Breaking News Archive
January 2012
- Diabetic Tony Hibbert reveals a very sweet strike could kill him
- Partially submerged Le Tissier blamed for sinking cruise ship
- Speeding Waddle issued with pelanty notice
- Bebe inspired by Pato Banton to return from loan spell
- Madame Tussauds spokesman claims Andy Carroll waxwork will be turned into Vernon Kay
- Burridge: "Sturridge has courage"
- Sourpuss Ched Evans refuses to refer to son as 'mini Cheddars'
- Comic fan Ray Wilkins says Clark Kent is a "super young man"
- Redknapp tells friends he's excited to have his picture done by a courtroom artist
- Returning Henry disappointed to see the long socks look still hasn't caught on
- Unfit Rosicky reverts to "quite big Mozart" nickname
- Andy Carroll admits even he is now finding it all quite funny
- Tearful Andy Burton admits two of his phones are pay as you go
- Unemployed Bruce reluctantly surrenders Carthage during gripping game of Civilization 2
- Tevez: "I used to like Lazio but recently I've been getting really Inter Milan"
- David Moyes suddenly remembers that transfers are allowed after forgetting for five years
- Gilette and Wilkinson's Sword battle it out for Neil Ruddock endorsement
- Wacky Balotelli claims bees control his thoughts
- Hughes begins QPR overhaul by employing Kia Joorabchian as highly-paid director of mascots
December 2011
- Concerned pals say flamboyant former agent Eric Hall is still saying "monster" a lot
- Bury manager blames poor home form on lack of Gigg Lane mentality
- Coventry to enter summer festivals market to boost popularity in 15-20 indie fan demographic
- Tickets still available for Keys and Gray's 12-night run at O2 arena
- Phil tries to show he's as good as Gary with detailed tactical re-arrangement of fridge magnets
- Borussia Mönchengladbach glad to be back in Gladbach
- Alex Ferguson calls for winter break in the middle of an empty forest, does it make a sound?
- Port Vale fined for silly name
- Facebook's "like" button sustains damage after overuse on Gary Neville fan page
- Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain frustrates tabloid headline writers with unfairly long name
- Panorama investigation discovers Scottish football is still going
October 2011
- Steve Bruce "fed up" with unreliable Last FM scrobbles
- Balotelli: "T-shirt was my Knebworth. Where do I go from here?"
- Sad Sven vows to finish what he started at Leicester on new Football Manager
- Race row escalates as Anton Ferdinand admits he didn't realise 'honky' was offensive
- Left-wing Bundesliga fans occupy stadium of St Pauli
- Confused Giggs reads fake Twitter account, can't recall typing out tweets
- Football League apologise after Andy Johnson paints Trophy
- York City crisis over after Lincolnshire sends in spare bibs
- Joe to Mancini: "I Hart Man City first choice goalie role"
- Gerry Francis announces film version of his bestseller We Need To Talk About Kevin Gallen
September 2011
- Mike Ashley relieved Sports Direct was too rubbish to be targeted in riots
- Walcott admits chapter on 'a list of other people who are also really fast' was "filler at best"
- Garry Cook livid after staff hack his Bebo acoount
- Wenger admits he hasn't heard of half his signings
- QPR in hot water for illegal Westfield vouchers Beckham approach
- Arteta loses friends quickly for suggesting Arsenal should shoot sometimes
- Da Silva twins file for divorce
- Tinie Tempah "right behind" non-league day, say pals
- Noel Whelan: "To be honest I prefer Rugby League"
- McCarthy worried that Rugby World Cup will overshadow Wolves' good start
August 2011
- Redknapp worried about fixture pile-up after weekend off
- Premier League warned it will turn into a dour Scottish manager if it keeps on employing them
- Conor Sammon: The irony is, I hate fish
- Gervinho lights up opening weekend of top flight football with haircut
- Jordi Gomez: The irony is, I've hated Gomez ever since Liquid Skin
- Casual football fan admits shame at not being able to name Swansea manager
- Starkey 'hiding out in Big Ron's Spanish villa complex', say pals
- Injured Ferdinand looking forward to a week of Takeshi's Castle
- Phelan to continue working in football after "disappointing" A-level results
- Arsenal admit to accidental signing of Keane's Tim Rice-Oxley
June 2011
- Osman set for Bosman to Poznan
- Cash-strapped Plymouth to show repeats of 04-05 season instead of fulfilling next year's fixtures
- Modric to stand trial for war crimes in Hague after UN secretary's typing error
- Brady breaks off from Apprentice duties for lunchtime pint and ploughman's with Allardyce
- Drogba advises transfer speculation should be brought to boil in July, then allowed to simmer
- Blatter denies Nike's bribery claims over World Cup bib rights
- Brighton’s new stadium becomes first English ground to ban half time sales of mince
