Newly promoted shambles club Hull City beat reigning champions Leicester 2-1 to begin the season in the increasingly nonsensical Premier League. To fully understand how insane of a result this is, you need to know a few things about Hull.
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
Picture of the Day even Superheroes take time out to watch football @nelsonfc1 pic.twitter.com/pn3My3ohUR
— Nelson FC Commercial (@NFCcommercial) August 9, 2016
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.
Viking FK gave Arsene Wenger a sword and now no one is safe
Arsenal visit Norwegian club Viking FK for a friendly and before the match, the two sides exchanged gifts with Viking giving Arsene Wenger a sword. This seems dangerous.
Leicester City owner tries to prevent anymore players from leaving with free BMWs
Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha bought nearly every member of Leicester City’s Premier League title winning team their own £100,000 blue BMW i8. And the keyword there is “nearly.”
Bournemouth defender breaks computer after losing in Football Manager
Football video game rage quits are a very real phenomenon. And its latest victim is Bournemouth defender Steve Cook’s computer. According to Cook, the casualty occurred after conceding a late goal to lose a match in Football Manager. The photo he tweeted revealed a busted a screen that appears to have been punched.
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.
Mark Clattenburg follows Sergio Ramos’ lead on body art
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.
Walter Zenga lays it on a little too thick at his Wolves unveiling
Former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga has been unveiled as Wolverhampton’s new manager and at his first press conference he got a little carried away while describing the importance of the Championship club abroad.