By Ollie Irish

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TOP LINK Finnish side Jaro take over from Stjarnan with Lady Gaga goal celebration Goaly Moly

Ryan Shawcross accuses Arsène Wenger of holding personal vendetta Guardian

Sheffield Wednesday could be forced into administration in the next 24 hours unless they pay a tax bill of more than £1m BBC

Gerard Pique is very pleased to see Cesc Fabregas Kickette

Danish legend Brian Laudrup is being treated for a mild case of lymphoma.

Blogs, forums, Twitter, texts, Facebook and telephones are currently being flooded with discussions amongst football fans about the Wayne Rooney allegations. Can it really be true?

No
- Wayne Rooney is a Manchester United player and wouldn't dare do something like this.

ESPN today significantly raised the bar today on the quality of Premier League coverage in the United States. Their early kickoff between Manchester City and Chelsea was a turning point for a few different reasons. First, the game featured one of the top English commentators, Ian Darke, broadcasting exclusively to a U.

By Chris Wright

Joe Hart: The young ‘keeper wasn't made to face a barrage, but his assured demeanour allowed you to afford the kind of confidence in him that you wouldn't allow yourself to feel toward his immediate predecessors David James and Robert Green.

What is it with footballers cheating on their ladies? England's stars have once again come to the forefront of the media with their off field behaviour.

First it was John Terry cheating on his wife with former team mate, Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend. Then Ashley Cole blew it big time by cheating on his wife Cheryl Cole with a bunch of average looking women.

England began their journey to The European Championships by destroying a feeble Bulgaria at Wembley this evening. From start to finish England dominated and they went a little way in restoring a reputation, torn apart by a dismal World Cup campaign.

Jermaine Defoe scored a quality hat trick, with his third goal especially noteworthy.

Well, it's official. Chelsea left back Ashley Cole and Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole are dunzo. The AP has reported that London's High Court Family Division granted the pop singer a divorce earlier today.

Neither of the Cole's attended the London court hearing where District Judge Christopher Simmonds granted them a decree nisi.

The major headline tonight was always going to be how Wayne Rooney coped with the revelation of his alleged illicit contact contact with ladies of the night. The truth was revealed, and the truth seems to be that Rooney is relieved. But that aside, Manchester City deserve a special mention for aiding England's cause.

England's World Cup was a shambles. It's been spoken about far too much since, so I'm not going to keep flogging the already heavily incapacitated horse like everyone else seems to. Instead, I'm looking at the aftermath of what may as well have been a squad holiday for England to South Africa, with a few effortless kick-arounds thrown in.

Arsene Wenger is a man of many talents but modesty is not among them judging from his most recent outburst. In the aftermath of the announcement that Arsenal had made a record profit in the last financial year Wenger took time out to draw attention to his record for developing young players.

This afternoon at 5pm all the Premier League clubs had to submit their 25-man squads for the season (or at least up till January's transfer window) and Chelsea have only submitted a 19-man squad.
The new rules state that each club has to include a minimum of eight "home grown" players who have trained for three years with any English or Welsh club before the age of 21 if the full 25 player quota is used.

The Three Lions resume meaningful international competition this Friday v Bulgaria at Wembley stadium as weary and untrusting eyes focus on equal parts Fabio Capello's management and various members of the new look England squad. Bulgaria is the opponent and three points towards Euro 2012 qualification is the goal.

You've probably read the Wayne Rooney in Not Very Good Role Model Shock! stories, detailing how the Manchester United and England striker (allegedly) paid prostitute Jennifer Thompson for sex while his wife Coleen was pregnant. Click that link if you want to read a story that's part Rooney exposé, part advertisement for said prostitute.

By Ollie Irish

How we rated England's players against the holey Swiss:

Joe Hart: The first wobbles for Hart came in the form of a couple of moments of unsure handling (it was a wet night, in his defence), but I'm sure he has the confidence to put them out of his mind.

By Alex Netherton

I forgot my mantra. For the last few years, basically since Ashley Cole almost drove his car off the road with righteous £5k indignation, my mind music has been, ‘I hope England lose tonight.' Even the 340 days they weren't playing, I was always quietly repeating it in the hope that Austria might pop up to dismantle England in a surprise 2-0 victory while the England team were up to their nuts in prostitutes' guts.

MSK Zilina 1 4 Chelsea

Chelsea can not stop scoring goals, it's as simple as that. Though their Champions League Group F tie in Slovakia looked to be a bit of an enigmatic test, The Blues really made quick work of the Champions League debutantes. Michael Essien (CM), who found the goal twice at the weekend against West Ham United, was the first to open scoring for the visitors.

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After another week of second-rate defending it's really no surprise to see that only three defenders made this week's Team of the Week. It should also not be a surprise to see certain strikers on the list following their contributions. What may be a surprise is that this is the first time some of these top-class players have featured in this JBM segment.

After another week of second-rate defending it's really no surprise to see that only three defenders made this week's Team of the Week. It should also not be a surprise to see certain strikers on the list following their contributions. What may be a surprise is that this is the first time some of these top-class players have featured in this JBM segment.

This kid. He amazes me.
Jack Wilshere, in my opinion, could have the world at his feet. And what's so thrilling is the fact he plays in the red and white of Arsenal.
I love the boy already.
This might sound crazy but I'm more excited about his breakthrough than Cesc Fabregas's.

Tomorrow Chelsea make the trip to Eastlands to take on Manchester City in the biggest game both sides have had to face so far this season. We have had the build up and people have had their say, now it's time to focus on the game itself. With City's defensive problems and Chelsea welcoming back the big guns in our strongest eleven (minus Frank Lampard) the sign's before the game look good for Chelsea.