- Demba Ba named East London’s trendiest nightspot
- Giggs: “I’ve never cheated on United in nearly 20 years”
- Martin Jol mocked after first Fulham interview for adopting English accent
- Xavi: "I miss Zavvi"
May 2011
- Clarke defends claim being tackled by someone you know isn't as bad as a "classic tackle"
- Ken Clarke slammed for claim that some two footed tackles are worse than others
- Giggs tells teammates Craig is now his favourite ever Big Brother contestant
- Leicester City fans angry after keeper's poor form leaves 'Weale's on fire' chant on backburner
- Free agent Quashie savours season without relegation
- Zebroski: "Ha-ppy Tor-quay, Tor-quay, Happy Torq"
- Torres confesses UK Gold re-runs of 'Bread' have helped his English but affected his form
- Crooks slated for 'living in the past' after including Ardilles & Regis in team of the season
- Wigan celebrate safety by wearing seatbelts on slow moving open top bus trip
- Lady Gaga stuns MTV Awards with bizarre Forest 95/96 yellow away kit
- League Two play-off push victims Gillingham fall over
- Crawley pledge to "mess shit up" in League Two next season
- Man City adopt Pink Panther theme in honour of Roberto Mancini's father, Henry
- Mid 90s nostalgics pray for successful Nottingham Forest play-off push
- Norwich ordered to tone down luminosity of shirt to protect Premier League image rights
- Tired Stelling asks Phil Thompson if he can beat seven letters
- Nicky Shorey sells sea shells on the seashore
- Tired Stelling asks dictionary corner for latest from Anfield
- Brentford celebrate AV referendum day with first past the goalpost race
- Irate Ferguson promises to "thump" next person who tells him Bin Laden joke
April 2011
- Torres plays down link to unpopular Tories, calls similarity in names "coincidence"
- Alex Ferguson credits his longevity to Shredded Wheat and a pint of whisky before bed
- League one fan Tinchy Stryder has "been to Southampton but never been to Scunthorpe"
- Gretna reported missing after failing to turn up to SPL games for 4 years
- Tevez translator 'will be sorry' for subtle future tense April Fool
- Goals on Sunday set for move to Thursday after complaints from religious pressure groups
- 95/96 title race to somehow inspire Muse concept album about outer space
- QPR promotion party on hold after Warnock admits he hates cake and streamers
- Gazza's latest spell of sobriety sees daftness metaphor downgraded to 'rake'
- Dozens injured in M6 fixture pile-up
- Scholes and Neville retroactively banned from Eastlands after last year's passionate kiss
- Adebayor admits disappointment at dreadlocks being confiscated at customs
- Porto & Benfica sold to Bundesliga as part of Eurozone bailout deal
- Redknapp to do series of interviews about impending court case to distract from Madrid result
- Connor Wickham : "I'd snog midtable, marry the playoffs and avoid Roy Keane"
- Dean Ashton shopped by benefit fraud officer after over exuberant beach kickabout
- Chicarito : "I can be bigger than The Poddington Peas"
- Eddie Howe passes 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above
- Balotelli confesses to Toure drug test prank
- Stern John Terry reminds houseguest Stern John ‘stay out of my trophy room’
- Assistant managers in Yorkshire warn bibs might run out by Christmas
March 2011
- Gillingham chairman finally admits that Kent is awful
- North Yorks hit by critical bibs shortage
- Emirates stadium incapable of flight, clarifies Wenger
- James Milner distances himself from this generation's David Batty tag
- Relaxed Houllier smokes gigantic marijuana cigarette before games, say pals
- Hadjuk split breaks heart of Croatian football romantics
- Owen Hargreaves suffers injury setback as runny nose rules him out for further 6 months
- Upson distressed at "naff" Vauxhall logo adorning England training kit
- Manic Street Preachers pull out of Wales match after discovering football's link to money
- Manic Street Preachers named official band of Wales v England qualifier
- Soccer Saturday vows to stamp out use of "twatted" as synonym for "kicked"
- Liverpool messiah Dalglish "very naughty boy", says wife
- Man Utd players offered discount at Dimitar Barbershop
- Barcelona "just showing off now" according to survey of Spaniards
- Bebe : "I was named after a tiny Scottish child"
- Scales says Redknapp is "full of shit" on return from calamitous Thomas Cook holiday
- Lord Coe: "Football is shit"
- Scunthorpe to wear retro Global Hypercolour shirt in next game as tribute to the 90s
- David Beresford finally takes down "Find Maddie" poster from outside house, has little cry
- Wenger admits smirk at Rice's "Lehmann's terms" gag during goalkeeper contract talks
February 2011
- Callous Strachan admits he doesn't care about plight of Africa
- Bullard: "Whatever happened to Deep Blue Something?"
