World Cup Hippo Headline Competition
by Herr Neil
Like extra helpings of rice pudding on Sunday afternoon, you can easily do without them, but they put a smile on your face. I’m talking, of course, about ‘punderful’ tabloid headlines. We see them after every match day. Ruud Awakening! Kanu Believe It! Jose Moanrinho!
World Cup Hippo is offering you the chance to enter your potential tabloid headlines for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006™.
The best entrant gets an all expenses paid guide round a top award winning tabloid newspaper!
Rules are as follows: -
- All headlines must refer to a team or player who will, or is likely to, appear at this year’s World Cup.
- No more than 10 words to a headline.
- Judges are after headlines that contain one or more of the following elements: -
- Puns
- Alliteration
- Assonance
- Clarity
- Efficiency of word usage
- Any other forms of paronomasia.
- Explanations of headlines are allowed where the situation creating them isn’t entirely obvious, but too much will count against the headline.
- You can enter as many times as you like.
- Judges’ decision is final.
Good luck, and remember, Happiness is a worn pun!
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Czech Mate!
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:43 pm
SoKo KO Togo!
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:44 pm
Fritz Blitz Hitz Switz!
Ivory Coast to Victory!
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:21 pm
Sing a Ji-Sung of Sang-Shik pence
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Ghana M-Barosed!
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Wizards of Oz!
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:33 pm
Italy M-Barosed!
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:38 pm
England M-Barosed!
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Big Reina of Spain Falls Plainly on Jermaine!
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:49 pm
Didier do well!
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Argentina Hernan Dry!
(Works well if said with a Mark Lawrenson accent)
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Red, White and Adu!
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:55 pm
We’re Ghana Win It!
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Rio Tells Zizou to Zidane and Shut Up!
April 3rd, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Japan M-Barosed
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Pop-a-lot-of-goals-ovic…
(Tony Popovic of Australia scores a hat-trick against Brazil…)
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:02 pm
Jermaine sinks De-old-foe
(Defoe goal defeats Germany in the Semi-finals)
April 4th, 2006 at 7:36 am
Over and Crouch!
April 4th, 2006 at 7:37 am
Arjen Robs’em!
April 4th, 2006 at 8:36 am
Better the Neville You Know!
April 4th, 2006 at 10:36 am
auf wieder sven
April 4th, 2006 at 10:54 am
Hooray Henry!
April 4th, 2006 at 11:53 am
Terry’s All Goal!
April 4th, 2006 at 11:57 am
Kily Gone Barmy!
Argentina’s Kily Gonzalez gets sent off…and it sounds a bit like Chili Con Carne
April 4th, 2006 at 11:58 am
El Reina of Spain falls plainly on Jermain!
April 4th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
Thierry’s All Goal!
April 4th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
United Mistakes of America!
April 4th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Hatrick Viera!
April 4th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Rosicky as a Parrot!
Pavel Red Head! (Nedved unveils his new hair style)
Berger King!
Reyes the Roof!
Through the Looking Gallas!
Reliant Robben!
Dudek: Where’s my starting place? (On learning he’s lost the no. 1 shirt)
Kieron Dire
Frank Lamps Hard! (Sent off for fighting)
April 4th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Scoring Three, Scoring Two, Saha!
April 4th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
Ballacks to the lot of them
Riquelme one more time
Owen goal (Michael Owen scores last minute goal to dump England out of quarter final against Ivory Coast)
Beck to the future
Khan touch this
Did you have to let it Linke?
Return to Senderos
April 4th, 2006 at 3:09 pm
Who is Khan?
April 4th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Oliver
April 5th, 2006 at 7:16 am
Who is Khan?
http://khaaan.com/
April 5th, 2006 at 9:35 am
An enjoyable link.
April 5th, 2006 at 9:35 am
You could be right… a megalomanic despot genticially engineered that’s after some serious revenge. Better than Lehmann?
April 5th, 2006 at 9:49 am
Ice Kewell; Kewell and the Gang; Kewell Runnings
April 5th, 2006 at 10:16 am
Tyrannosaurus Becks!
It’s all gone a bit Sun-Hong!
Bak to Basics for Poland!
Shaka, Shaka, Shaka, Shaka Can’t!
April 6th, 2006 at 9:55 am
Jurgen Winsmann!
April 6th, 2006 at 11:58 am
It’s Zico Time!
April 6th, 2006 at 2:34 pm
Ledley’s King!
Absolutely Fabregas!
Hargrieves! (Owen’s mistake costs England)
All Dwight on the Night! (Yorke double upsets England)
Poor Robinson!
Ronaldon’t!
What a Messi!
I’m so Sorin!
Fouleta!
Riquelme This Riquelme That!
Stefano Furore!
Gianluigi Buffoon!
Lucky Luca Toni!
Fluca Toni!
Oaf Mellberg!
Cech Mate!
Makaay Your Mind Up!
Zinedine’s Your-Man!
Dado Off the Rails!
April 6th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Absolutely Fabregas is rubbish. Gabby Logan said it on ITV last week and I didn’t like it much then either.
Grand Larssony!
April 8th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Never Say Neville Again!
April 9th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Swede dreams!
Rooney Tunes!
Paraguay Terry-fied!
April 15th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Roo Beauty!
Holland in Ruud health!
April 18th, 2006 at 9:19 pm
The dog’s Ballacks!
Never mind the Ballacks!
Ballacks!
April 20th, 2006 at 10:12 am
Braziliant!
Ecua-score!
Australia Japanned!
Master Shev!
Swedense!
April 21st, 2006 at 11:19 am
USA Ching the Changes!
June 11th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
Cocu clocked!
Germany draw Klose to final!
Frings can only get better!
Frings can only hit belters!
Lahms to the slaughter!
Ecua-draw!
June 13th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Ecua-bore-a-score-draw.
USA look off Koller
Bravo, Omar
Marcus Smirk (pic of ref grinning)
Marques-man
June 21st, 2006 at 9:28 am
French Frei’d!
Torres! Torres! Torres!
Stroll in the Ji-Sung Park!
Sven Roos mistake!
Argies on Cresp of a wave!
Trinidad and Tobagone!
Raul over Beethoven!
June 26th, 2006 at 11:51 am
Rocket-riguez!
David Puke-ham!
Rafael loses Marques!
If at first you don’t succeed, Frei, Frei and Frei again. (After penalty miss, Frei gets hat trick against Ukraine)
Iker not believe it!
Frei a little tenderness!
That handball will be Costinha a place in the quarters.
Portugal, Maniche to beat Holland.
Redcardo!
Puyol Yourself Together!
June 27th, 2006 at 11:27 am
Spain-ful for Barthez!
Frank-you very much!
Shev-off says Totti!
What a Buffon!
Lahm Chopped!
Lehmann Squeezer!
All hands on Deco!
We’re Ghana drive Brazil nuts!
July 4th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
It’s Ayala Over for Argentina!
Rood Card!
Rood Mist!
Ronaldough!
Zidane and Out!