The long, long, long dispute between a group of players from Trinidad & Tobago's 2006 World Cup squad and their national football federation reached a new but not yet final phase today when many of the physical assets of the federation were seized by order of the Trinidadian High Court. (The original article is located here.

Our latest book review comes from Tom Bodell, editor of Vital Watford. Tom can be followed on Twitter at @TBBodell and here casts his eye on the autobiography of Richard Lee, one time Hornet and now a Bee. Graduation: Life Lessons of a Professional Footballer By Richard Lee Published by Bennion Kearny August 2010, £9.

John Terry has today been stripped of the England captaincy for a second time following allegations of racism.

Terry allegedly called Anton Ferdinand a "black cunt" in Chelsea's defeat against QPR. In last weekend's Cup game between the two clubs the FA scrapped the traditional handshake ahead of kick-off after it became apparent that the QPR players would snub Terry in support of Ferdinand.

Dietman Hamann will forever be remembered and revered by Liverpool fans for his impact in the Champions League final in 2005, but as the former German International revealed recently, he went into that match thinking it was his last game for the club, and he was even more disappointed to discover that he wasn't even in the starting line-up.

Harry Redknapp has been pleading illiteracy and ignorance of his own tax affairs during his current trial for tax evasion. Prepare yourself for a double dose of irony then when you learn that 'Arry has documented tax advice... in his autobiography. The Spurs boss says he never pays any attention to his financial affairs and [.

One day Robbie Keane will write/dictate his autobiography, and it will be filled with fantastic stories of playing football for some major clubs, living in Italy and the USA and full of scoring goals. Keane marked his full Aston Villa ...
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It is also sometimes colloquially used to cast doubt upon statistics used to prove an opponent's point.

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Xmas gift No.23: Pepe's book

Stuck for a Christmas gift for that special someone? Every day through December we'll help you out by presenting a fantastic festive gift continuing today with Pepe Reina's autobiography.

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It has been eleven years since former defender Dominic Matteo left Anfield, and to this day, he still feels sadness over the way Gerard Houllier 'got rid' of him. The arrival of Christian Ziege in 2000 was the beginning of the end for Matteo's Liverpool career; the Scot saw his first-team chances severely restricted, and he left for Leeds soon after.

Facebook Xmas Comp: Pepe's book

One LFC fan is going to win over 20 great prizes this Xmas including a signed copy of Pepe Reina's new autobiography and it could be you.

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Welcome to the Friday Crackovia Club... a Futbolita special! Bruno Oro, the fantastic Catalan actor who plays Cristiano Ronaldo's character (you know it!) has returned again with a fantastic rendition of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

"Tipoooo! Want a signed copy of my autobiography?" is probably what Ibrahimovic asked good ol' Messi in this photo, after Milan's 2-3 loss to Barcelona last night. Neither side really have anything to worry about they're both through to the second round!

Meet some heroes: Cally on Bold Street, Pepe at Liverpool One

Liverpool legend Ian Callaghan played for Liverpool 857 times, scoring 68 times. Current Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina has played 324 times for the Reds. This week the duo will be signing books at two separate events a quarter of a mile apart on the same evening.

Get your signed copy of Pepe's book

Pepe Reina will be signing copies of his new autobiography at Waterstones in Liverpool One on Thursday evening.

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Clear the bookshelves, Zlatan and Pepe (and others), Chelsea's Fernando Torres has (another?) literary masterpiece of his own coming out (again?): 'Fernando Torres: Number 9′.

Let us put aside the stupid non-highlighted-because-I'm-growing-out-my-roots look Fernando is trying to bring back into favour and talk about the levels of hotness that were sizing us up (yeah right) at today's autobiography presentation in Madrid.

Today's profile is penned by Ian Rands. Ian a is a regular visitor to our pages; most recently penning a review of Alan Biggs' new autobiography. Here he looks at perhaps the brightest of Sheffield United's crop of teenage sensations: It has been a whirlwind last 6 months for 18 year old Sheffield United defender Harry Maguire.

There may have been no action on the field last week, however, there was still much talk off it. We can thank the release of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's autobiography for this; it hit the shelves on November 11. Before being published, AC Milan supporters and football fans in general were impatiently waiting for the release date.

Love him or hate him, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is undoubtedly one of the best strikers in the world. The Swedish International has in the past few weeks been in the spotlight for revealing personal details about his professional relationships in some of the world's biggest clubs.

Ibrahimovic who is scheduled to launch his autobiography in the next few days, continued with his shocking remarks on Wednesday during an interview with La Gazetta Dello Sport.

For Jack Taylor, the referee for the 1974 World Cup final, handling players was much like handling the clientele at the Wolverhampton butcher shop he worked at throughout his career.

"I think my experience behind the counter at the butcher's shop helped because it made me fairly good at chatting people up," he wrote in his 1976 autobiography, Jack Taylor: World Soccer Referee.

AC Milan's Swedish forward, Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be hard to like because of his abrasive character, but could his new Swedish autobiography finally reveal some 'secrets'? / via AP

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Don't call us, we'll call you Fulham encouraged their players' extra-marital dalliances by providing them with mobiles to contact their mistresses, according to a new book. Former Danish tennis star Frederik Fetterlein, aged 41, makes the allegation in his new autobiography. He now works as a model and claims to have a friend within the [.

