World Cup 2010 Thread

[therockbox]

Robbie Earle has been sacked by ITV after his World Cup tickets were found to have been used by a “third party”.

An ambush marketing row, which saw 36 Holland fans thrown out of the Netherlands' 2-0 win over Denmark yesterday, prompted ITV to check up on tickets from their allocation.

And they found tickets allocated to former Wimbledon player Earle, 45, had been passed on beyond the friends and family circle they were meant for.

It is another blow for ITV, whose coverage has been widely criticised since the tournament started on Friday.

An ITV spokesperson said: “Following claims by FIFA that official 2010 World Cup tickets may have been used for ambush marketing, ITV has reviewed its entire ticket allocation for the tournament.

“Immediate investigations indicated that a block of ITV tickets would appear to have been used for unauthorised purposes during the Holland v Denmark match.

“Further enquiries have revealed that a substantial number of tickets allocated to Robbie Earle for family and friends have been passed to a third party in breach of FIFA rules.

“As a result, Robbie Earle’s contract with ITV has been terminated with immediate effect.”

A spokesman for Earle's agent said there was no comment at this stage.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/06/15/robbie-earle-sacked-by-itv-for-breaking-world-cup-ticket-rules-115875-22335379/

[Dan]

Have pride in our nation, EWB.

[Dingle]

OH MY GOD! Ronaldo is on fine fucking form that bastard. FUCK ME!

[Lineker]

ITV should just stick to shit dramas.

And holy crap that was awesomely close from Ronaldo.

[Dingle]

Haha I love this referee, he seems to know what the crack is. Good man. Might stop ronny from going down for anything.

[Powerhart]

"Fuck off, fuck off" Cristiano knows english.

Fuck you Cristiano.

[Dingle]

Okay, that was a bad call. Ouchhh !

[Blue Rosler]

Bad call on Eboue, bad call on Zokora.

Atleast Ronaldo has got a yellow so might go down less.

C'mon Ivory Coast!

[Powerhart]

For the first time since Germany-Australia, I watching a good game, or at least a not-boring one.

[GoN_]

We're not doing very well. Liedson and Deco are clearly in bad shape.

[Sam]

Both teams play deep when the other has the ball, it's making the match very dull, apart from a Ronaldo shot I can't say there was too much to shout about. I think Ivory Coast are playing slighty better of the two.

[GoN_]

We are missing too many passes. Other than that Ronaldo shot, we haven't been able to create any decent attack.

[Farmer Reil]

Gervinho definitely either needs a wig or a haircut. ¬_¬

[Powerhart]

Gervinho definitely either needs a wig or a haircut. ¬_¬

His dreadlocks are real? I thought it was a wig.

Here comes DROGBA!

[Lineker]

On comes the Drog

[brenchill]

"The African Icon"!

The commentator thought that the referee ran over to shake Drogba's hand .

[Powerhart]

That was close.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

BOOOOO Ronaldo Dive!

[Dan]

Why was Zakora holding his head? :|

[Powerhart]

Why was Zakora holding his head? :|

Because he got hit in the arm.