Some of the funniest footballers' names include the likes of Peter Crouch, David Luiz, and Benjamin Mendy. They are among the top 15 wittiest football players globally. Their ability to make others laugh even when things are tough is remarkable. To walk out in a big European stadium, on a big European night, side by side with some of the best players in the world. The setting is an FA Trophy match between Lancaster City & Whitley Bay, the scores are level at 4-4, with all eight previous penalty takers having scored emphatically. Note the sympathy from the keeper, who must have had to stick both gloves in his mouth to drown out the laughter.
In his anger, the sandwich-short-of-a-picnic fella threw his medical bag to the floor, cracking open a bottle of chloroform, and knocking himself spark out. FIFA later ordered the game to be replayed at a neutral venue and, typically for the Scots, they were held to a frustrating goalless draw in Monaco’s Stade Louis II stadium a couple of months later. But when the game in question is a World Cup qualifier, questions have to be asked. Scotland were due to play Estonia in Tallinn at 6.45pm on 9 October 1996. But Scots manager Craig Brown was concerned about the quality of Kadriorg Stadium’s floodlights, and FIFA shared those concerns. The game was switched to a 3 o’clock kick off, at 9 o’clock the same morning.





Incredibly, and probably sensibly, the referee relented, and the goal was ruled out. France did go on to add a fourth anyway, and the referee would lose his International status in the aftermath. Apparently he was pretty Sheikh-en. OK, so that was slightly pointless nostalgia there, but it does have a bearing on this incident. Only this one didn’t take place in a Liverpool suburb, but at the 1982 World Cup. Kuwait, trailing 3-1 to Michel Platini’s France, conceded a fourth goal late on to Alain Giresse, but were convinced they had heard a referee’s whistle in the build up, causing several of their players to stop.
But if it was so absurd that it had no merit, why did Niemann have his butt cheeks scanned at the U.S. Niemann even said he’d play naked to prove he wasn’t cheating. For Karl Power, that was exactly what happened on the night of 18 April 2001. Galvanised by this incredible setback, the Americans proceeded to play with style, grace, panache and poise, losing 6-1. Ok, this one is a little over-played, a little obvious, but can you really deny either its outrageousness, or its hilarity?
This clip showcases so much of what football fans hate, and other sports fans cannot understand—blatant diving and outright cheating. To start, a look at one of the world's greatest players completely losing it and throwing all his toys out the pram. This bonkers moment was further burnt into popular memory when Jimmy Bullard spoofed it with a goal celebration the following season. "And Sky Sports must have taken what, about 90 minutes of footage that day, and got it back and most of it was like, you know… "Oh, look. Here's a good guy, he's getting on. He's their friend as well as their boss.

For the rest of his career—and he’ll probably raise a banner or two at the expense of his former team—but there’s no doubt where his heart is. She kicked off the match with an epic entrance. I looked over at Naya, and she was smiling, yelling, and jumping up and down while high-fiving me, my dad, and any complete strangers within reach.
After winning 23 major titles, the perennial no. 1 had nothing left to prove or give. I’m just glad that we Funny Moments in Football got one last chance to pull for her. Romario amused fans with many hilarious quotes during his career.

An Oxford University study recently proved that is scientifically impossible to watch this video without wincing. In the late 2000s one thing was certain, a meeting between Nemanja Vidic and Fernando Torres was always going to be funny. Jim White has been on a steady and welcome decline into irrelevance ever since. "Oh look at me I can do a scorpion kick and I'm really handsome. Piss off!" . As much as there are The Simpsons quotes for every occasion, there's also a moment in Premier League history to please even the most acquired tastes.
But for sheer hide-behind-the-pillow cringeworthy-ness, there can only be one winner. Freak weather can often hit football hard. December & January often sees mountains of fixtures postponed due to frozen or waterlogged pitches.
The legendary Brazilian striker played for several clubs, including Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven, Valencia, and Fluminense. Power also hit headlines when he emerged onto the field at Lords during an England test match, and played tennis at Wimbledon- beating Greg Rusedski with great ease. Di Canio was banned by the FA for eleven games, and would never play for Sheffield Wednesday again.