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Links on Friday – Great sporting songs

sportreview endorses and recommends Subbuteo for making a rainy afternoon fly by (if you can’t be arsed whipping up a chocolate cake). Bonus points for having Half Man Half Biscuits’ All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit on the stereo

Euro 96 happened about six months before my OE, and Three Lions used to make me so excited I could shit (along with this). Bad move bringing it back for the 1998 World Cup, though

Paul Kelly could sing about putting the bins out and still make you cry – this fan-made clip for Bradman has some sweet archive footage

Italia ’90 was a great World Cup, all bad guy Argentinians, Roger Milla dancing, Toto Schillaci’s bulging eyes and England going out heroically. It also had the best sport song ever, New Order’s World In Motion, your only chance to see Manchester’s best dance / rock band (and there’s a bit of competition there, alright) having a kick about. Features surprisingly competent rap by John Barnes

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Stig takes his helmet off

He’s a lot more *German* than I expected. The big wink after he takes the helmet off makes me wonder if it’s for real, though. I always assumed it was this guy.

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There’s own goals and there’s the ‘batshit insane-o’ own goals

Everyone’s wanted to tackle a ref – but only this guy has the sack to do it

When a gaggle of scallywags in parkas invades the pitch, sometimes it’s up to the manager to take direct action

I don’t think this keeper will get player of the day, even when getting on the scoresheet

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If you love Chris Waddle, and couldn’t get enough of Diamond Lights, wait until you see him turn into a Pet Shop Boy.

Turns out all you need to impress the ladies is a sweet custom bike.

Star Wars nerds – hands where I can see ’em.

You feed beefburgers to swans.

Apocalypse Neville

Phil Neville on the diabolical Ronaldo. Only special tackles get their own Facebook group.

Clip has bonus Rooney plot-loss.

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As a Spurs fan, I didn’t think I could enjoy Chelsea’s toys-out Euro exit any more. I was wrong.

Turns out Aussie Cricketer Damien Fleming is very, very dry. And an excellent spokesman for Electron Beam Scientific Research Facilities. via CWB

Sportsmen doing interviews are notoriously touchy, team.

Shut up or piss off.

I call it ‘Eggs over easy’

Freaky-ass shot from Eoin Morgan via Cricket With Balls

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Ronaldo, the proper one, is back playing in Brazil. Not a bad first touch, that. Accept no imitations.

Padraig Harrington is always game for a laugh – when not playing an EXTREME par three, he’s helping some nerds test the Happy Gilmore swing.

PJ O’Rourke is in NZ to talk to some rich guys. Hamilton Public Library’s PJ trove was a formative influence on a young sportreview.net.nz – if you don’t know him, start with the classics.

I think he’s just circling the airport – are you alright there, Dougal?

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Steve Hanson must get awfully bored watching the game from those little glass boxes – just look at what happens when coaches sit in the crowd. Jim Telfer is sportreview.net.nz’s new hero.

Forget carb-based diets and personal trainers, to be The World’s Fastest Bowler in 1979 all you needed was a packet of Winfield Red and ill-advised moustache. Presented by Richie Benaud, 12.

I’m sure TV Sports Journalism 101 must have something on live bits to camera vs taped bits to camera.

He must have a foot like a traction engine.

Everybody loves Kev

There’s been precious little Kevin Keegan in these parts lately. I’m putting that right with a bit of gibberish from the lengthy KK page on my new favorite site, Danger Here. Bear in mind he’s being questioned about the transfer window:

“Well, that’s like asking me who is on my Christmas card list. I sit down with the wife and I say ‘Did they send us one last year or this year’, and if they haven’t we rip the name up and throw it in the bin. But then, a couple of days after Christmas the card might arrive late so we do a card for them on the 28th and date it the 22nd and send it off and hope they don’t notice…I haven’t a clue what I’m talking about.”

Imagine him and Stu Wilson having a chat. Here’s Kev on a bike: