Football

Earlier today I posted about the imminent demise of Holden.

A reader emailed me this advert from the 70s that may need a re-write.

Final score was a 1-all draw, not a win to the ‘Nix. And the Newcastle goal was scored more than 15 minutes before the end of the match!

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Faced with ill-discipline and in-fighting among players the England FA has come out with a list of Do’s and Dont’s for their players.  It is not a bad guide for politicians to follow so I have re-written it for say….ergh….ughm……the Labour Party and David Shearer.

Add your own in comments if you so wish.

The don’ts and the dos

Don’t

* Use drugs without doctor’s permission telling the Leader

* Disclose confidential information about any aspect of playing for England our caucus meetings or strategy

* Wear red and pink together, ever  unofficial sportswear from personal endorsements

* Consume alcohol in public without the express permission of the manager Leader

* Use drugs or banned substances

* Use room service or adult channels

* Bet on i-predict or buy and sell on TradeMe any football matches

* Criticise people on Twitter or Facebook, especially while in the House

Do

* Respect Parliament, your colleagues and the Speaker opponents, officials and supporters

* Respect culture and traditions of host nations Unions and our members

* Acknowledge the supporters at the end of the game and when on the coach travelling to training and games our members at conferences and meetings

* Respect drug-testing officers

* Respect hotel staff at Skycity

* Be on time for team caucus meetings.

* Use a sensible amount of time playing video, updating twitter, Facebook or computer games such as Angry Birds.

 

ᔥ NZ Herald

Always has been, always will be, soccer is gay, especially when they do this shit:

Auckland soccer organisers have been accused of “living in cloud cuckoo land” after allowing children’s teams to share championship titles.

Children’s football teams will be crowned joint championship winners rather than being separated by goal difference in the traditional way.

The rule has been labelled a nonsense by a parent and slammed as ridiculous by one of the game’s stalwarts.

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Removing goal difference meant stronger teams could start different players or take other measures against weak teams without being punished, he said.

“We try to stop teams going out and thrashing other teams, like 20-nil every week. It’s just to do enough to win, basically.”

But one parent whose 11-year-old son plays soccer said the rule was unfair and punished success.

Soccer Officially Announces It Is Gay

Terry Serepisos threatens everyone, so no surprise he threatened the Football Federation of Australia with legal action:

He publicly relinquished control of the Wellington Phoenix with dignity but, behind the scenes, Terry Serepisos threatened Football Federation Australia with legal action after it told him his licence would be revoked.

Revelations that the bankrupted property developer did not relinquish the Phoenix without a fight come after the High Court yesterday approved the partial release of an affidavit in which he outlined the collapse of his empire.

It was Mr Serepisos’ parlous financial state – he was declared bankrupt three days after losing the Phoenix – that contributed to the FFA stripping him of the licence to operate the club.

Mr Serepisos was notified by FFA boss Lyall Gorman, either late on Thursday night or early Friday morning, just over a week ago, that his A-League licence would be withdrawn.

A new licence was issued to a consortium of seven Wellington businessmen for the club to play in the A-League for the next five years.

It is understood Mr Serepisos threatened the FFA with legal action after losing the Phoenix, a threat that was still hanging in the air until shortly before a press conference organised for noon on Friday last week.

Mr Gorman briefed Wellington City Council about the change in ownership less than three hours before the press conference was to begin.

It is understood that he told the council about the threatened legal action and that he was unsure how Mr Serepisos would publicly respond to losing the Phoenix.

However, he was optimistic that Mr Serepisos would bow out “gracefully”.

Unsurprisingly the threat of legal action turned out to be as serious as his loan from Honkers and the one from Western Gulf Advisory. I’m still waiting for the writ for his threats to sue me.

Full of piss and wind is our Terry.

At a Phoenix game – all the announcements are about ‘Your Wellington Phoenix’. Is that because Terry can’t pay the bills so ratepayers are bailing him out again?

The tipline has been running hot with news about Terry Serepisos. More than one reliable source makes this a very hot rumour.

Apparently the ASB is getting ready to put in receivers, but Terry Serepisos is unaware (has been confirmed by several contacts in financial world). Anyway it takes time for banks to get their ducks in a row.  So it’s probably true, but he doesn’t know it, and is prancing about as normal.  He looks to have been been caught out because the property market is a bit frozen, so values are dropping to natural levels. He’s essentially stuck with overvalued assets, with thumping great loans on them.

Wellington is awash with rumours and getting a lot of use from the word ‘schadenfreude‘.

And only yesterday the winner of TVNZ’s Apprentice (remember they claimed to have done due diligence??) arrived in town, for his job with Mr Terry Serepisos…the poor winner even brought his wife and family.

It’s the talk of the city, how else do you think The Whale heard?  Usually Very Reliable Sources in the commercial world are squawking, loudly.  And his demise is regarded as inevitable.  It’s reckoned he’ll move to Greece (amusingly, one of the ‘PIGS’ nations), from whence he came.

The Wellington Phoenix Football Club has effectively been funded by the WCC anyway because Terry Serepisos has been defaulting on his rates. I wonder if WCC ever thought they might own a football team and whether ratepayers are happy for that to continue. I’m not that this particular Phoenix will rise from the ashes of Terry Serepisos’ coming funeral.

The Vuvuzela taken care of by the folks at Blendtec.

This video provides compelling evidence as to why Football is a game for poofs.