Using the word ‘ever' in a headline always risks taking hyperbole too far, but this example from Marbella in Spain seems thoroughly justifiable. The famous holiday destination – synonymous with celebrity yachts, tasteful English breakfast joints and drinking holidays disguised as football tours should now only be remembered for one thing: a satin soft [.

Using the word ‘ever' in a headline always risks taking hyperbole too far, but this example from Marbella in Spain seems thoroughly justifiable. The famous holiday destination – synonymous with celebrity yachts, tasteful English breakfast joints and drinking holidays disguised as football tours should now only be remembered for one thing: a satin soft [.

If reports are to be believed, Tottenham outcast Giovani dos Santos was set for a summer transfer to Villarreal which has been scuppered due to the Spanish side's shock relegation. Gio has barely been a fringe player this season and even without this deal, surely his White Hart Lane agony must be coming to an end?

By Chris Wright

With just a few hours to go until the biggy kicks off in Munich, we thought we'd have a little look back at last year's Champions League final a game which saw Barcelona well and truly paddle Man Utd's little pink botties at Wembley on May 28th, 2011.

Millions of viewers around the world tuned into the final moments of the Premier League season last Sunday, resulting in ecstasy for some, agony for others and astonishment from all. But whether you're a lifelong supporter or newly hooked to ...
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Not since the days when Jurgen Klinsmann used to lead the line at Spurs have we ever wanted to cheer on Germans quite so much. 4th place is secured but Saturday's Champions League final will be even more agonising to watch than our league run in – and that's saying something!

Tottenham finished the season in a manner in which the campaign got off and running – a 2-0 win with goals from Adebayor and Defoe – and Harry was delighted with fourth place overall.

Arsenal full-bak Bacary Sagna will miss France's Euro 2012 campaign this Summer after he broke his fibula in the Gunners 3-3 draw with Norwich.

Sagna who was tackled by Bradley Johnson in the lead up to an Arsenal attack and held his leg before getting up as the ball broke Sagna put his foot up to control it before dropping to the ground in agony.

No team is as reliably almost-but-not-quite great as the Chicago Fire. After their MLS Cup winning expansion season in 1998 they made the playoffs in 10 of the next 11 seasons, but never won it again - a stretch that included 2 finals losses and a grueling 5-year run from 2005 to 2009 of losing in the conference finals 4 times.

Another example of the ridiculous diving that's been dominating football in recent weeks. What's special about this one, from the Danish league, is the excuse thrown out by the offender, Ronnie Bendtsen of HB Koge. SønderjyskE's Quincy Antipas, moving with all the force of a marshmallow launched from a slingshot, backs into Bendtsen.

By Chris Wright

No idea why, but this clip is doing the rounds this afternoon after those bods over at Football 365 got the ball rolling. Pies have now watched it four-score and 20 times consecutively and we can now safely conclude that there's nothing to not like about it.

Monday's disappointing result has added pressure to an already difficult fixture. Failure to gain three points from the Chelsea game will seriously jeopardise our push for a third place finish. Not only will it add impetus to the chasing pack but it will make the rest of the season's fixtures must win games not want win games.

Well done, Chelsea. Sorry, but it felt like it needed saying. Barcelona are very good, transcendentally good (whatever I mean by that they're elite, though, one of the best teams ever). Chelsea, as we saw at our place, are a creaking, slightly one-dimensional side who have players famous for their 'do-or-die' attitude (if ever something has held back a nation's football it's that attitude, that 'our spirit will see us through' 'we'll come up big when it matters' 'oh, we've let another one in').

Well done, Chelsea. Sorry, but it felt like it needed saying. Barcelona are very good, transcendentally good (whatever I mean by that they're elite, though, one of the best teams ever). Chelsea, as we saw at our place, are a creaking, slightly one-dimensional side who have players famous for their 'do-or-die' attitude (if ever something has held back a nation's football it's that attitude, that 'our spirit will see us through' 'we'll come up big when it matters' 'oh, we've let another one in').

For those La liga Mexicana fans, the agony of your schedule keeping you away from the television during Chivas (Club Deportivo Guadalajara) matches will be a thing of the past during this Clausura season. Exclusive beer sponsor Miller Lite has teamed up with Telemundo to stream live Chivas matches (including the Clásicos matches against America April 7 and Atlas April 21) to your smartphone!

Seen a couple of stories recently linking Brazilian striker Marcio Souza with Persib Bandung. Souza currently plays for Arema but is best known for spending several seasons with Persela before short stays with Deltras and Semen Padang.
Souza's talent is unquestioned but he does have a reputation for throwing himself spectacularly to the ground, face contorted in agony and pleading with the ref.

I was walking down the Euston Road the other day and asked someone for his autograph. Turns out he was foreign and didn't seem to understand what I wanted.
"Your autograph," I said, thrusting out a pen and piece of paper.
He looked confused. So, in typical English fashion, I explained further.

Well, this was sort of inevitable, no? (Alright maybe not.)

As part of an exhibit in New York, Algerian sculptor Adel Abdessemed made a statue of the most infamous moment in football of the last decade, perhaps longer: the love dance between Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi.

Liverpool 1 (Koscielny og 23) Arsenal 2 (Van Persie 31, 90)
(Premiership)

What a week it has been. After half an hour of last weekend's North London derby, it appeared that the gap between us and Spurs would increase to a mammoth and surely unassailable thirteen points, with Chelsea and Liverpool taking over as favourites to pip us for fourth.

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We know how important the Finest 5 list is to you guys. Our beleaguered comments moderator's refusal to come out from underneath her desk when we do an update tells us that.

But in your haste to complain at us for leaving out the likes of Sergio, Aaron, Fernando and David James (ahem), have you lot even stopped to think about the effect that these lists have on the players?

