Following soccer is like being in love with someone who's (a) gorgeous, (b) fascinating, (c) possibly quite evil, and (d) only occasionally aware of your existence.5 There's a continuous low-grade suffering that becomes a sort of addiction in its own right.6 You spend all your time hoping they'll notice you, and they never do, and that unfulfilled hope feels like your only connection to them.

By Chris Wright

"Ba! Huh! What did he sign for? Absolutely nuthin'! Sing it again y'all!"

16 goals in his last 16 Premier League appearances, 15 league goals in total this season (over half of Newcastle's cumulative haul), something like 24 in 28 since his move to England.

Sweet strike Demba Ba has revealed the secret of his stunning Premier League scoring streak: strawberry syrup. The sweet-toothed Newcastle hitman needs his daily syrup fix to keep him on top form. Speaking to Sky Sports before opening the scoring in tonight's match against Manchester United, Ba said: "I love syrup.

Whilst browsing the comments on AA a few days ago I was quite taken by an exchange between FGG and GN5 about the importance of football. How important is football and in particular Arsenal to me I asked myself? Pondering the answer I could only come to one conclusion.... " A hell of a lot".

Ray Kennedy heads title winner against Tottenham in 1971

I suppose it all started in the early seventies when as a kid my old man used to take me to Highbury and I would sit on his shoulders.

Whilst browsing the comments on AA a few days ago I was quite taken by an exchange between FGG and GN5 about the importance of football. How important is football and in particular Arsenal to me I asked myself? Pondering the answer I could only come to one conclusion.... " A hell of a lot".

Ray Kennedy heads title winner against Tottenham in 1971

I suppose it all started in the early seventies when as a kid my old man used to take me to Highbury and I would sit on his shoulders.

THE FRIDAY CRACKOVIA CLUB

It's the first weekend of November, and Friday has come rollin'! Time for you to get a dose of the best sketch comedy show in Barcelona...Crackovia! Pau Escribano and his team of producers and actors have done it again this week, with Pep Guardiola (seen above) getting annoyed at the trio of Puyol, Pique and Fabregas (the 'moc moc' clan) for their Twitter addiction in the dressing room.

Roberto Mancini's current success in building his multi talented and expensive squad at Manchester City apparently gives him the addiction in keeping his job as long as possible, although he understand that it won't be an easy task.

Mancini, who still have a year contract with the Eastlands after this season, admitted his wish on continuing to coach Man City for years to come but there haven't been any talks made yet with the club's management.

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via our BFF's at dirty tackle.

To be honest, we haven't found an addiction to Angry Birds has exactly helped us with productivity around the office, but it's good to see that the pesky app has it's creative uses.

Using just a cuddly green pig, a football and some rather nifty skillz, UNC Asheville 'keepers Lassi Hurskainen and Dan Jackson perform their own version of the pig murdering pastime.

I woke up this morning eager as a beaver and highly anticipating the event as the day had finally come. No I am not talking about our big match with FC Basel. Nope, I'm talking about the release date in North America for my favorite addiction, FIFA 12. My life, my love and the reason [...]

Morning all,

I spent the last few minute sipping my coffee, which was delicious, and reading the quotes from Kieran Gibbs. He says, rightly enough, that we make too many mistakes, but that the mistakes are due to our attacking nature. He also says the players need to get behind the manager because what he's done is incredible and says that the team are united and working hard to put the difficult times behind them.

Football Manager 2012: Miles Jacobson Interview - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Football Manager 2012 is due to hit the shelves before Christmas, and our good friends over at Football Manager Stories have just snagged an exclusive interview with Miles Jacobson (OBE), Studio Director at Sports Interactive, the company that develops Football Manager.

Don McMahon Being an Arsenaloholic Season after season, week after week, month after month, Cup after Cup, run-in after run-in I stay glued to the TV or computer alternately surmounted by euphoria or equally often pummeled into an abyss of despair. Where does this Gooner addiction come from and what are its consequences?

Hi. My name is Will. And I'm addicted to Arsenal.

It started the first time I saw an Arsenal game, when Thierry Henry pulled off the goal of the season against Manchester United on September 20th 2000. At that time, it was hard to get your hands on Arsenal because in the States it was still a new thing.