17
May

Pig prank gone wrong in Stoke locker room

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Image via @BrekShea20

Apparently, ham was on Stoke City’s lunch menu.

The club is launching an internal investigation after a bloody pig’s head was found in the locker of striker Kenwyne Jones. Winger Brek Shea Instagrammed a photo of the pig’s head with the caption “Locker room banter gone wild!”

Jones, who is a Rastafarian and does not eat pork, was less than pleased. He reportedly threw a brick through teammate Glenn Whelan’s car window, who was thought to be behind the prank gone wrong.

When it comes to pranking teammates, the Potters go all in. Less than a week before the pig incident, the soon to be retired Michael Owen received a retirement gift from his teammates in the form of his Mercedes being covered in eggs and flour.

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Image: @themichaelowen

Stoke later released a statement:

“The club takes seriously the reports of an incident at our training ground this afternoon. A full internal investigation will be carried out and those responsible for any unacceptable behavior will be dealt with in accordance with the club’s disciplinary procedures.”

Jones’ girlfriend, Kissa Abdullah, expressed her displeasure on Twitter, condemning the perpetrators and stating the prank was “not even close to funny.”

@kissakj

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16
May

Classic “Anchorman” prank!

An Australian news reporter was embarrassed by her colleagues while reading the highlights to Wednesday’s Europa League final. At the end of the highlight, her male colleague slyly changed the copy on the teleprompter to something completely non-soccer-related. Predictably, the reporter kept reading the script, sending the entire set into an uproar and reminding everyone of Veronica Corningstone’s prank on the legendary Ron Burgundy.

The lesson as always, don’t read everything you see on the teleprompter.

13
May

Stoke players organize “retirement gift” for Owen

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Stoke City’s Michael Owen, who has announced his retirement at the end of the season, found his car egged by teammates after Sunday’s game against Tottenham.

Owen already came up with a list of primary suspects, to whom he tweeted out this warning:

At least Owen’s true home team came up with a more appropriate and touching retirement gift:

Awwwwww.

2
Apr

The two best April Fools’ jokes in soccer this year

First up: Ricky Lambert announcing his decision to play his international football for New Zealand.

Despite being the top English goal-scorer in the Premier League, Lambert has yet to receive an invite to the English national team, which has even triggered a “Lambert for England” social media campaign. Lambert’s grandfather is a Kiwi, but don’t worry England fans, it’s just a joke. “Lambert for England” is alive and well.

Lambert’s joke was good, but taking the cake this year is the popular “Football Manager” franchise announcing a special 125th anniversary edition of their game: “Football Manager 1888” with new features such as no substitutions, no offside rule and the added wrinkle that your players could be drafted into the Army mid-season!

From their Facebook page:

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Which was your favorite April Fools joke this year?

29
Dec

Everyone loves a good prank, but even more so when it happens to one of the world’s best soccer players.

Atletico Madrid star striker Radamel Falcao was the victim of a fantastic prank pulled off by Spanish TV station La1. Falcao is tricked into thinking he’s wrecked a very, very expensive Ferrari. You should really sit and watch the whole video. However, if you’re short on time and want to see him stare — mouth wide open — for about two minutes as the gravity of the (fake) situation sinks in, skip to 10 minute mark. Hilarity ensues.

27
Nov

This upcoming Saturday’s game between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund doesn’t need much hyping up as it is. It’s the premier rivalry game in Germany for several decades now, and pits the Bundesliga’s two most lethal teams against each other.

But let’s just say the stakes have been raised a bit after a Dortmund fan and his friends broke into the Allianz Arena and sprayed the BVB logo on the window of a VIP lounge. A lot of outlets have called this a “fake” video, but it really happened…though maybe not in the most literal sense.

The BVB fan was promoting his own washable spray paint product with the video, so some of it is staged, but according to German news outlets, they legitimately broke in!

Needless to say, Bayern will be under serious pressure to defend its home turf on Saturday after that stunt!