Salford City goalie sent off for urinating while play was on

Salford City goalkeeper Max Crocombe picked up what is perhaps the most bizarre red card of his career on Saturday.
The stopper was keeping goal as Salford faced Bradford Park Avenue, but saw this match cut short towards the latter stages after being shown a red by the referee.

88: Red Card! Crocombe see red for something off the ball. No one has a clue what has happened. 1-2

— Salford City FC (@SalfordCityFC) October 28, 2017

87' - We can confirm that Crocombe has been sent off for urinating during the game. We are not joking. #greenarmy (1-2)

— Bradford Park Avenue (@BPAFCOfficial) October 28, 2017

Fans and team-mates in the ground were initially unsure as to why the goalkeeper had been given his marching orders, but the real reason soon became clear.
Crocombe had decided nature was calling, leaving him no option to urinate by his goal while play was in motion.
Spotted by officials, the referee decided the act was enough to warrant dismissal from the field.

Hilarious.

Bournemouth vs Chelsea Match Highlights

Eden Hazard scored the only goal as Chelsea beat Bournemouth 1-0.

LINEUPS: BOURNEMOUTH VS CHELSEA

📋 Team news. Afobe and Defoe paired upfront for our @premierleague game against @ChelseaFC. Wilson on the bench.#BOUCHE pic.twitter.com/LLP2k7YEPC

— AFC Bournemouth 🎃 (@afcbournemouth) October 28, 2017

Chelsea team: Courtois; Azpilicueta (c), David Luiz, Rudiger; Zappacosta, Bakayoko, Fabregas, Alonso; Pedro, Morata, Hazard. #BOUCHE pic.twitter.com/Iboz6e1lWk

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) October 28, 2017

Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur Match Highlights

Anthony Martial struck a dramatic late winner as Manchester United beat Tottenham to close the gap on Manchester City at the top of the Premier League to two points. Continue to see the match highlights.

LINEUPS: WATFORD VS STOKE CITY

🔢 | Here's how #watfordfc will line up for this afternoon's @stokecity game.#WATSTK

Powered by @FootballManager. pic.twitter.com/fiuPbdcWtq

— Watford FC (@WatfordFC) October 28, 2017

📝 #SCFC Starting XI v @WatfordFC: Butland; Zouma, Shawcross, Wimmer; Diouf, Allen, Fletcher, Pieters; Shaqiri, Ramadan; Choupo-Moting. pic.twitter.com/naVpDsQXwZ

— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) October 28, 2017

LINEUPS: CRYSTAL PALACE VS WESTHAM UNITED

Here's the #CPFC 🦅 team to take on @WestHamUtd this afternoon!#CRYWHU pic.twitter.com/jSXslMzPdy

— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) October 28, 2017

4️⃣ changes and Wednesday's match winners keep their place 💪#COYI pic.twitter.com/L6hvoO5JDt

— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) October 28, 2017

LINEUPS: LIVERPOOL VS HUDDERSFIELD

📋 Here's how #LFC line up against @htafcdotcom today... pic.twitter.com/ydxHo4ecYe

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 28, 2017

TEAM NEWS with @ViessmannUK:
Lössl; Smith (c), Hogg, Mooy, Löwe, van La Parra, Williams, Depoitre, Ince, Zanka, Schindler #htafc (DTS) pic.twitter.com/bhM27e2etU

— Huddersfield Town (@htafcdotcom) October 28, 2017

LINEUPS: WEST BROM VS MANCHESTER CITY

📷 Our XI for this afternoon's clash with @ManCity...#WBAMCI #COYB #WBA pic.twitter.com/a0eC9hAnrX

