Archives for September 2012

There are some pretty shocking examples of football body art out there but this could be the worst of the lot. The culprit is a Chelsea fan, so the tattoo was always going to be of these two…

A classic way to welcome a new recruit to your club is of course embarrassing them as much as possible. Getting the new boy to do a karaoke number seems to be popular…

Steven Fletcher has taken his form in front of goal and has transferred it into egg catching. The Sunderland striker was out at dinner last night and ended up trying to catching eggs. 

We’ve had plenty of odd football merchandise feature on this newsletter – the Barcelona showerhead, the Newcastle onesie, but this could top the lot.

It’s no secret that footballers love their golf. But apparently they’re just as into watching it. The Ryder Cup started today and it's all footballers are tweeting about. Hopefully they'll drag themselves away from the TV to play tomorrow!

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So he has got a weakness! When you’re the best footballer in the world it’s the little things that are a real struggle to remember.

Lazio forward, Miroslav Klose had the ball in Napoli’s net after just three minutes in last night’s game, but the goal was scratched off when Klose put his hands up and admitted it wasn’t a fair goal.

Steven Pienaar has had a brave hair cut ahead of the winter months. The South African took a trip to the barbers and then shared his new cut with his Twitter followers.

The 606 Twitter stream has been taken up with footballers talking about the latest computer game in which they can play as themselves. Phil Jones has already dubbed himself the king of the game…

German side Borussia Dortmund have built a new futuristic training facility that seems to resemble something you’d expect to find on a gameshow.

Alan Pardew signs one of the longest contracts we’ve ever heard of in football, keeping him at Newcastle until 2020. Yes that’s right; eight years time! Have you seen a longer contract in football?

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While the English teams battled it out in the Capital One Cup, the other side of the Channel saw the French equivalent - ‘Coupe de la Ligue’.

In line with the recent craze, the lads and lasses of Brazil’s most famous football club have recorded a special tribute to celebrate 100 years of their club.

Despite the Reds recording their worst start to a season in over 100 years, the Liverpool faithful are still producing some light-hearted banter.

When Arsenal faced Coventry at the Emirates, one Gunner had to psyche himself up to play a slightly different role than the last time this fixture took place.

Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt on Marco Materazzi is back in the spotlight once again after being commemorated by the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

In a tie between Havant & Waterlooville and Western-Super-Mare, the away team boarded their bus missing one vital piece of kit…

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Arsenal’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is trying his hand at a spot of presenting with a new series of online videos called ‘OX TV’. In the latest episode he’s challenged to re-create Theirry Henry’s iconic goal against Manchester United.

Find a goal scored quicker than this and we'll eat our bobble hats! Serbian youngster Vuk Bakic took just two seconds to score for Belgrade’s GSP Polet during a youth match.

During a recent Lower league game in Brazil, a frustrated physio had enough of being part of the back room set up. So he took matters into his own hands and attempted to make a name for himself.

Sammy Ameobi must have been crunched at training this morning. He went on Twitter to remind himself not to go near a certain player.

It’s no secret that since retiring, Ronaldo has piled on the pounds. So desperate is he to shed the weight, he’s joined a reality TV show.

The League Cup always provides huge shocks and drama, we asked you lot if you could see any upsets yesterday.

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Not long ago we featured two terrible misses by Brazilians, Oscar and Neymar. Flamengo forward, Vagner Love must have picked up some tips from his fellow countrymen.

There was a very awkward moment captured in The Etihad tunnel this weekend. It’s been over a year since Gael Clichy made the move from the red of North London to the blue of Manchester.

The majority of us woke up on Monday morning looked out the window, saw the grey skies and got those Monday morning blues. Not for Ben Foster…

Any excuse for keepers to escape the constraints of their penalty box and they will. Toulouse’s keeper Ali Ahamada came up for a free kick in the dying seconds with his club 2-1 down to Rennes.

From diving to Aston Villa, we had some really interesting debates on the show this weekend. Now there is a chance for you to keep the conversation going right here on The 606 blog.

Don’t worry if you did, as ever there are plenty of chances for you to listen back to Robbie Savage and Chappers on Saturday and Alan Green on Sunday.

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Nico Calabria, of Concord-Carlisle boys in the U.S, scored an unbelievable volley in their 9-0 win over Newton South.

Lyon striker Bafetimbi Gomis scored against Sparta Prague in the Europa League last night, and was so delighted with his strike that he got booked for this celebration.

Lazio brought a strong contingent to White Hart Lane last night for the Europa League match which ended 0-0. This gentleman did his best to stand out amongst the crowd.

Joey Barton seems to be settling in to his life in France with Marseille. He’s also doing a great job in making his Twitter followers very jealous of his new homeland.

You have the opportunity to play football against Robbie Savage, and help break a world record. It’s part of 5-Live-a-side, which is raising money for Children In Need.

606 is back on Saturday from 6pm with Mark Chapman and Robbie Savage, and Alan Green will be taking your calls on Sunday.

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Nobody likes to see items thrown onto the pitch during a game. Especially when those items come close to taking a hand off! This is no coin or lighter we’re dealing with here…

When you think of Phil Neville, you think classic, traditional, hard-working English footballer. So when he tweeted a picture of his new boots…

The Spurs’ goalkeepers are arguably the best in The Premier League. There’s Lloris, Friedel, Cudicini and many have forgotten about Gomes. He enjoyed a rather strange training game with his fellow Spurs keepers.

Arsenal are enjoying a good start to the season and now they’ve been given another positive boost as one of their fan favourite’s was welcomed back to full training today.

Footballers take part in all sorts of strange training techniques these days. You’ve got ballet, yoga but in the Brazilian second division, they seem to be teaching kung-fu.

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What a dramatic night in the Bernabeu! It was all a bit too much for one of City’s biggest fans as he got lary inside the ground. There are reports he left at 1-1 and reports he was thrown out.

Who could it be? A Bebo account has surfaced online that looks like it was once the online home for a certain Premier League star.

There’s always somebody that takes it that one step too far, isn’t there? A young fan of Turkish side, Kasimpasa got on the pitch during his team’s match with Gaziantepspor…

Ashley Cole loved last night’s Champions League tie between Real Madrid and Manchester City. He revealed that two players on the pitch were the best in their position, in his opinion.

We know it can get cold up in the North West, but surely not cold enough to don Newcastle’s ‘All in One Kit Suit’. You’ll look more like a prisoner than a football fan

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Prince William took on 13 year old aspiring goalkeeper, Philemon Fatai in a game of penalty shoot-outs when he visited a youth sports centre in Solomon Islands.

We've seen lots of goalkeeping errors recently but this own goal by Panionios' keeper, Stefanos Gounaridis from the Greek Superleague has to the worst yet.

The Italian forward took part in his first training session for Sydney FC showing us that anything is possible at the age of 37.

FC Lorient striker Alain Traore sealed a win against local rivals Stade Rennes with this thunderous free kick.

With Arsenal and Man City facing tough away ties, we think it's too close to call. What are your predictions for tonight's games?

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