 2015
In 1993, Liverpool added a pair of eternal flames to their crest as a tribute to the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster. And in 2015, Dunkin’ Donuts, a corporate partner of the club, decided to replace those flames with pictures of iced coffee in a parody of the crest. This, needless to say, was not well received.
The night before Barcelona traveled to Manchester for the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie against Man City, Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique made a “late-night” trip to a casino with former teammate Cesc Fabregas. This prompted the same reaction it always does when footballers do something that normal humans do: MEDIA OUTRAGE!!!
There have been many fashionable trends that have come and gone in the beautiful game: snoods, white boots and failing to shake hands with an opponent are just a few examples. Read more
After six months of intense consultation, the razor sharp minds of FIFA’s task force for the 2018-2024 international match calendar have finally realized what everyone else already knew: that Qatar is quite hot from May through September. As a result, they have recommended that late November to late December as the most viable period for the 2022 World Cup with the support of all six confederations.
