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Colo Throws a Party: We Aren’t Invited

Newcastle and Argentina defender Fabricio Coloccini threw a party for Newcastle’s squad at his house last night, and courtesy of resident Toon fly on the wall Sammy Ameobi (and Instagram) we got to see inside. We love that Colo honours …

Simpson Up to Old Tricks

Friend of Fresh Air Football Jamie Robinson posted this picture today, of him with a slightly worse-for-wear Danny Simpson. Apparently Jamie told Danny that he didn’t believe he was porking Tulisa, so good old Danny responded by calling her up …

Red Card Leads to Ref Beating

This isn’t funny, but mental. This Lebanese second division game ended up in a refereeing witch-hunt after the man in the middle produced a red card. Apparently the appropriate response is for half of the ‘wronged’ team to chase and …

Arsene’s Rap

Friends of Fresh Air TheMilkmen25 have sent us this rap from Arsene Wenger. This would definitely get more airtime than Rafa’s Rant. “We’re better off without them if you ask me, rather have Franny Jeffers here than Samir Nasri.”

Man United Players in Matching PJs

Manchester United’s squad have gone to Qatar for a quick break. En route it appears they decided to bond by wearing matching Bugs Bunny pyjamas. We assume Anderson was behind it as he’s in most of the photos. However, grumpy …

Ivory Coast Players Rip Gervinho

Puma have a great YouTube channel featuring clips from their teams at the Africa Cup Of Nations. This is the best we’ve found yet, as the Tourés, Drogba, Gervinho and Kalou answer questions on their team-mates. It seems Gervinho is …

Congo Keeper Has Worms?

We always knew we’d get some mental celebrations during the Africa Cup of Nations, but even we were surprised that one came as early as the second day. DR Congo ‘keeper Muteba Kidiaba celebrated his side’s equaliser against Ghana by …

German Pitch Invader Evades Capture

Whenever there’s a guy running onto the pitch, the TV cameras cut away and commentators spout some snobbish drivel about how they “won’t be giving these people the attention they seek.” Well look what we’re missing out on – comedy …