Will Liverpool’s Kenny Dalglish be caught saying ‘do I not like that’?
The cameras will go into the dressing room at Liverpool FC as part of a fly on the wall documentary about the club, reports the Daily Star. "This will be an amazing opportunity for our fans to see a new side of the club," says chairman Tom Werner. Mana...
Fernando Torres scores – and Gary Neville sounds like he did too | Media Monkey
There were plenty of excitable Chelsea fans when Fernando Torres sealed their team's 2-2 draw with Barcelona to reach the Uefa Champions' League final. But were any of them quite as excited as former Manchester United star turned Sky News summariser Ga...
5 Live gets the Blues after leaving Arsenal at home | Media Monkey
It was always a tough choice for BBC Radio 5 Live which match to cover on Tuesday night. Chelsea's first game after the sacking of André Villas-Boas, or Arsenal's Champions League attempt to overcome a 4-0 deficit against Milan? Sniffing a cup upset, ...
BBC scores own goal over Football Focus alarm | Media Monkey
More now on the BBC North fire alarm that rudely interrupted Football Focus on Saturday and was very probably the same alarm that has twice taken Salford-based Radio 5 Live off air in recent months. Monkey hears it is a normal office alarm system rathe...
Football presenter loses his focus after fire alarm | Media Monkey
Wanted: an engineer to take a look at the fire alarm at the BBC's new Salford base after Saturday's Football Focus on BBC1 was rudely interrupted by a blaring klaxon. We've had mobile phones on Match of the Day before, but nothing quite as loud as this...
Hunt fails to impress Hickey | Media Monkey
The minister responsible for culture, media and – yes – sport, Jeremy Hunt, has failed to impress the Daily Express. The newspaper's diary column, Hickey, jides Hunt for his, er, less-than-incisive response when asked about the future England footb...
ESPN thinks again after Martin Keown’s dizzy spell | Media Monkey
Sports channel ESPN is reviewing its pitchside previews for live Premier League matches after that unfortunate incident in which Martin Keown was thumped on the side of the head by a stray football. The former defender turned pundit was hit on the head...
Keown gets KO’d at the Emirates | Media Monkey
Forget about Thierry Henry's Roy of the Rovers-style comeback for Arsenal in their third-round FA Cup win over Leeds last night. The most memorable moment happened before kick-off, to ESPN pundit and former Arsenal defender Martin Keown who was standin...
John Terry left spluttering over anti-smoking ad | Media Monkey
England football captain John Terry is rarely in a position to take the high moral ground when it comes to his public image, but this time his complaints might be justified. An image of diseased lungs has been superimposed on what is allegedly a blurre...
TalkSport: Teddy Sheringham’s talk doesn’t come cheap | Media Monkey
Footballers demanding eye-watering sums of money will come as no surprise. But the amount apparently demanded by Teddy Sheringham to commentate on a TalkSport match almost defies belief. According to Tony Cascarino's new autobiography, recounted by the...
Twitter shows Rio Ferdinand yellow card for cyberbullying Piers Morgan | Media Monkey
His name is Rio and he... cyberbullies Piers Morgan. It may not scan, but apparently it's true. Man Utd and England star Rio Ferdinand has been told off by a "Twitter rep" for trying to get #piershasmoobs trending on the social networking site. The Twi...
