1. Lost his pants.
The 4-1 elimination by Germany in the 2010 World Cup was a loss of pants. To add insult to injury, when the players returned to their hotel in Rustenburg, they realized they had lost their underwear as well.
"Hotel cleaners entered the luxury room and ransacked the Three Lions players' underwear," writes The Sun. But luckily for these South African beamers, they ended up paying a heavy price and were sentenced to three years in prison.
2. Andy's "Mike"
Just when Andy Vandermeer was having a good time in Everton, his apartment was broken into by thieves who took a Ferrari, a Mini Cooper, 8 Rolex watches (that's right, 8!) and a puppy named Mike.
The thieves later offered the owner a £5,000 ransom for the puppy's life. "We only deal with missing puppy cases when we have the crime reference number," the Pet Loss and Recovery Department told Van der Meerde. Fortunately, the owner and pet were reunited three days later.
3. Harry's wrath
During his time in charge of the Hammers, one of Harry Redknapp's bills for money owed to him was stolen from his Chadwell Heath Training Center office and given to a tabloid reporter.
"I wouldn't call the man who stole from my office a mole," Old Ray told the Evening Standard, "he's worse than a traitor!"
4. Bey's BMW
In April 2006, after a Good Friday family lunch, David Beckham's bulletproof BMW disappeared from an underground garage. The £70,000 car has since found a new home: the Macedonian government. The car is said to have changed hands 20 times before arriving here, with Interior Minister Jankulovska unceremoniously claiming it for himself.
"If Bey came and asked me for it, I'd give him the keys myself," the politician stated with a laugh, "I'm a big fan of his." In the end, Bey didn't come to ask for his car. Well, awesome sis.
5. Vanishing Land Rover
Imagine the task of stealing a Land Rover from its owner. But that's how two youngsters from Newcastle took the car from under the nose of former Magpies player Neil Rangel.
The car is very recognizable, being painted in black and white, with "Rangel" on the hood and "Super Rangel" on the trunk door. So it was quickly found in the city center.
6. "I didn't do it, honestly."
Former Reds goalkeeper Dudek was away on vacation when his Merseyside home was burglarized and £100,000 worth of Champions League winners' medals, 100-game commemorative shirts and a Porsche Carrera were taken. The stolen goods were eventually found at the home of an Everton fan, who said he was holding the items for a friend of his...
7. Watch out! Big Duncan needs a chair.
Only a thief of the utmost stupidity would think of stealing the home of Scottish hunk Duncan Ferguson, and there were actually two such fools, both of whom had disastrous results.
One spent two days in the hospital and the other was sat on his ass by Big Duncan until the police came to his door a few hours later.
8. The Big Ears Cup flew away
A few days after winning the 1982 European Cup, Aston Villa heroes Gordon Kovans and Colin Gibson were invited to show off their new trophy at the Fox Bar near Tamworth. After a few beers and a game of darts, the Villa heroes noticed that the Big Ears Cup was missing.
Eventually, the trophy reappeared at a police station in Sheffield, 100 miles away from the Fox Bar.
9. "Isn't this thing gold?"
In 1975, Rosario Central won the Jakarta Cup, beating the Indonesian national team and Benfica. The solid gold trophy was replaced by a replica made of starched confetti by an artsy thief.
It wasn't until the late 80s that the real thing was recovered again, minus a few diamonds. The thieves were able to get away with it. It is true that hooligans are not to be feared, but are afraid of hooligans with culture.
10. Johnson's Toilet Cover
In January 2007, Glen Johnson was helping his friend buy a bathroom when the England star inadvertently put a toilet seat in another box. The difference in price between the two was £2.35, but sellers B&Q were pretty sure they had caught a clever thief.
"All we could do was laugh," Johnson recalled of the incident two years later, "What thief have you ever seen come to the register to check out?"
Of course it has been said that Terry and Giggs are the biggest thieves in football, don't you agree?
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