Juan Mata has spoken ahead of the United game on Sunday. In the short time he has been here in England, he has made an impact and has become an important player for Chelsea now and in the future.
Speaking of the weekend, Mata reveals that the players aren't happy with the ways things are going but are determined to put things right in every game starting with United.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. There can be few other sets of football supporters that have had to bear up to the sort of agony and exhilaration that the supporters of Darlington FC have had to put up with yesterday but eventually, more than an hour after final confirmation one way or the other of the clubs fate was due to be announced, those concerned with saving the club emerged before the press to make the announcement that so many had hoped for: Darlington Football Club remains alive for now, at least.

Thankfully the matches this festive period are all within a day of each other, as it may quell the potential agony. Look at this run:

H Manchester United Wed 21 A Chelsea Mon 26 A Norwich City Sat 31 H Arsenal Mon 02

Yikes. Yet the only solace I can find is that at least the fixtures aren't reversed.

• Kop That: Newcastle pay tribute to Gary Speed http://t.co/ivsJF03F 23:41:44, 2011-12-17
• Kop That: Premier League elite tracking Derby teenager http://t.co/xd6RHixL 23:23:48, 2011-12-17
• Kop That: Dalglish backs 'humble' Suarez http://t.co/TE9D9I5l 23:23:42, 2011-12-17
• Kop That: Lack of black managers is 'institutional racism' says former FA chief http://t.

Redknapp agony over England job

Friends and family of the Spurs boss are urging him to turn down any offer from the FA

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In the run up to Christmas the Scottish Football Blog is taking a daily look at the season so far for the 12 SPL clubs.
And what they might hope to find in their stockings.
Alphabetically at least Aberdeen are number one.
Woe seems to hang over Pittodrie like a particularly clingy North Sea haar at the moment.

Manchester misery for United and City: What the back pages say

It was double agony for Manchester last night as both United and City crashed out of the Champions League in the group stages.

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Booker Prize winner: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy John Peel Festive 50 Number 1: Cornership: Brimful of Asha Poet Laureate: Ted Hughes President of Libya: Muammar al-Gaddafi In recent years, parachute payments have helped ease the agony of relegation even if their bounteousness can lull a club into thinking the cash flow is never ending.

Pictures: Lampard's glory, Reina's agony, FA Cup magic and more photos from the weekend's sport

Click the arrows to see a gallery of brilliant sporting images

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• Kop That: England v Spain: The making of Spanish gold http://t.co/z26eEjom 23:58:21, 2011-11-07
• Kop That: Exclusive: Downing determined to be a key man at Euros http://t.co/aDsKFzcu 23:08:53, 2011-11-07
• Kop That: England's Euros base only available thanks to stripping female fans http://t.

Liverpool Agony The Ineffective £71 Million Talent - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

A strong finish last season under the legend Kenny Dalglish and the injection of money by the owners to add talent in Liverpool's squad reignited hope amongst the supporters that the club is back to winning ways.

Exclusive: Zamora desperate for Euro 2012 chance after World Cup agony

Fulham striker missed the South Africa 2010 after having surgery

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Steven Gerrard's ankle is infected following a kick to it in training in mid-week, it seemed to be healing but it swelled up Saturday morning requiring treatment and further surgery this week.
I had a similar injury myself years ago when I bought a new pair of Doc Martin's shoes and new socks in a bid to impress the ladies.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard facing the agony of lengthy injury lay-off due...

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard facing the agony of lengthy injury lay-off due to an infected ankle

Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard to learn full extent of injury in next 48 hours as he suffers infected ankle.

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The fifteenth of May must have felt like a long time ago for the supporters of Farnborough FC on Tuesday night. On that particular day, Farnborough stood at the cusp of a place in the Blue Square Premier. Having finished in second place in the Blue Square South behind champions Braintree Town, they started their play-off final with home advantage and as the favourites to beat Ebbsfleet United.

Image Credit: Abbey's Twitter & Danielle's Twitter.

Gone are the days of carrying around your kids' most precious moments in your back pocket or purse, Kickette boys and girls. As Abbey Crouch and Danielle Lloyd can attest, it's much more fun to capture your babies' chocolate biscuit antics as it happens.

Bah. One of those annoying games that you wish hadn't happened. A decent looking encounter was spoiled by the needless dismissal of renowned hard-man Moussa Dembele, whose wayward arm sent Wisla's Nunez spiralling into deep agony. That Dembele barely touched Nunez, that the touch was on his shoulder, not in his face (as suggested by Nunez in his distressed state), perhaps suggests a mistake by the referee, and with that mistake went the game: we lost 1-0 to a team that lost to Odense.

What is the difference between a dive and a flop? In part two of our series ("Fall of the Superman") PF will discuss the art of the dive, which we defined as any airborne maneuvers employed by a player (such as Emmanuel Eboue's tongue extension in the Champions League Final four years ago). The ensuing "flop" is the second movement to this ballet whereas the magic of flight is ruptured by contact with earth.

That was that then.
A blessing, perhaps, that our agony wasn't prolonged. As Spain attempted to pass Scotland to death in Alicante, Czech Republic had already gone ahead in Lithuania.
When David Silva scored Spain's opener inside six minutes the game was up.
Not the agony of past failures when Scotland have teased us into believing before tripping over their own inadequacies at the final hurdle.

Fernando Torres finally broke his 23 game scoring drought yesterday at Old Trafford, but the ecstacy quickly turned to agony for the former Liverpool striker, with a stunning miss that must surely rank amongst the worst of all time.It's hard to understand how Torres missed this sitter:One thing is for certain - Chelsea's 'slow' midfield had nothing to do with this howler.