— West Bromwich Albion (@WBA) October 28, 2017

Your @HaysWorldwide City starting XI... 👌

Come on City! #wbavcity pic.twitter.com/Uj5o512ypZ

— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 28, 2017

LINEUPS: ARSENAL VS SWANSEA

Here it is - our team for #AFCvSCFC pic.twitter.com/WCa1y1xXZ4

— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) October 28, 2017

Today’s team news for #ARSSWA is in…

Here’s how the #Swans will line up! pic.twitter.com/DYQ5j7HRdv

— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) October 28, 2017

LINEUPS: MANCHESTER UNITED VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Today's line-up for #MUNTOT is in... pic.twitter.com/ElwXpKuAxc

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 28, 2017

#THFC: Lloris (C), Aurier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Son. #COYS pic.twitter.com/QGxLMYynPn

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 28, 2017

PSG's Thomas Meunier announces new baby in awesome style

"Je savais pas que je sortais avec un Kinder"😍 #TÔTOUTARD #millsfamily pic.twitter.com/6MWEXraPgV

— Thomas Meunier (@ThomMills) October 26, 2017

Everyone wants to proudly announce the impending arrival of a baby, but Paris Saint-Germain's Thomas Meunier -- being a star footballer -- got to do it a little differently.

Pictured pitchside at the Parc des Princes alongside his partner and their first child was a PSG shirt bearing "Baby 2" while the stadium scoreboard declared "Another goal scored, 4-0."


The Belgium international full-back tweeted: "I didn't know I was going out with a Kinder egg."

It seems his partner is keeping the surprise of whether the upcoming addition to the PSG supporters' club will be a boy or a girl to herself for now.

Disturbing poster of France manager Didier Deschamps released by terror group ISIS

A shocking poster showing French coach Didier Deschamps dressed as prisoner with a gun to his head is the latest sick threat by ISIS fanatics towards next year's World Cup.

The image includes the text 'We will continue to terrorise you and ruin your life' with a masked jihadist standing over the World Cup Winner.

Mino Raiola claims black players still face constant discrimination in football

Romelu Lukaku's agent has claimed black players have to be better than white players to be successful in football.

And Mino Raiola said Zlatan Ibrahimovic also had to overcome prejudice because he was an immigrant in Sweden.

The Italian super-agent, who also oversaw the transfer of Paul Pogba to Old Trafford, last month joined the Belgian striker’s call to stop a chant by Manchester United fans.

And Raiola said: “People who say there is no discrimination in football? Black players are constantly discriminated against.

“It’s not enough to be as good as a white player, they must be better. In addition, Zlatan was in the same situation as an immigrant in Sweden: he also had to prove more.

“When I give a name, for example of a Dutch player, their first question is whether it is black or white. I wonder if that matters to God?”

Raiola claimed Lukaku experienced racism even as a schoolboy.

“I was talking to his mother,” he said. “Other parents did not think he was 12 or 14 years old. There was always a fuss when he scored three or four goals. They screamed he was not the right age. Eventually she went to youth matches with his birth certificate.”

Romanian footballer makes professional debut wearing prosthetic hands

A Romanian footballer made his professional debut on Tuesday night, 10 years on from losing his hand in a tragic accident.

Cosmin Lambru came off the bench in the 81st minute of Petrloul Ploiesti's cup clash at home to Mioveni, which the visitors won 4-3 on penalties, realising his dream of playing professionally a decade on from being hit by a truck when he was just eight years old.

Former PSG goalie Nicolas Douchez arrested for Domestic Violence

Former Paris Saint-Germain stopper Nicolas Douchez has been arrested after police found his partner crying and bleeding in an apartment.

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VIDEO: FUENLABRADA VS REAL MADRID HIGHLIGHT

Bristol City Head Coach sends Jose Mourinho cheeky invite on Twitter

Welcome to Bristol City Jose .... "pop in to the office for a drink after aye " 😂
Great draw 🏆@bcfctweets

— Lee Johnson (@LeeJohnsonCoach) October 26, 2017

The invite comes in the wake of the Carabao Cup Quarter Final draw between Bristol City and Manchester United.

Even Google mocked Tottenham after Carabao Cup exit

GOOGLE put the knife in on Tottenham last night by mocking them for their Carabao Cup defeat to West Ham.


