Just last week, UEFA announced 40 further investigations into match-fixing claims, but as Jonathan Wilson points out in the Guardian, this has elicited little interest in the British press. Wilson notes that even though most of the concerns are related to Eastern Europe, "fixers" have been moving westward for some time with German referee Robert Hoyzer jailed for his role in match-fixing a full four years ago.

Somewhere in amongst the furore that surrounded Emmanuel Adebayor's Saturday afternoon, a football match took place.

I know it's difficult to spot and you may have to search through a pile of seething Arsenal supporters and endless reams of video evidence to find it but I assure you, it did take place.

Excellently, the conclusion to the European World Cup 2010 Qualifiers are a mathematical diversion of some consequence.
And all because of one little FIFA rule - that only eight of the nine second placed nations will move forward for the Play-Off head-to-heads in November.
So all your column inches of projection and requirement are mindless chatter as a thoroughly systems thinking approach with a dose of specified game theory is the only way to strategically analyse or plan ahead.

By Gareth Freeman

United's own start to the season may not have been as impressive as it could have been. Granted they've won three out of four but the loss to Burnley was as big a shock as we've had all season and the manner in which they defeated Arsenal was not as convincing as perhaps it could have been.

With Champions League action safely out of the way, United fans can now look forward to the big game on Sunday. Yes, it's the Manchester derby and after last Saturday, when United overcame an early goal and a sending off to thrash Tottenham 3-1 at White Hart Lane and City humbled Arsenal with a 4-2 beating at Eastlands, this Sunday promises to be a cracking game.

It's the Manchester derby between United and City on Sunday and we've got two pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Betfair.

Betfair recently became the official betting partner of Manchester United and now we've teamed up with the world's leading betting exchange, to give you a chance of attending the big match.

In case you haven't been paying attention, United take on City this Sunday and RoM have got two pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Betfair.

Betfair recently became the official betting partner of Manchester United and now we've teamed up with the world's leading betting exchange, to give you a chance of attending the big match.

This weekend's match between Manchester United and Manchester City has the potential to be the most explosive match of the season so far. There are so many storylines and the game hasn't kicked off yet.

Fortunately, we've got two pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Betfair.

It's the Manchester derby between United and City on Sunday and we've got two pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Betfair.

Betfair recently became the official betting partner of Manchester United and now we've teamed up with the world's leading betting exchange, to give you a chance of attending the big match.

With Champions League action safely out of the way, United fans can now look forward to the big game on Sunday. Yes, it's the Manchester derby and after last Saturday, when United overcame an early goal and a sending off to thrash Tottenham 3-1 at White Hart Lane and City humbled Arsenal with a 4-2 beating at Eastlands, this Sunday promises to be a cracking game.

Peter Reid has surpassed previous efforts at disinformational and disorderly discourse with two interviews (one in the September issue of World Soccer Magazine and one in Theo Guardian this weekend).
For the interview with World Soccer, Reid was manager of Thailand, a job that he combined with punditry on BSkyB and for Coral/Eurobet Bookmakers, and things.