Good blog post by
The Football Commentator about footballers spitting all over the pitch.
Football Commentator - Footballers Spitting All Over The Pitch ♠ Before corners, many players spit in the direction they will go when the corner is taken
♠ Spitters spit the furthest after missed shots, bad tackles tend to get a "sit and spit" by the injured player (before the trainer arrives)
♠ Players spit in groups around who takes the free kick as both a territorial gesture and also a way to show displeasure at not getting the shot, needless to say, free kicks are a spitting orgy.
♠ Referees never spit.
♠ Goalkeepers spit in their gloves constantly, why doesn't Nike make some self wetting gloves or something?
England Blog Comment >> Also I notice the footballers and other sportsmen and women that like to blow their nose in public. Hurtling bogies onto the floor, for some poor soul to land on the blachmange like substance, is a bit grim in my humble opinion. Not quite Paula Radcliffe doing a turd beside the marathon course, rather than use the toilets provided, but there you go.
Posted at 5:34 PM, Friday, April 29, 2005