Spurs squandered a 2-0 half-time lead to go down 3-2 to the Hammers at Wembley.

It prompted the seach engine giant to change the definition description of 'lackadaisical' on their site.

It read this morning: "lackadaisical, adjective, lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.

"E.g. "a lackadaisical defence left Spurs adrift in the second half." LMAO.

(H/T Express)

Rangers sack manager Pedro Caixinha

Pedro Caixinha has been dismissed as Rangers manager just seven months into his tenure at Ibrox following a poor recent run of results.

Rangers board met on Thursday morning to discuss Caixinha's future and the decision has been made to dismiss the Portuguese boss from his position.

Chairman Dave King was pictured outside Ibrox after the unscheduled board meeting. King was believed to be joined by Stewart Robertson, Andrew Dickson and Graeme Park at Rangers' home ground.

Caraboa Cup Quarter Final Draw

Some enticing fixtures to look forward to.

LINEUPS: FUENLABRADA VS REAL MADRID

📝🏃 #RMCopa
¡Once inicial del #RealMadrid frente al @CFuenlabradaSAD!#RMMovistar pic.twitter.com/nwA8Cog7z7

— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) October 26, 2017

👥 ¡Este es el once inicial ante el @realmadrid! #FUERMA #VamosFuenla pic.twitter.com/vfI03j5PLF

— C. F. Fuenlabrada (@CFuenlabradaSAD) October 26, 2017

Fuenlabrada sure have a funny way of announcing their line up. Unique!

Carabao Cup Quarterfinal Draw Delayed

Draw delayed: Carabao Cup Round Five Draw will now take place at 5pm following a minor technical glitch at Twitter HQ.

— Carabao Cup (@Carabao_Cup) October 26, 2017

This season's Carabao Cup has been riddled with a lot of mistakes and farces (from drawing Charlton twice to complaints about ball quality), the latest of which is the delay of the Quarter Final draw which was scheduled to be held today live on Twitter at 4pm, citing technical difficulties. 

The EFL and Twitter would like to apologise for the delay in the #CarabaoCup live stream. Normal service to be resumed within the hour

— Carabao Cup (@Carabao_Cup) October 26, 2017

Shock Video: Spurs fan pees in a cup and throws it at West Ham fans.

A video footage has emerged of a vile spurs fan urinating inside a cup and throwing it over to West Ham supporters during their game at Wembley yesterday. Continue to see video

Photos: Checkout the mess Barcelona players made in Real Murcia's dressing room

Barcelona may have emerged from their trip to Real Murcia with a 3-0 win but the Catalan giants left their changing room in a terrible condition.

A video has emerged of the away dressing room after the match and it appears Barcelona failed to clear up after themselves.

Shinji Kagawa becomes first Asian to join Juan Mata's Common Goal initiative.

The former Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa has become the 18th professional footballer to pledge one per cent of his salary to football-related charities.

The Japanese international has got on board with the initiative set up by former team-mate Juan Mata, and says he can't wait to help lead the fast-growing movement that now features the likes of Mats Hummels, Giorgio Chiellini and USWNT icon Alex Morgan among its supporters.

"Football has given me so many opportunities in life and now I want to play my role in supporting others through the game," Kagawa said in an official statement. "Common Goal is quickly growing around the world and I'm proud to help lead the movement forward in Japan.
"I've been fortunate enough to have football lead me all over the world – Japan, England, South Africa, Brazil and of course Germany, to name just a few countries. If there's one constant I've witnessed throughout the journey it has to be passion.

"Football inspires and excites people like nothing else on the planet, and what I love about Common Goal is that it channels this passion in a way that makes a real difference to disadvantaged communities around the world."

Another six female footballers – Heather O'Reilly, Pauline Bremer, Vero Boquete, Olga Garcia, Nicole Reginer and Jean Sseninde – signed up to the initiative last week, while Alfie Mawson and Charlie Daniels recently became the first English Premier League players to commit.
Common Goal is a creation of streetfootballworld. Over the past 15 years, the organisation has assembled a global network of more 120 local charities that use football as a tool to tackle social issues ranging from gender equality in India, to peacebuilding in Colombia, to refugee integration in Germany.

