Archive for the ‘World Cup 2006’ Category

Player gets booked three times in World Cup match

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Croatia defender Josip Simunic set a new world cup record when he got booked three times in the match between Croatia and Australia.  Normally when the second yellow is shown, it is followed by a red as the player gets his marching orders.  However, in this case, English referee Graham ...

The first plane home…

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

"I hope England are on the first plane back from Deutchsland. I'm from the People's Republic of Mancunia. I'll have to leave if they win it. The country will be full of cockneys going on about it for years." Primal Scream bass player Mani.