Ishmael Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 And true stories thrown in. In his monthly column on footyhighlights.com, Peter Ndlovu recalls a salacious incident from the Africa Cup of Nations 2006: We had just played our final group game, ending on a high by beating a strong Ghana side but still crashing out of the tournament. At the hotel that night we decided to have a few drinks and toast to our victory. I had invited my friend, who I can’t name for legal reasons (fans of English football will remember him from his highly successful period with Leeds United), along as he had been watching the match. The lads started giving my friend a lot of stick for his country’s loss, especially our head coach. My friend was taking it quite gracefully but, as a proud Ghanaian, I could sense his patience was wearing thin. Nevertheless, the drinks kept flowing and so did the jokes. It came to the end of the night and some of the lads had disappeared to bed, most notably our coach and my friend. Now during the whole tournament the manager had personally entered the hotel rooms of our most lazy players (Benjani was the worst) and pulled them out of bed in the morning to get ready for training so myself and a couple of the other lads decided to repeat the routine on him. We got the keys from reception and seven of us bundled into his hotel room at 4 a.m. To our horror it was not our coach who we found in bed, it was my friend. The worst part was that he was having sex with the coach’s wife! I quickly rounded the boys up and ushered them out of the room, frantically hoping to keep a lid on the situation. After all, it was I who invited him to the party! We found the coach in one of the hotel bathrooms. He had had far too much to drink and crashed out. The next morning, at breakfast, I quizzed my friend about what happened and he delivered a line which I will remember all my life: “When a man insults my country, I insult him by taking his woman“ Our manager did eventually find out about the incident and I think he separated from his wife for a period. The last I heard though was that they are back together and he’s now coaching in the USA. The moral of the story is never to slag off someone’s country! Ndlovu is hardly subtle about revealing the identity of his ‘friend’. A Ghanian striker who was successful at Leeds? He might as well have titled the story ‘Don’t let Tony Yeboah near your wife.’ http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2011/12/20/1324373513207/Tony-Yeboah-celebrates-hi-007.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Get in Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Billy Whitehurst apparently used to have bare knuckle fights with the local gypsies, when he was at Oxford United (who he left us for) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 There were rumours he was releasing an autobiography but nothing as of yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Sir Les Ferdinand was one of the kids who vandalised the Blue Peter garden. Alan Pardew is working for free at Newcastle because of his debts to Mike Ashley. When Shola Ameobi was a young lad and called up to the England U21 squad, the then-manager pulled him aside and said "Shola Ameobi, now that's a bit of a mouthful. What does Bobby Robson call you?" Shola: "Carl Cort" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 <insert player name> burns £50 notes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Can someone please link me to something reasonably credible telling the Pardew-Southampton player's wife story? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 <insert player name> burns £50 notes Darren Ambrose is gay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 <insert player name> burns £50 notes Darren Ambrose is gay. Ken Monkou was supposedly caught potting the brown with Graeme Le Saux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 So who is Ishmael on OTF2? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dazzanufc1892 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Ryan giggs was eligible to play for England Mikel arteta could play for england Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Roy Keane is hard as nails. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Ronaldinho was going to join St Mirren on a 3-month loan deal in 2001 but the Brazilian FA cancelled it due to an investigation into fake passport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Andy Goram used to love a vodka orange but is tee-total now. Not so much legend as fact, an uninteresting one at that. Nice guy though. Stephen Pearson also loves booze. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Alex Ferguson used to run a bar in Govan and get in fights with the lerrcals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Andy Goram used to love a vodka orange but is tee-total now. Not so much legend as fact, an uninteresting one at that. Nice guy though. Stephen Pearson also loves booze. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now