These days, one needn’t rely upon calendars, atomic clocks or tidal flows to gauge the dwindling of summer; the stench of panic emanating from Ed Woodward’s corner office is guidance enough.
Earlier this summer, Louis van Gaal hinted that Manchester United would bring in a "mystery striker." He was, obviously, very mysterious about who it would be. There were rumors about Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Cristiano Ronaldo, among others.
Exeter City's David Wheeler owes his girlfriend some flowers and chocolates and other assorted gifts for what happened this weekend before, during and after Exeter's League Two match against Northampton Town.
Wheeler sent an errant warm-up shot into the stands, where it hit his girlfriend, Alice Woodyatt, breaking her wrist.
Here's the crazy part: she stayed to watch the whole match before going to the doctor.
Jermain Defoe is in need of a personal assistant. And he's willing to pay £60k per year (~$93,500) for the right hire. The Sunderland striker put up an advertisement for the position that was, frankly, hilarious.
Here are some of his potential personal assistant's duties (with snarky comments from us in parenthesis):
Sheffield Wednesday isn't a name people generally associate with amazing goals, and Marco Matias is a name that most people likely haven't even heard of, but Marco Matias scored a contender for goal of the year in Sheffield Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Leeds United.
Evidently the match had been fairly pedestrian before the goal, so match attendees should be glad Matias was there to make sure they got their money's worth.
A lot of things these days work to take the fun out of watching soccer.
That's why we were delighted when we saw this video of the Wycombe Wanderers scoring a game-tying goal and celebrating madly with the ballboy.
If Arsenal have exhausted their summer budget and are forced to make some cuts to save money, they know where to find a pilot.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain may just be their best bet, as te took part in Arsenal's flight simulator challenge a few years ago.
Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona have had a weird last ten days. Barca hoisted the UEFA Super Cup trophy in Tbilisi, Georgia on August 11th thanks to a 117th minute goal from Pedro that defeated a Sevilla team 5-4. Sevilla had clawed back from a 4-1 second half deficit to send the game into extra time.
Recently relegated English club Queen’s Park Rangers have dodged a Financial Fair Play sized bullet after claiming improperly counted losses.
QPR reported a loss of just under 10 million pounds with roughly another 60 million pounds written off in loans. Whether or not the owners were aware that the 60 million written off in loans would count towards the entire total of 2013/14, the entire season’s losses totaled to roughly 70 million pounds.
Just off the western coast of Morocco lies a volcanic archipelago known as the Canary Islands. Despite its size, the Spanish-controlled territory has developed a locally based premier division called the Preferente which combines with the fifth division of Spanish football. Local Canary Island club Raqui San Isidro are becoming more popular by the day in the Preferente since Pedro’s transfer from Barcelona to Chelsea.