Comments on: South America, you are on the clock

By: The Weekly Dump - January 25th | Soccerati

The Weekly Dump - January 25th | Soccerati — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:38:13 +0000

[...] God bless the Irish – There was no doubt which link would get top billing once I read Unprofessional Foul this week. Irish sides Newry City and Larne met up in something called the Irish Cup which I assume is their version of the FA Cup. Here’s what I can tell from searching the news sites. Things were going along fine until the 80th minute when Larne captain Liam Hogan committed felonious assault on Darren King (pictured above). After that all damned hell broke loose. Punches, kicks and everyone sent home. My favorite group of pictures were presented by the BBC, insanity. [...]

By: Wednesday Link-Off: It’s A Fight « The Lowdown Blog

Wednesday Link-Off: It’s A Fight « The Lowdown Blog — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:01:25 +0000

[...] The Irish love to fight. They don’t even have to be drunk to have a proper brawl in the middle of a field. Wait, it was a soccer game? Did they think they were hockey players? (Unprofessional Foul) [...]

By: I’m a Member of the Trillion Man March « Red Pop Sports

I’m a Member of the Trillion Man March « Red Pop Sports — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:42:24 +0000

[...] in Northern Ireland are not happy about Conan leaving so their taking out their anger on the pitch. Anyway, it’s Conan’s last week on NBC and he has some pretty cool people coming on, so [...]

By: That’s Got To Be At Least A Yellow Card Wake Up Deadspin | myMLB - Diamondbacks

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:13:00 +0000

[...] * It seems some Northern Ireland hooligans got into to a nasty eye-gouging, hair-pulling, kicking a guy when he’s on the ground-style foofaraw. Oh, wait those are the players. Unprofessional Foul [...]

By: Crazy jackson That’s Got To Be At Least A Yellow Card Wake Up Deadspin | myMLB - Tigers

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:24:12 +0000

By: Tweets that mention Unprofessional Foul -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Unprofessional Foul -- Topsy.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:01:32 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Unprofessional Foul, Jeff D.. Jeff D. said: Wow… that's some serious soccer fouls : http://unprofessionalfoul.com/2010/01/18/south-america-you-are-on-the-clock/ [...]

By: Army of Dad

Army of Dad — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:51:46 +0000

In the last pic it appears as though a Larne player is about to leave a nice green “present” for the home side to clean up.

By: ebullientfatalist

ebullientfatalist — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:51:23 +0000

@JT: The prize would have to be extraordinary to ensure the clubs/players act in the most blatantly childish and unprofessional manner possible. Something like $1b in transfer funds for three seasons, or an automatic place in the CL Finals.

By: ü75

ü75 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:34:17 +0000

Don’t know if it was in one of the ones I linked to, but Feeney suffered nothing more than cuts and bruises. Not that such a lack of injury excuses a kick to the head, of course.

By: whizalen

whizalen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:12:40 +0000

kicking a guy, full force in the head while he’s laying on the ground? in my opinion, that guy shouldn’t be allowed to play again. He could have killed him or left him severely brain damaged.