10. With cycling transitioning into its silly season, some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to find out if plucky Thomas Voeckler could out-sprint a trotting horse.
9. This week saw its fair share of wonder goals– I’m looking at you, Shamrock Rovers’ Pat Sullivan–but none were quite as improbable as that scored by Preston goalkeeper Iain Turner during his side’s 2-0 victory over Notts County at the weekend.
8. From wonder goals to wonder misses: oh no you didn’t, Israel Khan!
7. After failing to qualify for the shot put at the Athletics World Championships, 17-year-old Sogelau Tuvalu, a native of tiny American Samoa, decided to race in the qualifying rounds of the 100m. Bravery? Stupidity? Hilarity.
6. With the mob from Eastlands punching well above their seeded weight in this year’s Champion’s League draw, no one was looking forward to being drawn against Manchester City, not least Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribéry.
5. Who doesn’t love a good brawl? The National Rugby League, evidently. The group’s disciplinary body has charged ten players over their participation in this bench-clearer during last week’s clash between Melbourne and (the appropriately named) Manly.
4. Cuba’s Dayron Robles was denied his gold medal in the 110m hurdles at the Athletics World Championships after he was deemed to have interfered (not that way) with fellow competitor and arch rival Liu Xiang in the closing stages of the race. A dastardly attempt at sabotage or an innocent touching of hands: you decide.
3. It’s not quite a low of Venky’s proportions, but the San Diego Chargers’ wine launch is more than deserving of a place in the Score’s YouTube Top 10 Hall of Corporate Shame (there is such a place; it’s hidden in a ghost estate on the outskirts of Athlone). “From your raging fan in the stands to somebody who really enjoys a nice Cab on the weekends, this wine really covers it all.” *shudder*
2. Ortis Deley’s career-immolating performance in front of the Channel 4 cameras may have stolen the headlines this week and delivered a handful of quotable gems (“We’ve seen some action this morning aswell. Jessica Ennis. Good night.”), but he’s still no Brian “Boom Goes the Dynamite” Collins.
1. Joe Hart on the signing of Owen Hargreaves: “Wowzers! Where’s that come from?” Quite.
You’d have to say that Pat’s currently are the best team in the LOI & if they can win their last 3 matches then they might even nick the league.
Bohs may be the most P.C. team in football, but they’re dicing with the drop.
@Gerry Kelly: If Kenny was appointed a month earlier they’d be top.
@Comments Section Closed: still pathetic for Bohs to even contemplate finishing 9th with their set up and finances.
@An tEoghanach: we’ll finish 8th which is nowhere near good enough as you stated but that’s a sign of how competitive its been. There are no easy games in this league. Who’d of tought Dundalk would be relegated… Yes they had financial struggles but still had a squad good enough finish in a better position. Drogheda have Rovers Shels and a local derby in their remaining 3 but will win the playoff and stay up. Galway while not likely can still win the league from 5th if others slip up which just proves again how competitive its been… and with Cork coming back up, its going to be similar next year as well so everyone is going to have to get their shit together
Sligo Rovers ran rings around Derry tonight but only came away with a draw. We still have a chance to get Top 4!
C’ mon The Bit ‘O Red!!!
Why are they saying in the article about Derry City game tonight that it’s out of their hands but if my maths are right if they win their last 3 games they win it as they play Shels in the last game
The run Kenny has Pats on at the moment is something else. After the failure in the Irish job you can’t deny him as a coach he gets his players playing. Winning games there going to be contending next season. The league has been great so many teams involved with the final few games. Would love Shels to hold on but not sure if they will. They need to get a win asap. Give them some form for the remaining games
Kenny doing incredible things. Getting his reputation firmly back on track. The rest of the league will be worrying about what Pats will do next season
Tough watch in Dalyer tonight. Pats were on top but the red card was the killer blow. You could see how effectively they used the extra man to create space. It’s been a long season!