By Chris Wright

The half-time reenactment of the fireplace scene from 'Women In Love' went down a treat

Bathed in withering sun, Crewe beat Cheltenham in the League Two Play-Off Final at Wembley yesterday afternoon to snag themselves a berth in League One next season, with the latest wunderkind to roll off the Railwaymen's production line, 18-year old Nick Powell, opening proceedings with an absolute belter of a goal darting away from two defenders with his first touch and then lashing a shot across the Cheltenham goal.

Bayern Munich vs Chelsea Champions League Final Betting Preview is a post from: Just Football

It's been a while. Truth be told the stresses of a relegation battle for my team in the rarefied atmosphere of the Premier League was a little too much. Well, that and getting a new sporting business up and running, but with the small matter of the Champions' League and then the Euros your ever humble (with good reason) betting blogger is back.

It wasn't pretty football in the West but it was a belter of a game. Perth v Wellington. And arguably two of my least favourite football teams are playing much better football than years gone by.
But it's not Swansea is it.
Great to see my most hated Coach ex-Ger Iain Ferguson using brain and craft to play full-back Scott Neville in a switch for my man of the match Billy Mehmet.

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A penalty miss by Cleiton Xavier in the 64th minute made all the difference to Sporting Lisbon who squeaked out a draw to edge Metalist on aggregate. Metalist were the much better team this evening and Rui Patricio was a busy man under the bar.

However, it was the Portugese side against the run of play going ahead through Rip Van Winkle .

No clue how I missed this. However, more good news for us stateside supporters of the Chels.

According to several online reports, including one from the Washington Post's Steven Goff, Chelsea will play AC Milan at FedExField on July 28. Shades of 2009 this friendly, eh?

Ten days after blessing the Left Coast with their presence in an exhibition with the Sounders, Chelsea have been booked to play the Italian giants in the District.

By Chris Wright

Blue Square Bet Premier side Kettering Town are, like several other clubs of their stature, flirting with a winding-up order at present after several months of financial hoo-doo that has seen them fighting relegation, unable to pay their players and forced to leave former home Rockingham Road and take up residency in former rivals Rushden & Diamonds' grave (the Diamonds went under last summer) currently playing their home games, as they do, at Rushden's old Nene Park ground.

As an integral component of not one but two of the world's best teams Germany and Bavaria Munchen Didier Deschamps probably has a handle on Bastian Schweinsteiger's capabilities as a footballer as well as his name. That didn't stop him from having a minor stroke when pronouncing it earlier in the week.

By Chris Wright

In which Shefki Kuqi yes, that Shefki Kuqi; once of Stockport/Sheffield Wednesday/Ipswich/Blackburn/Crystal Palace/Fulham/Ipswich again/Swansea/Derby and Newcastle, now of Oldham Athletic booms home an absolutely outrageous 40-yard volley to equalise against Rochdale in League One on Saturday afternoon.

These wins aren't to be underestimated. Stoke are a handful and we rarely thrive against them, but today, despite withstanding a lot of second half pressure, Fulham stood firm and deserved their points.

New players are traditionally given a time to adjust when signing for a new club, but today Pavel Pogrebnyak was thrown straight into the deep end.

Good afternoon. Well, it hasn't quite sunk in yet but amazingly we managed to beat the league leaders last night and in brilliant fashion. Two fantastic goals a belter from Hernandez and a skilful volley from Kewell was enough to secure the win. It was an unlikely result but to be honest, we really deserved it.

By Chris Wright

The tail-end of the Bolivian league farted back into life at the weekend and the first goal of the Clausura stage, during Nacional Potosi's 1-0 victory over The Strongest (ace name!) was a bit of a belter and came courtesy of Señor Erlan Mealla, who improvised when a cross was slung in slightly behind him to flash this pearler into the sack of onions with some outrageous technique.

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Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal

Losses and goals conceded are always more palatable when your team acquits itself well. Giving up, or turning up expecting to win, or crumbling inexplicably has been something of a hallmark in recent seasons so one of the most pleasing things about this Arsenal side since October has been the blossoming of its spirit and its excellent attitude.

101 Great Goals #58 - Darren Ambrose
Gary Neville called it the best goal he had ever seen an opposition player score at Old Trafford. It's a bold claim, but Darren Ambrose's strike that helped knock Manchester United out of the Carling Cup was an absolute belter.
And here at Cheer Up Alan Shearer we're delighted to bring you this superb goal with some rare Alan Partridge commentary.

Pulling with Steve Bruce Ep.15 League Of His Own by Off The Post on Mixcloud This week, despite a chunk of Premier League games achieving grindingly mediocre status, the Pod has polished up a few moments that made it less offensive to the senses. Get ready to discover why Gareth Barry's sharpness is primarily down [.