Week 5 offered up some tasty results, others fairly mundane and some quite boring, while the midweek League Cup matches left some supporters surprised, some downtrodden and others maybe even suicidal. Week 6 promises to at least get the weekend's fixtures started off right as Manchester City welcome Chelsea to The City of Manchester Stadium.

It was only a matter of time before it happened, but Arsene Wenger has finally lost the plot.

The Arsenal manager made an unbelievable boats to the press yesterday, claiming to be better at developing young players than Sir Alex Ferguson.

"If you reproach me for not buying players, well if I buy players, Jack Wilshere doesn't come out, so you cannot have everything.

We waste spend many an hour in the Kickette office fantasising what we would do if we had access to unlimited fundage. And once we've dealt with acquiring all the handbags, footwear, vodka and fines that would result from the aforementioned, the idea of starting our own nightclub frequently pops up.

What did you think of the transfer dealings then? Here is a roundup of everything, showing that we've balanced the books better than most this off-season (mainly because we had a decent squad and no manager, perhaps!).

The big move was Paul Konchesky to Liverpool. On the surface this is really disappointing, not least because it's not a move that, for footballing reasons at least, needed making.

Well the EPL season has kicked off and we have the first update in the fantasy league for August. All of the matches for August have been completed and the league is on a bit of a break at the moment. Some little thing called an international break. The top performers so far in the league are Manchester City keeper Joe Hart, Chelsea's Ashley Cole, Florent Malouda, and Didier Drogba.

Transfer deadline day, for the summer of 2010, has come and gone. So, too, has Sept. 1 deadline day for submission of the newly regulated Premier League squad lists. How has our very own Chelsea Football Club graded for each? Not exactly great. Let's take a look.

A list of Chelsea's deadline day targets.

It is obvious that a team that scores 14 goals without response en route to three consecutive Premier League wins has a strong squad at its disposal.

However, what earns Chelsea additional distinction for a thoroughly dominant start to their title defense is the fact that they have lost far more notable players than they have brought in this summer.

Fabio Capello has to sit through a lot of football matches before he decides who to pick for England. But the Italian manager could save himself a lot of trouble if he just played the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game instead. I've looked at the stats, and picked an England team according to which English players have averaged the most points per game during the first three weeks of the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game.

Fabio Capello has to sit through a lot of football matches before he decides who to pick for England. But the Italian manager could save himself a lot of trouble if he just played the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game instead. I've looked at the stats, and picked an England team according to which English players have averaged the most points per game during the first three weeks of the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game.

"Our squad for 2010-11 will also feature Ross Turnbull, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, John Terry as part of our contingent of home-grown players. However, as Arrigo Sacchi once famously said, four pizzas are four pizzas more than zero pizzas and four pizzas short of eight pizzas.

Well well well. The story broke yesterday and has been covered by THE SUN once again this morning. Wayne Rooney has reportedly been at it once more with a "vice-girl" while his missus is preggers and let's be honest its a disgrace.
To his credit, Scott the Red over at the ROM (United's biggest blog) has written a decent enough article about Rooney and what it now means for him and for United fans and the fallout will carry on for days and weeks no doubt.

The Chelsea Daily Drivel is a daily update of all the stories concerning our club, the rumours, the opinions and more....
So here are the Chelsea news updates on Sunday 5th September 2010 including: Rhys Taylor extends his loan at Crewe, Romelu Lukaku apparently snubs any move to Chelsea and Ashley Cole's flat is burgled.

The Chelsea Daily Drivel is a daily update of all the stories concerning our club, the rumours, the opinions and more....
So here are the Chelsea news updates on Sunday 5th September 2010 including: Rhys Taylor extends his loan at Crewe, Romelu Lukaku apparently snubs any move to Chelsea and Ashley Cole's flat is burgled.

Well, here we go again folks. Another England player busted, pants down by his ankles, with a "tell all skank", by a garbage-can-rummaging reporter who's now truly achieved "papperazzi" status. What a wonderful sports world we live in, don't we? For those of us who've been living under a rock over the last few days, England's top striker, Wayne Rooney of Manchester United, was revealed to have slept with self confessed prostitute, Jennifer Thompson, while Coleen Rooney was pregnant with their son, Kai.

This was the generation that would conquer the world again. They called them world class and they have long been the subject of massive bids from clubs abroad. Steven Gerrard, John Terry, Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, and Rio Ferdinand have continuously failed to live up to their own hype for England.

Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson has showered praise on Jamie Carragher, proclaiming the 32-year-old as a "genuinely good person".
The defender's testimonial saw past and present Reds players take on an Everton XI at the weekend, in a game that also saw the Merseyside-born player fulfil his dream of scoring for Everton against Liverpool.

The Chelsea Daily Drivel is a daily update of all the stories concerning our club, the rumours, the opinions and more....
So here are the Chelsea news updates on Tuesday 7th September 2010 including: A Carlo Ancelotti special today with plenty of quotes from our manager.
First this morning to Carlo Ancelotti's stance on Fabio Capello's decision to include Wayne Rooney for England tonight against Switzerland.

The Chelsea Daily Drivel is a daily update of all the stories concerning our club, the rumours, the opinions and more....
So here are the Chelsea news updates on Tuesday 7th September 2010 including: A Carlo Ancelotti special today with plenty of quotes from our manager.
First this morning to Carlo Ancelotti's stance on Fabio Capello's decision to include Wayne Rooney for England tonight against Switzerland.

These days, the most unpopular people in modern-day Britain are politicians, bankers and journalists. Imagine rolling them all into one. Eurgh. That's exactly the impression the Telegraph's Henry Winter seems to give (some would argue he's the best journalist on these shores), a hack so arrogant it's difficult to comprehend into words.