Football Diary

by Patrick O'Connor

FOOTBALLERS love taking the mickey and it seems as if the lads at Premier League newcomers Queens Park Rangers found an easy target.

Recent signing Shaun Wright-Phillips only stands 5ft 5ins tall and so when the players gathered at a hotel the night before their game at Wolves, they got hold of a baby's high-chair and placed a 'SWP' name card on it. Pictures of the stunt were then posted on Twitter by team-mate Joey Barton.

Sports Diary
by Patrick O’Connor

THE British media is already getting its knickers in a twist over Andy Murray.

They got wildly excited when the country’s only genuine tennis star reached the semi-finals of the French Open but then sank back into the usual frenzy of over-analysis when he succumbed to Rafael Nadal.

YOU would have thought that with a Champions League final against Barcelona coming up that Wayne Rooney would have better things to do than get involved in a stupid Twitter row.

The Manchester United and England striker replied to an abusive tweet by saying: “I’ll put u asleep within 10 seconds...

ABOUT 10 days ago whilst waiting for the beginning of my team’s game against Cardiff City, I watched the last half-hour of the West Ham v Manchester United Premier League game on the concourse TV.

United, two down to the London side, fought back to win 4-2, displaying all the resilience, aggression and drive you’d expect of champions-elect.

A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it's all perfecly clear to the native speaker.

IT can be tough being a football manager, what with disgruntled fans, over-ambitious directors and the media constantly harping away.

So the last thing you need is to be sent off for tackling a pitch invader dressed in a mankini!