Though Craig Bellamy only spent the second half of the 2005 season on loan with Celtic from Newcastle, his Old Firm ties are apparently still strong enough that he refused to sign a Rangers fan's shirt ahead of Manchester City friendly with the Scottish champions yesterday.

The lingering animosity is clearly still mutual, though, as Bellamy accused Rangers striker Lee McCulloch of fouling him to get a cheer from the home fans:

"I expected to get stick from the Rangers fans.

Man City reserve striker picky about where he puts his autograph When you have had as many clubs as Craig Bellamy it must be difficult to keep track of all your rivals. But after a 2005 loan spell at Parkhead the Welshman is still able to remember 'Celtic good, Rangers bad'. So when a Rangers fan tried [.

• Bolt visited the Bernabeu and met all his amigos, including Benzema, Greaseano, Kaka and even Potter Perez. He got a super cool shirt with the number "958″ at the back. Check out his autograph style- "Fr : Kaka". Hmmm, we can't spot Ricky's signature on the shirt.

One of Sampdoria's protagonists in the early part of 2009-10 has been midfielder Andrea Poli, who has revealed he draws inspiration from Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.
"I know I'm young and still need to improve," he explained to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"I'm also sure that Samp is the best club to help me achieve this goal.

Ei futbolitas, many of us may be familiar with the louco Brazilian CQC gang (even Felipe Andreoli officially knows how much nós adoramos!) In case you happen to be living under Fabio Capello's rock, it's a politically-incorrect current affairs programme that stands for 'Caiga Quien Caiga'.

Like sex, football sells. For the good, but usually for that bad as you will see in 10 swift steps. Please take into consideration that there are thousands more, but for now there is one question I need to ask you What's the French for Va, Va Voom?

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Notts County are reportedly in the hunt to sign Sol Campbell.
The 34 year old former Portsmouth defender's contract expired at the end of last season. The defender has been linked with the likes of Aston Villa, Everton, West Ham and Newcastle, but it is the big spending League Two side who reportedly now lead the trail for Campbell.

"I blame Health and Safey!"

Chelsea players were jeered yesterday after fans who had turned up to watch an open training session were denied the chance to get autographs from them. Over 8,000 Chelsea supporters were at Stamford Bridge to see Joe Cole complete his first training session on his return from injury but the party atmosphere went sour when the crowd was told players would not be signing autographs due to "security concerns".

As a young star-struck kid, like most of my peers, my unswerving ambition was to meet some of my heroes (all footballers needless to say), get an autograph... a photograph even, and become the envy of my football crazy mates.

It never actually happened though! My being in Dublin and my heroes hanging-out in Manchester didn't help and, in truth, I never actually had a cohesive strategy.

Even the presence of newly-crowned US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro - a noted member of the Los Xeneizes family didn't bring Boca Juniors the luck they needed yesterday.

Cristian Chavez scored the decisive 90th-minute winner for Godoy Cruz as they defeated Boca Juniors 3-2 at the Bombonera stadium.

Lies and slander this morning from Steve Sirk, who has ungratefully forgotten who delivered him from the championship-free existence of a Clevelander, and who claims, in Guillermo Barros Schelotto's words, we "broke the floor" before his penalty attempt Saturday night:

After referee Ricardo Salazar whistled Jhon Kennedy Hurtado for bodyblocking Eddie Gaven in the box, Hurtado and James Riley undertook a lengthy appeal.

So, the international break is taking hold and its all rather painful isnt it?

The closest I can find to some Arsenal news is a bit about Theo Walcott, he has been called up to the under 21's again. The boss has apparently agreed to it but after both the seniors and the under 21's use of Theo over the summer you wouldn't be surprised if he was backed into a corner and forced to agree to Theo playing on Friday.