Category: England

Man United fans have trouble spelling “Ibrahimovic” while wearing Ibrahimovic shirts

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s new Man United shirts have been flying off the shelves since he officially signed with the club on July 1 and at the Community Shield last weekend, fans excited about his arrival were wearing those shirts. But still they had trouble spelling the name on their back.

Chelsea Fans Channel held a new signings spelling bee for Man United fans outside Wembley, with both Ibrahimovic and Mkhitaryan proving difficult for everyone but one young Leicester supporter.

This exercise is billed as the channel pranking Man United fans, but they seem to be the ones pranking themselves by wearing a name on their shirts that they can’t even spell.

Spider-Man sits on top of dugout, watches non-league match

When Spider-Man attends a match, he sits where he wants. And as we saw during a Sunderland-Man City match back in 2014, sometimes he even invades the pitch. But during a match played by Nelson FC of the North West Counties Football League, he plopped himself down on top of the dugout and no one seemed to mind.

According to the club’s Twitter account, Nelson are the “first English side to defeat Real Madrid away from home.” So there’s your new fact for the day.

Jose Mourinho wins Community Shield, signs Pogba, and burns Juan Mata all in the same day

The day of Jose Mourinho’s first competitive match with Manchester United was pretty much the perfect Jose Mourinho day. He signed Paul Pogba, he matched David Moyes’ achievements as Man United manager by winning the Community Shield on a late Zlatan Ibrahimovic goal, and he got to crush Juan Mata’s will to live in the cruelest way yet.

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Fifpro member wants Jose Mourinho jailed for bullying Bastian Schweinsteiger

Jose Mourinho has deemed Bastian Schweinsteiger surplus to requirements at Man United, but with two years left on his three-year contract, the 32-year-old German midfielder reportedly doesn’t want to move, so Mourinho has cast him out into the wilderness of training with the reserves. According to footballer turned lawyer Dejan Stefanovic, who is a member of world players’ union Fifpro, this constitutes bullying and is worthy of a prison sentence for Mourinho.

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Mark Clattenburg follows Sergio Ramos’ lead on body art

(Mick Mahon Tattoo/Facebook)
(Mick Mahon Tattoo/Facebook)

Mark Clattenburg was the referee for both the 2016 Champions League final and the Euro 2016 final — an impressive combination of honors that few people would ever talk about since, you know, he’s a referee. But the never attention shy Clattenburg came up with a way to make this a topic of conversation amongst anyone who sees his left arm by getting tattoos of the competitions’ logos/trophies.

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