When he's not breaking ribs at A.C. Milan, Oguchi Onyewu travels back in time to break Bruce Lee's ribs in Game of Death.

Seemingly celebrating the first anniversary of his altercation with Sporting Lisbon defender and U.S. international Oguchi Onyewu, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has released an autobiography that briefly details the fight (among other, far less interesting self-aggrandizement).

It was a fight that we didn't hear many details about, but given the players involved, it figured to be a serious scuffle.

Now we know just how serious.

Just days after the one-year anniversary of the Oguchi Onyewu-Zlatan Ibrahimovic fight, details have surfaced about the highly-publicized brawl that left one of the combatants with a broken rib.

Listen up everyone, it's story time with Zlatan! Image via Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko.

Zlatan and Pepe are about to unleash their inner Shakespeares, Kickettes.

It seems like Zlatan has all sort of secrets & gossip hidden under that hideous ponytail. His autobiography, which will be released in Sweden and Italy in two week's time, already has people talking after a few choice outlets were given an advance copy.

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina admits the stability brought by Fenway Sports Group restored his faith in the club.
Reina revealed in his autobiography that he considered leaving Anfield for Arsenal in the summer of 2010 only for former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett to block the transfer fearing it would send out the wrong message to any potential buyers.

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is no stranger to controversy and judging by his recent remarks, the Swede is far from burying his hatchet with Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola.

Ibrahimovic was traded to Barcelona in the summer of 2009 after it became apparent that striker Samuel Eto'o had become surplus to requirements in the Catalan dressing room.

Pepe to sign books at Anfield

Pepe Reina will sign copies of 'Pepe My Autobiography' at the Anfield Club Store from 3-5pm on Thursday.

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In his autobiography, Pepe Reina implicitly criticised Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher for not speaking out against the Liverpool's owners at the time, Tom Hicks and George Gillett. Gerrard has now explained why he kept silent.
In his book, Reina states:
"The way I saw it, Stevie and Carra are the two principle members of our squad, the ones who the people love and if they had said something maybe it would have put Hicks and Gillett under real pressure.

QUIZ: Name the footballer or manager by the title of their autobiography

Take a look at the titles, have a guess whose books they are, then click on the link to see the answers

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Fill 'er up Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina has problems. In his new autobiography, the Spaniard has revealed the lengths he goes to in order to satisfy his pre-match superstitions. These unusual quirks are not uncommon in footballers, who often have OCD tendencies or insist on putting one shin pad on before the other.

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has revealed the details of an explosive row he had with Anfield stalwart Jamie Carragher, which spilled over into the dressing room after beginning on the pitch.
Reina and Carragher, both mainstays of the Reds rearguard since the Spanish shot-stopper joined the club in 2005, clashed in an unnamed game because of a disagreement about passing options.

Exclusive chapter of Pepe's book

Liverpoolfc.tv brings you an exclusive chapter from Pepe Reina's new autobiography in which he explains how Rafael Benitez pestered him into joining the Reds and reveals that he was already a Liverpool player during Istanbul.

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Pepe: We were all put in a bad situation

Pepe Reina's autobiography is out today and depending on how candid he's chosen to be we'll maybe find out a lot more about the player than we deserve to. When we read it, rather than just take in soundbites hand-picked by newspaper columnists unconnected to the book and looking for something juicy for a headline, we'll have a better insight into a man we rely on far more than some would like to give him credit for.

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina claims the club blocked him from making a £20million move to Arsenal in the summer of 2010.
Reina admits he was tempted to leave Merseyside after returning from Spain's victorious World Cup campaign last year to find the Reds in a downward spiral.
Manager Rafa Benitez had been sacked, while director Christian Purslow was desperately seeking new owners to replace Tom Hicks and George Gillett as the club struggled under a financial crisis.

Blog: No dressing room divisions

In his latest Kop blog, Tony Barrett discusses Pepe Reina's autobiography and dressing room unity.

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Reina Reveals All in New Book

Liverpool's Pepe Reina has revealed all about the highs and lows of his career at the club in a new book serialised today by the Daily Mail . The star stopper tells of his ‘depression' under the previous regime, and how he came close to leaving last January but was talked out of it by his wife.

Barwick: My Reds passion

Following the recent launch of his autobiography 'Anfield Days and Wembley Ways', Liverpoolfc.tv caught up with lifelong Kopite and former FA chief executive Brian Barwick to discuss his passion for the Reds.

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Brazil nuts over Tevezgate, plus afro KO for Goodman

Alan Brazil's reaction to Tevezgate on Talksport? Easy. The Argentinean was described as "a disgrace" who "should never play in British football again". Alan Brazil's reaction when a caller pointed out that Brazil's own autobiography contains him admitting he once refused to come on as a sub for Tottenham while feuding with his manager?

Meet Ronnie Whelan at L1 store

Liverpool legend Ronnie Whelan will be signing copies of his new autobiography at the club shop in Liverpool One on Tuesday, October 4.

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Submitted for your perusal, Joey Barton leafing through Neil Warnock's autobiography 'Made In Sheffield' ("The f**king referee's only gone an gi' 'em a penalty when the lad's gone down in the box like a f**king Jessie. I gave 'im a piece of my nauseatingly no-nonsense Northern mind in the tunnel afterwards.