Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney must rally on Saturday
A verbal rollicking awaits Wayne Rooney on Saturday. As he stands facing the light at the end of the tunnel, waiting to wander out onto the field to face Everton, Goodison Park will morph into a cauldron filled with caustic ribald remarks, reminding him of the self-inflicted tawdry tabloid story that will have shattered his [...]
By Giles Lucas | Sport | Friday, 10 September 2010 at 1:11 pm
Must watch: ‘Randy Rooney scores own goal’
It was inevitable: following Tiger’s troubles and Gordon gone wild, among others, Wayne Rooney is the latest scandalised public figure to get the Taiwanese cartoon news treatment after a week of sordid tabloid revelations. Take it away…
By Simon Rice | Sport | Wednesday, 8 September 2010 at 4:04 pm
Footballers having affairs and the common denominators
Footballers don’t have sex, they romp. And when they romp, they are always, always ‘love-rats’.
The News of the World’s revelations about Wayne Rooney’s private life, in which it’s claimed he paid a prostitute for sex while his wife was pregnant, followed a very familiar format.
The four bullet points that summarise the story in a quick, [...]
By Simon Rice | Sport | Monday, 6 September 2010 at 1:52 pm
A good start by England, but let’s not get carried away
It was always going to be an improvement on England’s woeful experience in South Africa. I still cannot believe the blind support Fabio Capello is receiving but give the manager and players credit on Friday. 4-0 is a very good scoreline in a competitive match.
Bulgaria were clever but Jermain Defoe scored [...]
By Gary Newbon | Sport | Monday, 6 September 2010 at 12:42 pm
World Cup: If England players were TV stars…
It has emerged that the England team have named each other after characters in TV mafia drama The Sopranos.
Apparently, coach Fabio Capello is Corrado ‘Junior’ Soprano, while Wayne Rooney as gangster boss, and star of the show, Tony.
This got me thinking, which TV and film characters best represent the England players taking part in the [...]
By Simon Rice | Sport | Wednesday, 16 June 2010 at 3:21 pm
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