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Referee apologises for missing handball, instantly becomes meme

sudshr47 April 25, 2018

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Being a referee can’t be an easy job.

If you do it absolutely perfect, the best reaction you’re probably going to get is mild indifference. But if you make a mistake, you’d better believe people are going to pick you up on it.

Oh, and if you acknowledge the mistake you may end up drawing even more attention to yourself.

Bobby Madley tries to apologize to Newcastle players for missing a handball then loses his cool when they keep calling him out for it. this is hilariouspic.twitter.com/jXJiWNfPTC

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Robot mascot allows 14-year-old boy to virtually attend football match

sudshr47 April 24, 2018

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A 14-year-old boy with multiple health conditions was given the chance to be the mascot for a football match on Monday — by using an iPad linked to a specially-designed miniature robot.

The white device in the photo below is known as a “telepresence robot”. It was used during a match between Everton FC and Manchester City on Monday night to give Jack McLinden the chance to be the first ever “virtual matchday mascot”, according to a story on Everton’s official club website.

🤖📺 The first ever virtual mascot…

Everton make Premier League history with a touch of class as their young mascot couldn’t attend the game, but is able to watch the full thing from his iPad 👏#EVENEW pic.twitter.com/ncqPsAmPHe

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Lone soccer supporter singing for his team deserves some kind of award

sudshr47 February 19, 2018

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It may have been Shakespeare who once said that it’s the empty vessel that makes the loudest sound. He was wrong about that, though.

The source of the loudest sound is quite clearly this guy:

For all you football fans you have to applaud this fan who follows Witham FC. Today he sung for the whole 90 mins. His support was amazing and it was great to witness his loyalty
⚽️😂 @WithamFC @itvfootball @FootballFunnys @GraysAthleticFC pic.twitter.com/9OkcEs3cHq

— Andrea Smith (@aksmith111) February 17, 2018

That video was shot Saturday at a football match between Witham Town FC and Grays Athletic FC. Read more…

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Soccer match gets upstaged by hilarious snowball fight between opposing fans

sudshr47 December 30, 2017

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During a cold and snowy soccer match in Scotland Friday, a fight broke out between the two teams’ fans — a snowball fight.

After a scoreless first half between Scottish Championship league teams St. Mirren and Dundee United, fans from both sides began packing up snowballs and hurling them at each other across the corner of the field, bringing a little of their own fun to an otherwise dreary day.

❄️ Snowball fight now between St Mirren and Dundee United fans 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/uWnW6vYoEC

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Soccer star criticised for posting blackface photo of himself

sudshr47 December 18, 2017

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Another day, another case of blackface.

French soccer star Antoine Griezmann has been criticised for posting a photo of himself in full blackface online for an “’80s party” online on Sunday.

Dressed as what appears to be a Harlem Globetrotters basketball player, complete with an afro wig and darkened skin, 26-year-old Griezmann received a string of angry comments about the costume.

I’m already stressed out about Griezmann’s inevitable apology saying “a lot of my best friends are black.” pic.twitter.com/0UtS3Yb7Yv

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Onefootball has quietly raised a Series C round and added Adidas as an investor

sudshr47 December 4, 2017

 Onefootball founder and CEO Lucas Von Cranach, whose popular football app now has 25 million fans in 200 countries around the world, confirmed on stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2017 that his company has raised more funding — including both an unreported Series B and C round. This would bring the startup’s total raise to date to over the $20 million publicly reported.… Read More

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