Paul Nicholson yesterday blamed his exit from the world darts championship, on his opponents girlfriend in the crowd whats the worst excuse for a defeat youve ever heard?
26th April 2008, Hull City 2-1 Crystal Palace. Neil Warnock, was quick to identify the culprit: Carl Fletcher's pregnant wife. Her contractions kept the midfielder, a designated substitute, away. "Fletch would have come on and done a good job," lamented Warnock."Inconvenient . . . she's cost us a bleedin' point today."
I remember listening to that on Blunderside on the way out of the ground, it was a bizarre interview, he suggested that it was windy for them, but not windy for us.
Fergies away shirt colour excuse. May have been something in it as did nt they change shirts at half time and make a spectacular comeback?
Seen Golaccio's thread on Stephen Ireland and just remembered the false excuse of his Grandma being recently deceased he gave for not playing for his country.
How come if I'm cycling I have a head on wind, yet if I completely change direction...I have a head on wind?
I was going to say that one, they were playing Southampton at the Dell in grey shirts and were losing 3-0 or something, Fergie said the team couldnt pass the ball because the shirts blended with the crowd. Reminds me of the time a ref sent off Roary the Tiger as he was running down the touchline and could confuse the linos!
liverpool used to blame artificial pitches when they lost on them. which they always did, as part of a deliberate policy to get them banned.
from wiki: In September 2007, Ireland was at the centre of controversy when, in the immediate aftermath of a Republic of Ireland international match and days before their crunch game against the Czechs, coach Steve Staunton informed him of a telephone call just received from his girlfriend reporting the death of his maternal grandmother. Staunton quickly consented to Ireland's compassionate leave on these grounds, a private jet was chartered for his return. However the media quickly discovered that Ireland's grandmother was not dead, at which point Ireland announced it was his paternal grandmother who died but yet again, reporters discovered that Ireland's paternal grandmother was also still alive, and her relatives had threatened to sue one newspaper that reported her death. Ireland changed his story again, saying one of his grandfathers had divorced, and it was his second wife who had died. That was also quickly discovered to be untrue.[28] Ireland eventually came out with the truth, admitting he had invented a reason to leave the Irish team in order to visit his girlfriend in Cork, who, he claimed, had had a miscarriage. "I decided at that stage that I must tell the truth and admit I had told lies," Ireland said. "I realise now it was a massive mistake to say my grandmothers had died and I deeply regret it."[29] Irish coach Staunton was furious at Ireland. The coach's mood wasn't helped by the fact Ireland lost 1–0 to the Czechs, which effectively ended their hopes of qualifying for the Euro 2008 championships. Ireland said his girlfriend had miscarried and that "caused us to panic." The Nigel Adkins wind excuse was ****ing hilarious
