With Jermain Defoe’s astonishing five goal haul almost certainly confirming his place in the England squad for South Africa*, spare a thought for Michael Owen. The ex-England striker is believed to have spent a blurred Sunday night re-watching his 1998 goal against Argentina, six times. Which is a whole one more than five. The video [...]
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Michael Owen cheers himself up by watching the Argentina goal six times
Posted in News, tagged England, Fabio Capello, jermain defoe, Martin Tyler, Michael Owen, teddy sheringham, WC2010 on November 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Tony’s Five bands with Five in their name
Posted in Tony's Fiver, tagged Ben Folds 5, Dave Clark Five, Gabriele Marcotti, Glenn Hoddle, Jackson 5, Maroon 5, MC5, teddy sheringham, Tony Cascarino, when I was at Marseille on October 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
1. Jackson 5 They say you should never go back, and that is certainly true for me and certain parts of Glasgow. But a comeback at this level, at this age? Moreover, I can’t believe the tactical naivety of these jokers. You just can’t continue to play that formation when you are getting no movement [...]
Teddy Sheringham still talking
Posted in News, tagged Andy Townsend, England, ITV, ITV Sport, matt smith, Netherlands, slungel, teddy sheringham, Tony Cascarino, when I was at Marseille on August 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Cleaners at the Orange Arena have discovered that visiting ITV pundit Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheringham has actually been continuing a solitary discussion of the most obvious talking points of the Netherlands vs England friendly for almost a full week after the match ended, without anyone noticing. “I could hear a whinnying unmodulated drone coming from the [...]
Tony’s Five… Fingers
Posted in Tony's Fiver, tagged Joe Kinnear, John terry, Peter Crouch, phalanges, teddy sheringham, Tony Cascarino, when I was at Marseille on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1. My Thumb Strong, dominant, upright. It is the captain of my hand. And if my thumb was to be consistently found wanting at international level, park in disabled spaces, openly urinate into pint glasses in the middle of pubs, commit adultery I would still defend it to the hilt.