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Phil Brown labels Pirlo 'homophobic' for not leaving Serie A

Somebody needs to tell the former Hull City boss the correct meaning of the word.

THE EVER INSIGHTFUL Phil Brown, not for the first time, has scored a bit of an own goal by branding Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo “homophobic”.

The outspoken former Hull City boss was giving it the whole ‘our Premier League is the best in the world’ speech on BBC Radio 5 Live and attempted to question why Pirlo has never made the switch to England.

He presumably mistook the word to mean ‘being afraid to leave home’, however, and instead suggested that the Juventus player has negative feelings towards members of the LGBT community.

Or maybe he was just getting mixed up with Antonio Cassano

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    Jun 26th 2012, 2:26 PM

    The game needs more people like this guy. Hilarious

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    Jun 26th 2012, 2:42 PM

    I think you mis-spelt Guy there! Shouldn’t that be GAY?

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    Jun 27th 2012, 12:19 AM

    what a clown is phil brown!!!!!!

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    Jun 26th 2012, 3:06 PM

    I’m sure Phil will soon come out with a clarification:
    “I have no issue with any members of the homosapien community”

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    Jun 26th 2012, 2:42 PM

    Maybe Phil Brown should be told off in the middle of the pitch in front of a 55,000 crowd

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    Jun 26th 2012, 3:08 PM

    he is obviously saying that the premiere league is full of gays,read between the lines people!

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    Jun 26th 2012, 4:13 PM

    Can’t stand the man. If he was made of ice cream he’d lick himself!

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    Jun 26th 2012, 5:54 PM

    I was gonna write something really interesting and constructive but there’s some bloke sitting across from me on the bus that stinks of pikey sweat. The beads of sweat are dribbling down his head it’s horrible,

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    Jun 26th 2012, 3:17 PM

    Is he still a “former”manager or has some idiot chairman given him a job?

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    Jun 26th 2012, 3:44 PM

    He’s wearing a pink tie.n

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    Jun 26th 2012, 5:17 PM

    Agoraphobia
    Dougal: Father Jack, afraid of fighting? I don’t think so Ted.

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    Jun 26th 2012, 4:24 PM

    Wehaaaaaaaay!

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    Jun 26th 2012, 4:08 PM

    men like brown and his peers in the english game are the reason why in football terms it remains in the dark ages. does anyone think this guy will spearhead a new philosiphy on the game

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    Jun 26th 2012, 6:11 PM

    Yes, I think he will

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    Jun 26th 2012, 4:01 PM

    http://phobialist.com/reverse.html Here you go phill a handy website of all the phobias so you don’t make a thick of yourself in the future, unless you suffer from cyberphobia?

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    Jun 26th 2012, 9:48 PM

    He is funny

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    Jun 26th 2012, 8:52 PM

    Was he wearing a pink tie?

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