Continuing on with our View From The Enemy series, Chris Mann from Bolton blog Burden Aces has spoken to us about

Scott the Red: Were you happy with your team's performance last season?

Chris Mann: Up until the end of March, we had spent the whole season inside the top eight and then, all of a sudden, things just fell apart.

Apologies for the title taken from a Robbie Williams song. I would have preferred another song, more earthier, more direct but there you go.
Questions are being raised about the authenticity of a fax allegedly sent from FIFA to the Indonesian FA, PSSI, calling on the Indonesian body to impose sanctions on the breakaway Liga Primer Indonesia.

Imagen vía WikipediaVinnie Jones is enlisting soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and David Beckham for a remake of 'Escape to Victory', the 1981 cult classic movie -directed by John Huston- featuring former soccer aces Pelé, Bobby Moore and Oscar Ardiles
Sir Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone also starred in the original movie – known only as ‘Victory' in North America - which told the story of a group of allied prisoners of war escaping a German prison camp in World War II.

Two groups on going, one in Jayapura, the other East Kalimantan.
1 - Persidafon 2 2 0 0 6-3 62 - Persiram 2 1 0 1 3-3 33 - Persiraja 2 1 0 1 2-3 64 - Gresik United 2 0 0 3-5 0
Persidafon are through to the semi finals. The second place is up for grabs between Persiram and Persiraja with the 2nd placed team from Raja Ampat holding all the aces.

One of the most maddening things about Liverpool under Rafa Benitez was his frustrating penchant for playing square pegs in round holes (Peter Crouch on the left-wing, anyone?). After today's disappointing draw with Sunderland, let's hope history is not going to repeat itself under Kenny Dalglish.
I grew up idolising Dalglish so I wouldn't presume to question the King's tactics; however, I just can't understand the decision to move Downing to the right and play Raul Meirelles on the left wing for the last part of the game.

Arsenal has had a bit of fun in the lead up to Christmas, producing an online ad starring football aces Kieran Gibbs, Andrey Arshavin and Yossi Benayoun.

I'm not sure if anyone of you out there notice this scenario since the early days of the S.League that there are these two clubs been "close trading partners".
It's not uncommon to see players of this particular club swapping jerseys for another particular side after a season or two that in recent years seems to have intensified.

I have no idea who or what the BOPI is beyond some kind of jobs for boys. I think it's Body for Professional Sports Indonesia. Apparently because of this body the breakaway league, Liga Primer Indonesia, have been getting approval to hold football matches in this country.
As far as I'm aware the only body authorised by FIFA, the world's governing body, to arrange and organise football matches is the local FA which in the case of Indonesia is the PSSI.

I was unable to watch the match today as there were no streams, I heard there weren't even any cameras at the Reebok. Which really, is probably good for my mental health. At any rate, instead of me writing a report based solely on other reports, Mark had the idea of collecting reactions from Bolton fans on Twitter.

Morning all.

North London prepares itself for the invasion of a traveling horde of drooling orcs, Stoke City come to town. It was interesting to read Tony Pubis talk about how there's no problem between him and Arsenal, what happened in the past is in the past. Good for you, Pubis.

Can't say the same though.

Wait, what???

Seeing Red

Well color me surprised. It seemed that this bit of business was all done and dusted last month. Now comes the revaluation that Seyi Ojo has, in fact, agreed a deal to join Liverpool. The 14-year old deemed that his future would be better served on Merseyside, hence the change of heart.