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Jograves
Jograves

You're a frontrunner. That's why you 'support' that team. 

Firemans4Horn
Firemans4Horn

There’s still time to choose a different team. 

mdmost
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He gets in fist fights with his family just like you!

Huckleberry

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There's not a Leinster Senior League thread, so thought I'd throw this here. We have a new potential recipient for the fake wreath fund:

http://www.espn.com/soccer/ireland/story/3711428/irish-football-team-apologises-for-falsely-reporting-players-death

An amateur football team from Dublin has apologised for a "gross error of judgement" after falsely reporting that one of its players, Fernando Nuno La Fuente, had died on Thursday.

A death notice was posted in a local newspaper, a game was postponed and teams across the Leinster Senior League in Ireland held a minute's silence to honour the memory of La Fuente, who was thought to have been killed in a car crash last week.

"This grave and unacceptable mistake was completely out of character and was made by a person who has been experiencing severe personal difficulties unbeknownst to any other members of the club," Ballybrack FC said in a statement posted on their Facebook page.

The club said the person in question was fired after an emergency meeting.

The league offered its "sincerest apologies for any distress caused as a result of notifying clubs as to the demise of a valued player."

David Moran, chairman of the league, said the story began to be exposed after inquiries were made regarding offering support to La Fuente's family.

"We were told he was flown back to Spain on the Saturday. Straight away, that rang alarm bells for us," Moran told Irish broadcaster RTE.

"We checked the hospitals, we checked everywhere. Nobody could find anything about this young fellow."

Moran said some of La Fuente's friends said he had gone to Spain four weeks ago.

"The club has contacted Fernando to confirm his whereabouts, well-being," Ballybrack said, "and [is] thankful for his acceptance of our apology on this matter."

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3 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

I can't imagine that anyone's watching Dortmund right now because of him. Do they have a big following in the US?

I doubt it but if you are an EPL club which is far more popular in the US than the Bundesliga and you want to increase your club brand and viewership in the US bringing in a young US player is likely worth the money IMO. 

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