All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award-winning Dirty
Tackle...
Varese beat Livorno 3-1 during a snow storm last weekend and both goalkeepers probably cried the
whole time. [YouTube]
Barnsley goalkeeper David Preece says it's the media keeping gay footballers in the closet.
It is hard to imagine two more unlikely Premier League bed-fellows than Mick McCarthy and Andre
Villas-Boas. One a sophisticated, multi-lingual wine connoisseur; the other a former bruising
Millwall centre half, born and raised in Barnsley.
But as McCarthy departed Wolves yesterday, the Portuguese may have sympathised with the
muppet-faced plastic Paddy.
By Laban Scott LibbyIn a world of unrelenting pressure for results, the January transfer window offers the tempting
opportunity for the quick fix. For clubs contending for the championship or Europe, it encourages
the hunt for that one piece of the puzzle that will make the club complete; and for clubs fighting
relegation, that one special player may seem like the difference between another year among the
world's top or a long year of away games at Barnsley and Peterborough.