- Roy Keane: "The Nations Cup can stick itself up its bollocks"
- Hodgson incurs more Liverpool wrath by stating his preference for West Bromwich wit
- Pardew, Ashley and Kuqi equally baffled by Kuqi's arrival at Newcastle
- Torres seeks Celtic move to resurrect career
- Torres and Sutton "talking every day"
- Torres "losing sleep" over Sutton comparisons
- John scales back "John Scales back" viral-marketing campaign
- Freddie Ljungberg ate my hamster
- Efan Ekoku: "I can't remember the last time I bought a Toffee Crisp"
- Tragedy hits Harchester as fourth plane crash in as many years kills entire squad. Again
- Jimmy Greaves still alive, according to reports
- Wayne Bridge sprinkles powdered blood diamonds on his Shredded Wheat, say pals
- Ameobi blames Newcastle "goldfish bowl" atmosphere for his terrible memory
- Gary Megson takes charge of Birmingham match as hilarious prank
- Luis Suarez docked week's wages for messing up keep-ups during press photo call
- Phil Neville "delighted" with first press coverage in years after Tottenham interest
- Torres: "Chance to wear lovely blue shirt too good to turn down"
- Andy Carroll sent home from first day of training after admitting he hates the Lightning Seeds
January 2011
- German FA on bookies' favourite for next manager: "I can't believe it's not Schuster"
- Roberto Mancini reacts to wife's incorrect golf gift: "I can't believe it's not putter"
- Beckham blasts Tottenham training regime: "I can't believe it's not better"
- Owen Hargreaves injured according to Wikileaks
- Sporting Lisbon praised for returning ball after injury to opposition player
- Steve Harkness "thrilled" at Cast reunion tour news
- MySpace redesign "doing absolutely nothing" for Alan Pardew
- Terry Butcher "apoplectic" at Premier League snood developments
- Marc's promising start to season honoured with Albrighton the night event
- Beckham banned from touching bibs, cones, and balls in smallprint of Spurs loan deal
December 2010
- Allardyce chooses return of Margret to The Apprentice as his highlight of 2010
- Michael delighted after Scholes names Last Christmas his favourite festive song
- Police to investigate whereabouts of Carlos Tevez's dummy
- Rueful Lawrenson: "My moustache won't grow back"
- Charlton: "Suzanne is a lovely daughter but she fucked up over warm front prediction"
- Spontaneous silence breaks out during minute’s applause for unpopular ex-Coventry player
- Walcott: “I love Arshavin’s little beaver face”
- Ludo Mikloško admits that he's always preferred Boggle
- "'Meeelan' - that's how you say it," argues James Richardson during espresso-fuelled rant
- Dario Gradi "sick of the sight" of cones
November 2010
- Owen: "I don't mind being on the bench, I love big warm coats"
- Townsend children to father: “Daddy, why did you sleep on the sofa?”
