Ok these are funny. I couldn't help but forward.

Allez Les Lions.  I hope Senegal wins tomorrow.

Enjoy

1. Alex Stepney (Manchester United) 

The bullying Old Trafford keeper got his come-uppance in 1975. During 
United's sole recent season in Division Two, he shouted so hard at his 
defenders during one fraught game that he broke his jaw. 

2. Svein Grondalen (Norway) 

A mythical figure in Scandinavian football, the Norwegian centre back had a 
rather peculiar accident in training. He was forced to miss an international 
match after colliding with a moose while out jogging. 

3. John Durnin (Portsmouth) 

A journeyman boozer and striker, 'Johnny Lager' ended his career at 
Portsmouth after a golfing trip with Irish team-mate Alan McLoughlin. While 
driving their golf buggy up the fairway, McLoughlin claimed he was 
concentrating so hard on the view that he didn't see the huge hollow ahead. 
The buggy turned over, Durnin dislocated his shoulder, and within a few 
months both were looking for new drinking buddies. 

4. Dave Beasant (Wimbledon) 

In 1993, the Gang were none too crazy to hear that their keeper had knackered 
his foot with a jar of salad cream. Having fumbled it in his kitchen, Beasant 
attempted to stop the glass bottle shattering by breaking its fall with his 
foot. 

5. Darren Barnard (Barnsley) 

One tyke too many for the Barnsley man. Barnard spent five months in the 
physio's room with knee ligament damage after slipping in a puddle of his new 
puppy's urine on his kitchen floor. 

6. Marco Tardelli (Italy) 

It never pays to show off. While celebrating a goal at the 1982 World Cup 
Final, the Italian striker became entangled in a corner flag and had to 
receive treatment after it hit him fairly forcefully in the face. 

7. Perry Groves (Arsenal) 

Shortly before he became a fixture at Arsenal, Groves was on the substitutes 
bench watching the Gunners. Leaping up when they scored a goal at Highbury, 
the winger cracked his head against the roof of the dug-out and promptly 
knocked himself out. 

7. Mistar (Indonesia) 

This one might not be true, but common rumour suggests that, while preparing 
for a 1995 cup tie, the 25-year-old Indonesian star was tragically killed 
when a herd of wild pigs invaded his team's training pitch. 

8. Alan Mullery (England) 

Allegedly, Mullery walked into the shrine of England's injury prone legends 
when he put his back out while brushing his teeth and missed the national 
side's 1964 tour of South Africa. 

9. Ian Butterworth (Norwich) 

Tragic really. Butterworth suffered a career ending injury (to his knee or 
his ankle – we can't remember) after falling into the river Wensum in 
Norwich 
while walking his dog. 

10. Chic Brodie (Brentford) 

An old favourite, the near legendary Brodie saw his career ended by injury at 
Griffin Park when the keeper was invovled in a fateful mid-match collision 
with a dog which had invaded the pitch. 
    
    

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