Hatem Ben Arfa: PSG's forgotten man

April 2016, Hatem Ben Arfa was in line for Ligue 1 Player of the season award, just a year after being outcast and hauled out on loan to Hull City by Alan Pardew. He had the best season of his career while at Nice scoring 17 times in 34 Ligue 1 appearances. 

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Yaya Toure joins his manager in lambasting EFL over ball, calls it rubbish.

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré has launched a scathing attack on th EFL over the Mitre ball used in Tuesday's Carabao Cup fourth round fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers, “I don’t like it to be honest,” he said. “They can do better than that. It’s too light. Even in my country they can’t use those kind of balls. I think they have to be better than that because the ball was too soft. It’s rubbish but that’s fine.

“A lot of players were complaining. The FA can try to do something because we just want to enjoy it. It’s difficult to play with these kind of balls but we try to find a way. It’s everything. Shooting – the ball is very light, when you touch it, it’s floating, it’s rubbish. And in this [rainy] weather it’s difficult.”

England wonderkid Rhian Brewster walked out on Chelsea three years ago.

Rhian Brewster fired England to the Under 17 World Cup final as he netted his second hat-trick in as many games on Wednesday.

The 17-year-old Liverpool striker backed up his quarter-final trio of goals against the USA by firing another triple past Brazil in the last four.

Ghana Captain Asamoah Gyan launches 'BabyJet' airlines

The Ghana striker, nicknamed Baby Jet, became the Black Cats' record signing when he arrived from Rennes for £13million in 2010.

Gyan scored 11 goals in 37 games before leaving for UAE club Al Ain. He has since played for Shanghai SIPG, and joined Turkish club Kayserispor in July.

Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo has now revealed the 31-year-old player has been given the OK to set up the airline, which will bear his nickname.

Speaking this morning at the 2017 African Airshow in Ghana, Akufo-Addo said: "I've been reliably informed that the captain of our senior national football team, Asamoah Gyan has obtained an air carrier licence.

"He is working feverishly to establish an airline, obviously called Baby Jet Airlines.

"I want to call on other Ghanaians both at home and abroad to invest in the rapidly growing aviation sector."

Reports suggest Gyan's company will begin by operating cargo planes before expanding to offer passenger services.

Round up of results from around Europe

Finiscono i match delle 20.45: ecco i risultati finali della 10ª giornata di #SerieATIM! pic.twitter.com/rdyntQmZ3g

— Serie A TIM (@SerieA_TIM) October 25, 2017

Matchday 10 of Serie A ended with wins for table toppers Napoli, as well as Juventus and Lazio
       

As Leicester appoint Claude Puel, here are some things you may not know about him.

• One Club Man

After spending seven years at youth level at his hometown club of Castres, located in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France, the 56-year-old made the switch to Monaco in 1977. Two years later, he made his professional debut for the club and, over a 17-year period, played over 450 games as a defensive midfielder. He was a Ligue 1 champion on two occasions, won the Coupe de France three times and also lifted the Trophée des Champions during his spell at Monaco.

Leicester City confirm Claude Puel as new Head Coach

          

Claude Puel named as Leicester City’s new First Team Manager. The Frenchman will take charge of the Foxes for the first time for Sunday’s Premier League visit of Everton .Puel has previously managed AS Monaco, Lille, Lyon, Nice and Southampton

The 56-year-old Frenchman arrives at King Power Stadium with a wealth of experience at elite levels of the game, having managed teams in France’s Ligue 1, the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League. He has signed a contract to June 2020.

The former AS Monaco, Lyon and Southampton manager will take charge of his first Leicester City fixture this coming Sunday as the Foxes host to Everton at King Power Stadium in the Premier League.

Claude will be supported by Michael Appleton, who retains his role as Assistant Manager.