What you missed while either submitting your Droppy nominations or being evacuated over an exploding lampshade threat…
- In the second incident this week that’s bound to strain the relationship between footballers and eggs, Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot was hospitalized with burns after a poached egg exploded on his face.
- Michael Owen is “professionally offended” by reports that he’s planning on retiring this summer; after watching him play this season, Newcastle fans think he’s only capable of being “amateurly offended”.
- In other retirement news, Aston Villa captain Martin Laursen will retire at the end of the season; Laursen’s been out since January with a knee injury.
- Carlsberg would like to extend their relationship with Liverpool to include naming rights for the new stadium; Liverpool fans confused, think that stadium is already named “that big hole at Stanley Park”.
- Mark Hughes thinks he should get more credit for his first season at Manchester City, even though he’s poised to finish one spot behind where they finished last year.
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The egg thing was hilarious. Why are so many athletes injured so easily?