The Football Blog

Throw-ins...

The throw-in. Not exactly rock and roll is it? In a list of all things great about football, goals, sendings off, great saves, cracking tackles, throw-ins must feature near the bottom of the list. Well, along with Rory Delap, we're here to change all that. Behold then, some of the most entertaining throw-ins ever witnessed on a football pitch.

Fernando Torres adverts...

He's not just one of the best strikers to have graced the Premier League, nor is he simply a pretty-boy pin-up. Fernando Torres also happens to be a part time actor. At least he must be counted as such now, given the amount of adverts he's appeared in in both his native country and his adopted one. Without further ado then, we present to you Fernando's best TV commercials...

...Tyne/Wear Derbies!

As the bonnie lads of North East rivals Newcastle and Sunderland do battle for a second time this season, we look over some of their classic encounters over the years. They've had some canny'uns, like...

Solo goals...

It's a brand new year, so what better way to celebrate than by reminiscing over some of the best solo efforts ever scored on a football pitch. OK so you could argue that reading a good book or drinking yourself into oblivion would be better, but hey, at least we're giving you the option. And no, worry not, we haven't put Maradona's goal against England in. If only to save us the wrath of Peter Reid...

That's torn it...

Calamity Keepers...

After the roaring success of our videode to corner kicks, we've been inundated with requests for more of the same. What? one email doesn't count as inundated? Well it does in our book.

Anyway, without further ado, here's our look at some goalkeepers making a right arse of themselves....

Japanese arse...

American arse...

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Scottish amateur arse...

Carson arse...

The original arse...