- Wife responds to Townsend: “You only tell me you love me after a well-worked set piece”
- Townsend accuses wife: “You only want me for my tactical nous”
- Plymouth pin hopes on 'whip rounds' to solve financial crisis
- Hughton praises Joey Barton for 'knowing where the gaol is'
- Pele: “I like Nicky Butt and I cannot lie”
- Pranked Lennon: “Bhoys will be Bhoys”
- Courts rule that Bob Wilson is now legally owned by Arsenal
- Pat Bonner laughs off racism claims over nickname
- Wimbledon quarantined with cup fever
- Moyes plays down club's Yobo culture
- Ledley King reduced to training alone in a vacuum
- "Next goal wins," says hopeful Allardyce
- Toshack: “Whatever happened to Ricki Lake?”
- Rob Green: "On reflection I probably should have saved it"
- Ian Walker emerges from pirate hostage trauma unhurt but bald
- Barwick "bit more chirpy" after receiving stag invite from Harry
- Bitter Barwick: "That is the last time I get him free tickets to Villa Park"
- Barwick "livid" after receiving evening do only invite from Will and Kate
October 2010
- Queudrue and McCarthy revealed as the new faces of Frankie and Bennies
- "Players nowadays are too handsome" complains Mellor
- Almunia foil Fabianski denies cling film prank
- Debt-ridden Pompey consider selling man with bell to NASA
- Replica bibs market tops £100m for first time
- “Teams change bibs too often,” say concerned fans groups
- Bib sales in Far East paid for Tevez, argue City
- Fan groups condemn City’s new away bib
- Tired, confused Giggs 'only playing out of habit now' claims mother
- Apollo 13 catchphrase made me feel wanted, admits Stewart Houston
- Revolutionary new Adidas boot to have three tongues
- Tearful Gazza picks Spurs 1991 Cup Final line-up for first game in charge of Garforth
- WWI trenches match retrospectives get earlier every year, say shoppers
- League One closed due to planned engineering works
- Hansen: "Pace, power, strength, technique, vision..."
- Topless Newcastle fans pray for mild winter
- Hansen: "...agility, force, glamour, meat, golf..."
- Grant still baffled about which is Gold and which is Sullivan
- Hansen: "...sport, milk, beards, shops, life",
- Audley Harrison "excited" ahead of Hawthornes fight for WBA Championship of the World
September 2010
- Duff finally admits amusing nickname was Fulham's main selling point
- Heroic Ngog saves nine in oil rig disaster
- Accrington game postponed after clubshop’s Panorama appearance
- Phil Brown now more unpopular than Hitler, veal and Stan Collymore
- United deny Pogba was signed to sell shirts to naive Ivorians
- "Some of my best friends are fourth officials" pleads desperate Bruce
- Merson sparks new arson fears with Castrol GTX purchase
- Phil Brown’s skin now warm enough to cook an egg, say boffins
- Giggs shows age by referring to team socks as stockings
- Big Ron: "What's more, they smell of spices"
August 2010
- Bashin and Claridge embarrassed at Crimewatch mix up
- Bobby Robson Newcastle return rumour lacks substance says Ashley
- Neville: Daily Star's team of the week selection is a "farce" week in week out
- Family sections explode into nation's conciousness
- Scholes admits "weird nostalgia" for happy slapping craze
- FA admit single typo led to years of the words "team" and "England" being used in wrong order
- Merson "desperate" for Fighting Talk call up
- Moyes: "Donovan price tag means I'll never listen to Mellow Yellow again"
- Quashie admits exuberant buy-up of Ocado shares "naive"
- League One announces that goals count double this season
- Accrington Stanley finally admit they reformed for the money
- City reveal plans for wing back allotment to conform to homegrown player rules
- Pope in hot water after backing Rangers for SPL title
- BBC deny new Football Focus studio based on the inside of a Lucozade bottle
- Rooney winning his fight against baldness, claims Giggs
- Milk marketing board admit sales "didn't really fall that much" when Cup sponsorship ended
- Norwich squad "baffled" by Inception after Orange Wednesday
- Blackpool scrap plans for iPad app
- Managers call for summer break
- Redknapp "disappointed" by Obama snub during American tour
July 2010
- Butchers applaud Holland's 'meaty' challenges, bemoan general decline in genre
- Leaked government documents conclusively prove that Ray Stubbs is a woman
- Worried Bruce forbids Sunderland squad from playing new violent videogame
June 2010
- Manics fan Essien: "I am stronger than Mensah"
- Front portion of Shearer's head "begging for death" says friend
- Slovakia return home to find Czech Republic has expanded by 18 per cent
- Dutch kitman despairs at Dirk Kuyt's tendency to run his socks off during games
- South Korea to be renamed SKorea for next tournament to stress goal threat
- World Cup voted best ever for foul throws
- USA to Ghana: "Baseball rematch?"
