A Friday edition of Football Circus this week and we bring stories that are more inappropriate than the personal lives of John Terry and Wayne Rooney combined. There's the sexist Ghanaian FA president and the Czech international having a laugh about his drink-driving offence. We also have Jose Mourinho's son mocking his own father and a cheese show impacting on an FA Cup fixture...
Football Circus Clown Quote of the Week
"He's moved down there, he has a house there and he speaks the language".
- Mark Lawrenson on Alan Pardew's move from Newcastle to Crystal Palace.
Ghanaian President Guilty of Incredibly Sexist Comments
Ghanaian FA president Kwesi Nyantakyi has sparked controversy over the past week after coming out with some seemingly sexist comments. The president has shocked the global football audience by outlining his plans to increase attendances at matches in his home country.
Nyantaki told Monti FM:
"Me I have said this thing over and over again…we must let sexy ladies enter our stadia and the men will readily follow them into the stadium to watch games.
"Most of these men when they hear that beautiful girls are coming to the stadium today, they’ll all jump and follow them to the stadium…and they are going there purposely to see the ladies.
"I remember there was one match the we brought some beautiful girls who were in nice jeans to the stadium.
"The men in the stands went into frenzy and when the ladies waved at them - come and see how jubilant they were".
Nyantakyi will no doubt be cursing the fact that Sepp Blatter has resigned. Blatter once famously suggested the use shorter shorts for women's teams.
Czech Defender Laughs Off His Drink Driving
It seems inappropriate behaviour is rife of late, as following on from the sexist Ghanaian FA president, we discovered Viktoria Plzen defender David Limbersky had been having a laugh this week over a drink driving incident. Limbersky crashed into a fence post whilst under the influence of alcohol last Thursday. He then tried to flee the scene, but unfortunately for him, police witnessed the whole incident.
Limbersky was detained after the police found his blood-alcohol level to be over .15 percent and he could now face jail time. His club, Vikoria Plzen, were as unimpressed as the police and accordingly took the club captaincy away from the Czech player and imposed a hefty fine.
Despite it all, Limbersky is still, somewhat bizarrely, seeing a funny side. After scoring the first of a brace for Plzen at the weekend, Limerbsky opted to celebrate by motioning a steering action. Bad taste to say the least.
Cheese Show Affects A Cup Fixture
An FA Cup fixture was this week rescheduled all because of a cheese festival. Frome Town FC were due to face Chippenham Town last Saturday, but because the date clashed with the Frome Cheese Show the club opted to bring the fixture forward by a day.
The club's managing director Ian Pearce said:
"The cheese show is huge - the biggest event in the town's calendar.
"It would have had a big knock-on effect in terms of the attendance had we not re-arranged the date.
"A lot of our fans like going to the cheese show, including our chairman, Jeremy Alderman, who is one of the show's sponsors".
While we're sure the Cheese Show didn't disappoint, the match finished on a drab 0-0 scoreline.
Mourinho's Son Accused of Mocking Father
Jose Mourinho Jr. is one young man who may well be going without pocket money this week after apparently 'trolling' his father on social media. During Chelsea's 3-1 defeat to Everton on Saturday, the teenager shocked fans with the following tweet:
Aghast fans of the Stamford Bridge club instantly demanded an explanation and accused JoMoJu of 'trolling' his father. Mourinho Jr. however, defended himself with another tweet, proclaiming his innocence:
What's Mad Mario Upto this Week?
Steven Gerrard has treaded on a few toes this week, Super Mario's included. The ex-Liverpool captain has had his book, 'My Story' serialised in the Daily Mail this week. Gerrard had the following to say about Balo:
"In my last season, Brendan Rodgers came to me at Melwood one day in mid-August.
"He said: 'You know we've missed out on a couple of signings. I'm basically left with no option to have a bit of a gamble.'
"Brendan paused before he spoke again: 'The gamble is Mario Balotelli.' My instant reaction was: 'Uh-oh.'
"I'd never met Balotelli but I'd heard all the stories about the indoor fireworks and Jose Mourinho describing him as an 'unmanageable' player.
"I could see that, in the right mood, he was a quality footballer but the rest of his career seemed like a spectacular waste of talent. That was my opinion of Balotelli.
"We got on fine. I still tried to help him and I kept looking for chances to praise him but I could see why Mourinho had been right when he said Balotelli is unmanageable.
"He is very talented with the potential to be world class, but he'll never get there because of his mentality and the people around him. Balotelli's always late, he always wants attention.
"He says the wrong things on social media. For me, he doesn't work hard enough on a daily basis. You're always fighting a losing battle with Balotelli. He does too many things wrong".
Whilst Stevie G may not be far of the mark with his comments, the "unmanageable" Balotelli did impress during his second Milan debut on Sunday. Balo was a second half sub in Milan's clash with rivals Inter and despite failing to get on the scoresheet and his teaming losing the game, the striker still managed to put in a decent shift and may have played his way into contention for a starting place.
Italian Football Story of the Week
- Trap Believes in Inter
Giovanni Trapattoni has backed Inter Milan's Serie A chances after his former club beat city rivals AC Milan at the weekend. Speaking to FcInterNews, 76 year old Trap said the Neazzurri's chances of lifting the Scudetto:
"It’s not absolute fantasy to think about winning the League.
"I’ve been there during my career. When you’re winning and doing well every game then your conviction increases and you grow in confidence.
"Obviously though, the final outcome will depend on a lot of factors.
"I think Milan are more of a team, while [Inter Coach Roberto] Mancini is still trying to get the best out of all the individual pieces he has. However, I don’t think they’re far away from the end of this process.
"The result will give the team confidence, that’s for sure. I think Inter will be competing with the other big teams, with Juventus, who have only taken one point so far and are already chasing".
Artist's Impression of the Week
- 'Say Cheese'; Cheese show affects football match.
Football Recommendation of the Week
- I Believe in Miracles; 'I Believe in Miracles' tells the tale of Nottingham Forest’s 1979 European Cup win. The Guardian have already hailed this as "the best football film ever made", so we expect big things.
Non-Football Recommendation of the Week
- Heads Up; Essentially a modern version of the game 'charades', 'Heads Up' is a great app to play with friends.
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