Anyone taking a bet at the start of the season would not have been able to predict how this would all end up. Manchester City and Manchester United kissed goodbye to the Champions League this season, and there were few mitigating factors that they could cite as a defence. Manchester United can point to their injury list and Manchester City can invoke their inexperience, but ultimately both clubs have resources that dwarf almost all others in Europe.

Following the news last week that Jack Wilshere was so sick of Spurs fans tweeting him about us being above Arsenal in the league, he put three grand of his own (pocket) money on a bet with Spurs fans that Arsenal would finish ahead of Spurs. If they did, Spurs fans would have to send £1 to a charity he supports.

Caption competition: December 2, 2011

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Monday's Bet of the Day: Liverpool to see off a struggling Fulham

The Cottagers host Kenny Dalglish's in-form side who are aiming to win their seventh consecutive away game. Jim Knight flags up some tempting bets for this match

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Frei and Streller put the hammer to Man U and the Red Devils are knocked out of the CL in the quarters. Ouch. Guess the RAF time just didn't go United's way tonight. Hope you didn't bet on them to win it all. At least Man U can now focus on winning the League. What? They're in a close 2nd with Spurs catching up?

Caption competition: December 9, 2011

Each week, Sportsmail has a caption competition for you to battle it out for a brilliant prize of a £100 Sportsbook bet with our friends at Paddy Power. This week's picture features Bryan Ferry and cyclist Mark Cavendish.

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The big winners in our Premier League bet of the week this week are Norwich. With Newcastle having Coloccini, Taylor, Guthrie, Marveaux and Tiote out, their centre backs could be Danny Simpson and James Perch. The Canaries at odds of 2.5 at a ground where they have beaten Sunderland, Swansea and QPR seems generous.

After winning an impressive £156 last week from our £55 stake, we look to again prize profit out of the hands of the bookies. First bet concerns the Premier League, and backs Blackburn to win consecutive home games for the first time in 46 years, or at least since Steve Kean took charge. They are [.

Justin Bieber and Fernando Torres caption competition: December 16, 2011

Each week, Sportsmail has a caption competition for you to battle it out for a brilliant prize of a £100 Sportsbook bet with our friends at Paddy Power. This week's picture features Fernando Torres meeting Justin Bieber.

As we draw closer to the 2012 MLS Draft, Major League Soccer is moving closer and closer to trying to secure the services of the players who will make up its Generation adidas draft class, and things are still very much in flux with less than a month to go before the draft.

MLS is expected to announce the first of its signings in the coming week, and offers have already been sent out to most of the top targets.

After all the excitement of the recent rounds of cup matches in the FA Cup and FA Trophy over the last couple of weeks, it was back to the league for non-league football this weekend, and we have highlights from six matches for you this evening. From the Blue Square Premier, we have the match between Forest Green Rovers and Lincoln City.

Frimpong laughs at Manchester, Lucas has good news and Wilshere denies Arsenal bet in the tweets of the week

The best of Twitter's Premier League footballers (and David Seaman's brilliant new golf balls)

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The Premiership is entering one of the most crowded times of the year when teams are playing every few days, things are getting interesting and statistics can change in the blink of an eye. In the festive period many people like to have a bet on their favourite team so here is a little guide [...]

Fifa's World Rankings for December 2011 were published today at FIFA HQ in Zurich, Switzerland.
2010 World Cup winners Spain remain on top followed by the Netherlands, Germany and Copa America champs Uruguay. England are in 5th.
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3 Germany
4 Uruguay
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6 Brazil
7 Portugal
8 Croatia
9 Italy
10 Argentina
11 Denmark
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15 France
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17 Switzerland
18 Sweden
19 Japan
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Fifa's World Rankings for December 2011 were published today at FIFA HQ in Zurich, Switzerland.
2010 World Cup winners Spain remain on top followed by the Netherlands, Germany and Copa America champs Uruguay. England are in 5th.
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2 Netherlands
3 Germany
4 Uruguay
5 England
6 Brazil
7 Portugal
8 Croatia
9 Italy
10 Argentina
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When the two Manchester clubs were drawn together in the FA Cup third round, it opened the door to other clubs with aspirations of lifting the famous old trophy.

One of the best two sides in England at this present time will be out of the FA Cup and that opens the competition up to the rest.

On the pitch, Kettering Town have picked up a little of late. Two consecutive draws have lifted them just out of the relegation places in the Blue Square Bet Premier and, even though the club's transfer embargo remains in place, they even managed a full substitutes bench their match against on Tuesday night.

Cesc Fabregas caption competition: December 23, 2011

Each week, Sportsmail has a caption competition for you to battle it out for a brilliant prize of a £100 Sportsbook bet with our friends at Paddy Power. This week's picture features Cesc Fabregas and Santa.

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For the second part of our Non-League Videos Of The Week, we have two matches from the Blue Square Bet Premier Division. At the top of the table, Wrexham are continuing to hold Fleetwood Town at bay and, while Fleetwood had a Lancashire derby match at home against third placed Southport on Boxing Day, Wrexham, who are now owned by their supporters, made the relatively short trip to Shropshire to play another supporter-owned team, AFC Telford United, and over four thousand people turned out at New Bucks Head for the match.

There are reports that Newcastle will be giving a trial to 23 year old Bognor Regis Town striker Jason Prior. Jason Prior Newcastle interested Newcastle stepped in after the Ryman League Division One South league leaders, nicknamed the Rocks, had said they would sell their top striker to Blue Star Square Bet South club Eastleigh, [.

There are reports that Newcastle will be giving a trial to 23 year old Bognor Regis Town striker Jason Prior. Jason Prior Newcastle interested Newcastle stepped in after the Ryman League Division One South league leaders, nicknamed the Rocks, had said they would sell their top striker to Blue Star Square Bet South club Eastleigh, [.

The Carling Cup semi-final legs between Liverpool and Manchester City look set to be mouth-watering contests but who will be walking out onto the Wembley turf on February 26?
City have certainly been impressive to watch this season, as they have managed to cut out many of the mistakes against lesser side that made them slip up in the Premier League title race last term.

Bet of the Day: A low scoring game between Liverpool and Newcastle

Adam Bate previews Friday's big match and points out where the value lies as Alan Pardew's men visit Anfield, where the Reds have been held six times already this season

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Cesc Fabregas caption competition: December 30, 2011

Each week, Sportsmail has a caption competition for you to battle it out for a brilliant prize of a £100 Sportsbook bet with our friends at Paddy Power. This week's picture features Cristiano Ronaldo with a dolphin.