YouTube archiveSoccer This article is more than 14 years oldFamous fakers, Sven in the spotlight and Ricky Ponting's murky past
This article is more than 14 years oldOur YouTube round-up also includes Villarreal 27-0 Navata, the greatest try that never was, and George Best's arthouse film1) Harlequins' Tom Williams has been banned for a year for faking injury, but his efforts were nowhere near as infamous as those of Chile goalkeeper Roberto Rojas. During a decisive World Cup qualifier in 1989, Rojas pretended that a firework thrown from the crowd had drawn blood, but video evidence later showed that he had cut his own head with a razor blade. He was banned for life, and Chile were chucked out of the next World Cup.
2) So Sven has got into bed with Notts County. Once you've stopped laughing, you can watch the history of Notts County, the oldest league club in the world, or a video on their battle for survival in 2003. You can also laugh at Sven's double, laugh at him again, and see Sven on Monkey Dust.
3) You think the Lord's Test set a bad example in terms of sportsmanship? This series has a long way to go before it plumbs the depths of Pakistan v England in 1987-88, when England eventually cracked because of decisions like this. Ricky Ponting, of course, was sceptical ahead of Andrew Strauss's catch on Sunday. Funny how things change.
4) Villarreal warmed up for the new season by tonking Navata 27-0 in a friendly, and you can see every goal here. As acts of spectacular pettiness go, it's almost as funny as the time Bayern Munich turned up at Ajax for Johan Cruyff's testimonial - and thrashed them 8-0.
5) Long before the film Zidane and Sky's playercam, the German director Hellmuth Costard filmed George Best throughout a home match against Coventry for a film called Football As Never Before. The result was a fascinating portrait of awkward genius.
The best from last week's blog
1) These two are well worth seeing. First you have an NBA pool jam, and then have two slightly refreshed gentlemen diving into ice.
2) Last weekend, 12-year-old Mauricio Baldivieso became the youngest professional footballer in history when he came on as sub for Bolivian side Aurora. His reward was a load of old men trying to kick him into next week.
3) In the 1980s, Albanian club Flamurtari caused quite a stir in the Uefa Cup. In 1986-87, they were only eliminated on away goals by a Barcelona side including Gary Lineker and Mark Hughes; and in 1987-88, they knocked Partizan Belgrade out before beating Barcelona 1-0, albeit after a 4-1 first-leg beating. You can relive it all here.
4) An NRL ref gets knocked out, and Justin Hodges nearly scores one of the greatest tries of all time.
5) Halley's Comet has nothing on this: a Match of the Day joke that is a) unscripted and b) actually funny.
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