<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/info/2022/nov/14/football-daily-email-sign-up">Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!</a>Cole Palmer, who is set for another cold spell on the sidelines after stubbing and breaking a toe at home, is not the first footballer to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/15/football-freak-injuries-broadfoot-egg">bizarrely knack themselves in a domestic incident</a>. Michael Stensgaard arrived at Liverpool as suitable understudy to David James in 1994 but the goalkeeper never made an appearance after dislocating a shoulder when setting up an ironing board. In a plot twist that Armando Iannuci and Steve Coogan seem to have overlooked while writing I’m Alan Partridge in the 1990s, Dave Beasant severed the tendon in a big toe in 1993 after dropping a bottle of salad cream. And the advent of electric toothbrushes didn’t come quick enough for Fulham legend Alan Mullery, who once put his back out overzealously tending to his gnashers and consequently missed England’s tour of the Americas in 1964. After falling out of Alf Ramsey’s favour, Mullery didn’t play again for his country until … 1967, missing a certain tournament.It’s always amusing to read the England banners when <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/21/ashes-australia-england-test-cricket-first-test-day-one-report">an Ashes Test is on here in Australia</a>, especially as they often proclaim allegiance to an English (or Welsh) football club while attending a totally different sporting event. On the other hand, I can understand the Dronfield Owls and the prominent Sheffield United contingent preferring to be in Perth rather than at their bottom-of-the-table derby on Sunday. I wonder if they’ll get together to watch it after the third day’s play? Could make England’s batting look acceptable” – Trevor Townson.D!ck Advocaat managing Curaçao to GWC qualification! Is there any other football success that matches this drink-related combination?” – Richard Barker [draw Scotland and you could have a Bru-Curaçao cocktail? – Football Daily Ed].Was the AK-47 part of the photoshoot or had Andy Cole just equipped himself with a suitable level of protection to head to the insalubrious environs of the Tuxedo Princess afterwards (yesterday’s Memory Lane, full email edition)? When its sister ship, the Tuxedo Royale, first docked in Boro circa 2000, many patrons (including me) flocked onboard to enjoy the combined treats of 25p shots and a rotating dance floor” – Martin Clifford.On the subject of being comprehensively outplayed by professionals (Football Daily letters passim), in our final season my decidedly amateur five-a-side team had a tough pair of back-to-back matches, including a grudge match against our local rivals. A mate called in a ringer, describing him as ‘someone from work’ and tapping his nose in the way of a panto villain suggesting skulduggery. Said ringer utterly bossed both games – marshalling the defence, laying on three assists and two goals across the fixtures, running at a full sprint the entire time and causing both opposing teams to complain to the competition organisers that we’d hired a professional. The ringer objected both times, swearing he’d never been a professional footballer with such vehemence that even our closest rivals believed him. In the pub afterwards, the truth came out: he’d had a few seasons as a referee in the A-League Men, the peak of flamin’ Australian football. First time I’ve ever seen a ref be named man of the match, but nobody could say he didn’t deserve it” – Adam Osborne. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/21/football-daily-cole-palmer-random-knacks">Continue reading...</a>

تعرض كول بالمر لإصابة في إصبع قدمه في المنزل، لينضم إلى قائمة من لاعبي كرة القدم الذين تعرضوا لإصابات غريبة في سياقات منزلية. يسلط هذا الحادث الضوء على الطبيعة غير العادية للإصابات التي يمكن أن تحدث خارج اللعب التنافسي، مما يذكر بحالات سابقة تشمل لاعبين مثل مايكل ستنسغارد وديف بيسانت.

Cole Palmer ha sufrido una lesión en el dedo del pie en casa, uniéndose a una lista de futbolistas que han padecido lesiones extrañas en entornos domésticos. Este incidente destaca la naturaleza inusual de las lesiones que pueden ocurrir fuera del juego competitivo, recordando casos pasados de jugadores como Michael Stensgaard y Dave Beasant.

Cole Palmer a subi une blessure au gros orteil à domicile, rejoignant une liste de footballeurs ayant souffert de blessures étranges dans des contextes domestiques. Cet incident met en lumière la nature inhabituelle des blessures pouvant survenir en dehors du jeu compétitif, rappelant des cas passés impliquant des joueurs comme Michael Stensgaard et Dave Beasant.

Cole Palmer has sustained a toe injury at home, joining a list of footballers who have suffered bizarre injuries in domestic settings. This incident highlights the unusual nature of injuries that can occur outside of competitive play, reminiscent of past cases involving players like Michael Stensgaard and Dave Beasant.

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