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Mick McCarthy - dour and miserable? How wrong we were...
We'd like to apologise to one Michael Joseph McCarthy. See, we've always figured the former bruising centre-back turned straight-talking manager was a bit of a boring, dour bastard. Obviously, as this clip above shows - taken from Wolves' game against Man Utd at the weekend - he's nothing of the sort. All it needs is a cheeky camera zoom and out comes the proper Mick Mac - suave, sophisticated and, er, sexy. He's got more camera-presence than Clooney, and if this doesn't embody Joey Tribiani's catchphrase we don't know what does.
At least until he opens his gob, obviously...
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Pepsi get the bandwagon rolling...
And we're off. The plethora of Africa-themed World Cup adverts that are set to dominate our screens for the next five months has it's first effort, and it's just as we suspected. Pepsi have gone for every cliché in the book - the Ladysmith Black Mambazo-style music, the dusty and sunny setting, the textbook meet-and-greet-and-have-a-bit-of-banter-with-the-locals script.
And yet, you know what? It still raises a smile here at ToePoke. Though probably only because we just can't ruddy wait for the World Cup. Or we're just getting soft...
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The scene they had to cut from Twin Peaks for being too weird...
The 1990 World Cup was notable for two things. England actually had a half decent tournament and their World Cup song, World In Motion, wasn't actually that bad. Ok, that total knob-head Keith Allen sang on it (the second worst thing he has produced after his daughter Lily) and John Barnes' rapping was truly awful. But, all things being equal, New Order put together... [More]
Footballers Guardian journalists say the funniest things...
Those folk at the Guardian must know their stuff right? As proof, here's their pre-amble to the big AC Milan v Man Utd game the other night...
"Seven years to the day since he emerged from Manchester United's dressing room bearing a scar on his forehead accidentally inflicted by a boot launched by an infuriated Sir Alex Ferguson, David Beckham sat next to his current manager to discuss tomorrow night's Champions League rendezvous with his old mentor at San Siro, his new home. It would certainly be difficult to imagine a similar incident between Beckham and... [More]
It's football. But not as you know it. Yakshemash!
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Somewhere in Kyrgyzstan (it's a real place)
12th February 2010
Never heard of this guy? Then you're obviously not as in to your Krygystani Futsal as you thought you were. Part-timer. Needless to say we like to think of ourselves as Futsal experts here at ToePoke, mainly because... [More]
Unlike John Terry, some can't always combine both...
Such as on Valentines Day, which falls this Sunday, when there are numerous big FA Cup ties to be played. So Puma have come up with this idea, called the Hardchorus, to dedicate to the other half and keep her happy while you swan off to the game and come back with some service station chocolates. Will it work? Course not, but it's worth a bash. And if you're mates with any of the actors in this video, we dare you to take the piss of them...
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This. Is. Brilliant.
Observe, ladies and gents, why lower league football will always, that's ALWAYS, be better than that shitty Premier League nonsense. Just listen to... [More]
PR bods in canny effort shocker...
It's easy to be cynical about stuff isn't it? And lord knows we here at ToePoke can see right through a cheap PR stunt. But there's no knocking originality, so fair play to Umbro for their method of revealing the new... [More]
