Daily Dose 12.17.08

By: Laurie | December 17th, 2008

Some news to read as you check out beach babes playing soccer in an otherwise less-than-memorable ad. (Beach babes who, believe it or not, actually look like they may have touched a football or two before the ad shoot. That was the memorable part for me.)

How can one photo be both so adorable and so…wrong? (Hint: It involves the combination of Joey Barton and a baby.) (Kickette)
When footballers’ Christmas parties go bad. A historical retrospective. (Guardian)
Well, that was fast. Sam Allardyce = Blackburn’s new gaffer (Blackburn Offside)
Gooch to Marseille? (And other USMNT transfer nuggets) (USA World Cup Blog)
The top 50 British Footballers of 2008 (Times Online)
Which player wants a second career as a porn star? (Hint: he’s Italian) (The Spoiler)
Footie fans complain more than any naggin spouse (The Offside Rules)
And oh! Look! It’s Marco Boriello, who just happens to be in the shower! With a photographer! (Oh, what? What?!? I do the Dose so rarely that I need to get these in when I can, because you know Chris and Daryl won’t do it. Plus I gave you the beach babes, so stop complaining already.) (HABs Offside)