Posted on 28th November 2013
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
And finally… is sometimes drawn towards the darker things in football – terrible fouls, diving strikers, that sort of thing – but let’s not forget that fair play hasn’t disappeared from the game. This clip warms the heart, see a genuine display of sportsmanship below.
Jadon Sancho is the unlucky star of this week’s #ICYMI – seen here shooting wide from six yards out against Hertha Berlin to the indifference of a phantom crowd piped down the wires from an empty Westfalenstadion. Strange times.
Here it is again, in all its glory. One of the highlights of the 2018 World Cup, Michy Batshuayi belting the ball off the post into his own face. He was a good sport about it afterwards mind.
Last time England took on Sweden, in 2012, Zlatan Ibrahimović scored a truly remarkable goal. Thankfully this time round there’ll be no Ibrahimović and (hopefully) no buffoonery from England’s keeper…
The USL gave us some top tier comedy this week, when North Carolina FC took on Charleston Battery. With the game tied at 1-1 in the 97th North Carolina could have won the game if just one of their players could have found the net in amongst all this madness…