- Shamed architect admits real giraffes provide structural integrity for Mbombela Stadium
- Corden: "I love footy"
- Feuding French pinpoint Monopoly argument as moment tournament turned sour
- England players admit dressing room banter is not as fluent at international level
- Townsend admits only hearing about Apartheid on way to airport
- ITV and BBC studios plan Walk this Way-style World Cup Final mash up
- Defiant Davids: "I just really, really like street soccer"
- Domenech: "I may be many things, but I am not ..."
- Sensitive South Africans ask NZ’s All Whites to change nickname
- Miniature flag wholesalers enjoy biennial boost to self-esteem
- Man behind brick-by-brick fussball "just wants to be left alone" after intense media attention
- Capello bans any reference to Three Lions after memories of childhood safari horror resurface
- Sun newspaper apologises after pitiful Rob Green/BP spill pun
- Misplaced joke about eyesight puts end to short lived Lawrenson Davids affair
- BBC and ITV furious over burgeoning friendship between Lawrenson and Davids
- Davids and Lawrenson bond over downbeat half time assessments
- Beeb bosses warn Lawrenson relentless sarcasm not in keeping with spirit of World Cup
- Vieira bunkers down in ITV studio to escape angry Italians after trophy fiasco
- FIFA blame empty seats on untested turnstile systems
- Sven: “All this talk of dark horses is turning me on”
- Yaya Toure: “What he said”
- Kolo Toure: “We are the dark horse’s dark horse’s dark horse”
- Drogba: “Dark horses tag is a f*cking disgrace”
- England players relax with game of Yahtzee, Barry scores impressive 3 of a kind
- Brolin: "Who remembers Mountain Dew? Not me"
- Strictly judges give tournament opening goal celebration 9 out of 10
- Holland players row over rowing machine
- Barry Horne. More to follow ...
- Mandela: “It’s no Rugby World Cup, that’s all I’m saying”
- ITV predicts record viewers for Bongo Bongo Land v FSRO Bulimia
- Walcott tells of his LOLs after Rio merked himself
- Millichip: I don’t even know how I would do that with 64 numbered balls
- Littlejohn to stop paying license fee until Millichip has right to reply
- Millichip: I was humiliated by Boyle’s sick Mock the Week skit
- Platinum Stars await boost in FIFA rankings
- Darren bent on success for new self-help book Darren Bent: on success
- Joe Cole to star in TV movie Contract Rebel Without A Clause
- Boothroyd blames League One deprivation for Coventry move
- Scottish primary school curriculum to include detailed explanation of how SPL works next year
- Poyet bemoans loss of Wake Up To Wogan, slams Evans
- Surly Sol in shock Come Dine With Me outburst: "I hate cooking"
- Barry attributes midfield rhythm to childhood drumming lessons
- Aiwa confirmed as official World Cup sponsor for contested drop balls
- Socrates: "Near post and far post just a case of perspective"
- Value of Polish keepers plunges to lowest point since war
- Replica referee shirts not shifting as fast as we'd hoped, say FA
- L’Oreal furious as David Ginola admits “I’ve always been a Timotei man”
- McClaren: "I made Barry and I will destroy him"
- FA 'wants answers' in Scunthorpe illegal socks farce
- Primary school in Ashford, Kent, quarantined with World Cup fever
May 2010
- Tony Currie: "What's for dinner?"
