The Banter Thread

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As things stand Robert Pires hasn't officially retired, but seeing as he made his last professional appearance for Aston Villa over two years ago now, it's fairly safe to assume that the 39-year-old former World Cup winner didn't spend his weekend in the Greek coastal town of Rafina on the hunt for a new club - though that's exactly what he got!

At a loose end and with approximately 90 minutes to kill, Pires toddled along to watch local side Storm Rafina play a pre-season friendly against AO Mykonos, but fans quickly spotted the Arsenal legend in the terraces and the fuss was duly noticed by the Rafina players, who sidled over at half-time and politely asked the Frenchman if he'd be willing to turn out for their side in the second half to help overturn a 1-2 deficit.

Pires agreed to pull on the Storm Rafina strip and unsurprisingly proved to be the difference after coming on after the break, both scoring a goal and setting up another as his new side came from behind to win the game 3-2...
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Incredible that someone was actually paid to produce this...

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Yet fans have managed to make these...

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Not seen anything like this from UEFA before:

Kazakh club warned by UEFA over sheep slaughter

(Reuters) - Kazakhstan champions Shakhtar Karagandy have been warned that they could face disciplinary action if they slaughter any more sheep before European games, UEFA said on Wednesday.

"The UEFA Competition department has written to FC Shakhter Karagandy and informed them that animal slaughter was not acceptable in or around our competitions and that the club would face sanctions if it happens again," read a UEFA statement.

Animal rights group PETA last week called on UEFA to ban the ritual slaughter of animals after reports that Shakhter had killed a sheep before their Champions League playoff tie at home to Celtic which they won 2-0.

"We're very grateful for UEFA's swift and firm action condemning such cruel and archaic practices", said PETA's Mimi Bekhechi in a statement.

"UEFA has sent a clear message that there is absolutely nothing sporting about violence towards animals."

Shakhter were facing Celtic in Glasgow in their return match later on Wednesday for a place in the group stage of Europe's lucrative top tier club competition
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Can't imagine that there will be many sheep walking around the streets of Glasgow tonight. :p
 
Could one of you fine gentlemen do the next weekend football thread please. I should be able to do the following one but will let you know if not.
 
I'm going to hope the person in charge of the Twitter account has no idea why that's so inappropriate. If they did it as a joke they should apologise before being kicked out.
 
I imagine they would have only picked up on the Sinatra one but yeah, if they knew what they were doing it's not good :/

They deleted it quite quickly apparently.
 
G|mp said:
https://twitter.com/Footy_Tipster/statuses/373199921421090817

Oh Official Liverpool FC Twitter :/

That was a silly thing to do!
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What's the likelihood that the guy/girl running the social media account is around their 20s? Would they know the Munich references to those songs? I certainly didn't until I was told. Not using it as an excuse bit I'd bet that the person replying to that douchebag had no idea what he was referencing.
 
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