In a week where “horror tackle” and “Ryan Shawcross” became mutually exclusive it is surely just a coincidence that a purveyor of a particularly awful challenge has actually been sent to jail for a challenge that would even have made Mark Dennis wince. Read more about the story by CLICKING HERE to the excellent In The Stands.
One can only imagine the defence for the accused probably ran with the argument that his client “wasn’t that kind of player!”.
Now this will bring tears to your eyes. Watch as unintentionally the attacking player swings full force to make contact with the football only to find that the ball has in fact long gone and has been replaced by an entirely different set of objects. The pace and power with which the striker kicks the poor defender is such that the person doing the kicking is in agony also but not surely in the same league of discomfort as the recently created Eunuch!