- Cantona cool on Katona marriage talk
- Confused mob of tabloid readers burn down house of Arsenal youth scout
- FIFA to probe Jon Stead
- Ambient krautrockers Tangerine Dream announce tour on back of Blackpool promotion headlines
- Standard Liege players: “We’re sick of being average”
- Laws plots big money swoop for ace (of diamonds) in celebrity poker tournament
- Goalscoring angler Tevez: “I love netting”
- Kop fears over Aquilani's Deacon Blue obsession
- Carrick teams up with brother Paul for Michael And The Mechanics Haiti single
- Savage slams cheap biscuits in controversial ghosted column
- England badge lions speak out: “only one of us is gay”
- Lineker killing himself in search for perfect pun say concerned family
- New cross-bred footballer footballer Ze Roberto Carlos Tevez unveiled by Swiss scientists
- Carragher blames "bad influence" Fowler for his early England retirement
- Unpopular Tottenham reserve sent to Coventry
- Nicky Butt “desperate” for fourth series of Gavin & Stacey
- Leon Best claims blood link to George in bid to boost career
- Mark Bright: “Ian Wright? He’s alright!”
- Windass to school surname bullies: “Where are you now?”
- Saint: “Greavsie is a bastard”
- Roo: “Lamps!” Lamps: “Roo?” Roo: “Nothing”
- Atletico: "we are the real Madrid"
- ET: "Steve Stone, phone home. Your wife is very worried"
- Mike Phelan’s shorts given 15 certificate
- Paul Bracewell bags well-taken brace in Computers For Schools charity match
- South African directors ready themselves for summer of commentator abuse
- Jedward to star as Neville brothers in new TV movie
- Sir Alex: "why does no-one call me 'Alec' anymore?"
- Preston North End plan to retain maiden name after marriage
- L’Oreal furious as David Ginola admits “I’ve always been a Timotei man”
- Allardyce: “Macs are just PCs for ponces”
- ITV demands 9pm watershed on stepovers
- Paul Whitehouse 'Green Army' ad can cure cancer with its hilarity, claim boffins
- Scales issues 'football, come and get me' plea
April 2010
- Football world mourns favourite son Ndah
- Report reveals one in three recession-hit League 2 sides still training without balls
- Melchester's Roy in race row
- Carew's love of conkers upsets Villa shirt sponsor Acorns
- Stern John’s condition upgraded to passive
- Economists issue warning over low half-volley to volley exchange rate
- Santa Cruz chooses Pete Best as City players bond over Beatles Rock Band session
- Faulty hard drive forces Total Network Solutions to retire from league
- Lamps is to Rafa as Roo is to ???? Answer next week!
- Ardilles apologises to Clough family for 'Big'eaded woman' jibe
- Tigana toothpick confirmed for National Football Museum
- Cautious BBC censor “exuberant” Mark Bright
- DJ Campbell livid at Manumission mix up
- ITV release picture of what missing Venison may now look like
- Alison Moyet mimed at Euro 96 National Anthem rehearsal, claims Le Saux
- Capello unease over Rooney solo album plans
- Messi plays down Dorigo uncle rumours
- Boot cleaning mix-up claims lives of seven Boro trainees
- Worries for Hurst after conversation without Boys of '66 reference
- Rush and Aldridge settle Chuckle Brothers plagiarism case
- Grown men spotted rediscovering joys of playing with sponge ball in Barnsley car park
- Mike Phelan's apocalypse predictions a cry for attention, say experts
- Business: Misty-eyed Southampton supporters keeping Dell computers afloat
- Recycling fan Hansen: "You don't bin anything with lids"
- Sterland disappointed with placing in Channel 4’s Top 100 fullbacks
- Pallister on Goldeneye capture the flag defeat: "I blame myself"
- Fashanu: "PC Brigade would have liked my skin more than Wisey's"
- Lee Catermole to front “Shingles – it’s no joke” health campaign
- Tim Gudgin held as Pools Panel found in watery grave
- China crisis club saved by fans of 80s new wave band
- Fergie: "Bayern players were polite and friendly - typical Germans"
- After sitting through all nine seasons in one go, Grimsby youngster claims to "get" Seinfeld
- Grown-up Paul Scholes regrets pulling silly face for Merlin Premier League '95 sticker album
- Arsenal v Barcelona clash named greatest achievement of the human race
- Beasant: "PC Brigade would make a modern-day Crazy Gang a health and safety nightmare"
- "Chip fires kill" warns Ince
- Wise: "PC Brigade would have called Crazy Gang the Mentally Challenged Group"
- Quinton Fortune favours the brave
- Nice guy Zola offers Pompey some of West Ham’s points
- Referees to be given louder whistle for handballs
- Exeter Newcastle groundshare rumours a "mix up"

