Football's season horribilis continues apace. On a day when all eyes were focussed on the horrible happenings at Old Trafford, There was more sad news in terms of racism, with Manchester City star announcing that he was closing his Twitter account due to receiving racist abuse from numerous morons. After recent incidents involving Shola Ameobi [.

The fallout from the Manchester United v Liverpool hate-fuelled game yesterday continues. It has been revealed that yesterday morning Police swooped to confiscate every copy of the Manchester United fanzine Red Issue, which contained a cut-out image of a Luis Suarez Klu Klux Klan mask. Greater Manchester Police stated that they carried out the action [.

Down like a sacker spuds Sunderland forward James McClean scored a cheeky opener against Arsenal after defender Per Mertesacker generously fell over. The German defender left the field on a stretcher after the incident. That prompted Soccer Saturday pundit Robbie Fowler who had taken to calling the Arsenal man "Metzelder" to say: "I [.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson didn't mince his words over Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra. The Scot said that Suarez should never play for the Liverpool again. "Suarez is a disgrace to Liverpool Football Club," said Ferguson. "He should not be allowed to play for Liverpool again.

Rio eats grass After the handshake controversy, Manchester United captain Patrice Evra made it his ambition to plant one on Luis Suarez within the first minute of this afternoon's match. But he missed and it was team-mate Rio Ferdinand who felt the brunt of his challenge instead, leading to this spectacular faceplant.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was cutting an increasingly frustrated figure during the first-half of his side's match against Manchester United this lunchtime. After his refusal to shake Evra's hand before kick-off, Suarez was jeered throughout the first-half. He then showed his frustration very publicly when he felt he should have had a free-kick when through [.

Sir Alex Ferguson had identified a weakness in his team. Could this be the man to solve the problem?

Any hope of the Manchester United v Liverpool match passing without the racism row blowing up again disappeared during the pre-match formalities when Luis Suarez refused to shake hands with Patrice Evra. Evra held his hand out for Suarez and, having been snubbed, grabbed at the Uruguayan in an attempt to enforce a handshake.

Manchester United reserves couldn't manage victory against Manchester City's 'elite development squad' despite this generous gift from their neighbours. City goalkeeper Eirik Johansen found himself in a nasty tangle with defender Reece Wabara, presenting United's Jesse Lingard with the simplest of finishes.

Pint-sized midfielder Jay Spearing is aiming to be in peak condition for the big match tomorrow. So much so that he's installed a home gym of sorts. Via @FeintZebra

New Mou 'Do It's not quite as severe as the last time he shaved his head, but Jose Mourinho has opted for another closely cropped hairdo. We're mainly posting this as a public service as a lot of Google traffic is finding an old Mourinho 'Do Are Ya? post as they frantically search to see [...]

After spending yesterday not thinking about the England job, Harry Redknapp has now given it some thought and decided that he is "flattered". Meanwhile, the rest of English football's great and not-so-great have been falling over themselves to declare that they have no interest in the vacancy. 1. Arsene Wenger "I have never really been [.

Ok, ok it's not going that well, although we did receive £10 back on our £30 stake last week after the lower league football programme was decimated by the snow. Still, with QPR refusing to do the business at home to Wolves all was lost. This weekend will hopefully see far more football on, and [..

As we all know, Harry Redknapp has not even thought about becoming England manager. Given that the possibility of him doing just that is on all major news bulletins, OTP wondered what exactly he is thinking about. 1. Business investments 'Arry's still not got round to investing that money that Milan Mandaric gave him to [.

Luis Suarez And so the villain enters stage left. After nine games out, Luis Suarez returned for twenty minutes on Monday, but it will be his second game that will raise the intrigue this Premier League weekend. Suarez announced this week that Manchester United fans booing him would simply make him play better, but one [.