"GET STUFFED OR MARINATED STUFFED EGGPLANT? YOU BE THE JUDGE"

AWARD OF THE WEEK

Goes to Peter Raskopoulos, general manger of NSL side Sydney Olympic, who recently denied telling Leeds United chairman, Peter Ridsdale to 'Get Stuffed' during equity discussions.
"I deny saying that," said an insistent Raskopoulos.

Keen to clear up any confusion, Rasko went on, 'I was definitely misquoted. I mean you offer a Pom some of your mum's homemade marinated stuffed eggplant to go and he thinks you're having a go," he explained in wholly unconfirmed reports.

What, knock back Mrs. Raskopoulos stuffed eggplant?

Rasko, negotiations never had a chance.

February 2001

"I'LL BARE MY BUM IN BOURKE ST OR I'LL STRADDLE THE SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE NUDE"
AWARD OF THE WEEK

Goes to the often besieged, 'but I think I'll lap it up while we are winning' coach of Sydney Olympic SC, Branco Culina, for his outburst during the week condemning the non selection of Sydney Olympic prolific goal ace, Pablo Cardozo, to the Socceroo's squad for the up -coming series against Brazil.

"If Pablo is not the best striker in Australia, I'll run down the middle of Pitt St (in Sydney) nude!" he cried in the aftermath of the squad's announcement.

The Diegos don't know whether Culina is, in actual fact, fantasizing about the Buck's turn he never had or whether it's his way of re-enacting the first Olympic games marathon in Greece, in the lead up to

Sydney 2000.

Whatever the reason for the urge, we just hopes he waxes his legs, doesn't do the splits and doesn't bend over.

October 1999

"WOULDN'T YOU SPEW?" AWARD OF THE WEEK:

Goes to Sydney Olympic coach, Branco Culina, whose million dollar team was cruelly tumbled out of final's calculations last weekend as a result of a solitary 83rd minute strike from the one legged Adelaide City Zebra's Captain, Alex Tobin.

All Olympic needed from the game was a draw and looked like achieving it until 'peg-leg' Tobin scored the decisive winner with seven minutes remaining.

Culina, who was described on his appointment last season to the Olympic job as "the next coach to be sacked by Sydney Olympic", is said to be devastated by the result.

He has been un-contactable since the weekend. The report, that he was last seen walking aimlessly through the Nullabour without a stitch of clothing on, beating himself over the head repeatedly with his coaching strategy book, is yet to be confirmed however.

May 1999