'sorry? (...) yeah shut the **** up.'

That wasn't really what I was expecting to be honest. Despite notable absences from the Sunderland side, and to a certain extent a lack of bite in our midfield today's game was one that we won't be forgetting for a while. It's safe to say that it was somewhat of an aggressive affair with both sides putting boots where perhaps they shouldn't have been and this incision found its way into the general scheme of play.

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Some advance warning: This post is going to be mildly critical of Zinedine Zidane. Nothing too harsh, because as for many people he was one of my favourite players to watch. The vision, the touch, the roulettes, the shiny bald patch. Loved it. But that's also the reason I'm about to mildly criticize him.

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You know there's only one thing to talk about in this photo, right? And it ain't how gorgeous Mrs. Gerrard is looking though she is looking completely foxy.

It's the boots.

Do you love or do you hate? Our shins are getting sweaty just looking at them. We would, frankly, rather go barefoot.

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You know there's only one thing to talk about in this photo, right? And it ain't how gorgeous Mrs. Gerrard is looking though she is looking completely foxy.

It's the boots.

Do you love or do you hate? Our shins are getting sweaty just looking at them. We would, frankly, rather go barefoot.

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'Beckham and kid' via Kickette
'Bent's twitter boots' via The Spoiler
'Brazilian love' -- via Futbolita
'Beckham's footie art' -- via Dirty Tackle
'Kai Rooney's twitter' -- via Off the Post
'Dempsey is back' -- via The Original Winger
'Nasty KC throwback' -- via Hillcrest Road
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Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen gave birth to a baby boy this afternoon, Kai Wayne, after being nine days overdue.

The couple arrived at Liverpool's Women Hospital on Sunday evening but when Rooney missed training ahead of our CSKA game tomorrow the rumours began.

"Mother and baby are both absolutely fine," said their spokesperson.

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After 415 goals in 769 games Henrik Larsson has decided to call it quits. The Celtic, Helsinborg, Feyenoord, Man United and Barcelona legend was a player who was universally admired and at 38 after two decades in the game he has hung up his boots. What's the Swedish for 'Well done'?.

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Yesterday....28 years old....any other words are just irrelevant. Because to state the obvious: there's a large photo of Nemanja's junk on full view. See more at ONTD Football.

David Beckham queues up to buy some pumpkins; still has that animal growing on his face.
Are Ilary and Francesco going to bring another beautiful Totti baby into the world?

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Yesterday....28 years old....any other words are just irrelevant. Because to state the obvious: there's a large photo of Nemanja's junk on full view. See more at ONTD Football.

David Beckham queues up to buy some pumpkins; still has that animal growing on his face.
Are Ilary and Francesco going to bring another beautiful Totti baby into the world?

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Antonio Valencia's impact on the team has hardly been spectacular since his £16 million summer move from Wigan. But what a difference a goal can make. Well, two actually, and in back to back games to boot.

Goals breed confidence, and if Valencia is short of a little confidence, his latest performances in a United shirt will go some way to building it up.

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Nemanja Vidic has praised Antonio Valencia following the two winning goals he has scored in our past two matches.

Vidic reckons the pressure of filling Cristiano Ronaldo's boots had a negative effect on our winger but now we can expect to see more and more great things from Valencia.

"At the beginning of the season, Antonio had some difficulties because he was bought to replace Cristiano Ronaldo," said Vidic.

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Henrik Larsson, the once ageless wonder who'd begun to show plenty of age, has finally decided to hang up his boots with near immediate effect. Three games remain in a rather pedestrian Helsignborgs season and three games remain in Henrik's footballing career. Unless he's summoned back for World Cup 2014 qualifying, of course. Click to continue reading...

It's official. France's playoff opponent is Ireland.

And Raymond Domenech is kissing the boots of UEFA for deciding to seed the draw.

France, the 1998 world champions, 2000 European champions and beaten World Cup finalists in 2006, will have the advantage of playing the second leg on home soil against an Ireland side coached by Giovanni Trapattoni.

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Dean Windass has announced his retirement as a player. The former Bradford City and Hull City striker, 40, has decided to hang up his boots after an 18-year playing career in order to focus on completing his Uefa coaching badges. Click to continue reading...

Former Manchester United and England captain Bryan Robson was officially presented as the new manager of the Thailand national soccer team in Bangkok earlier today. Robson has signed a four-year contract to coach the three-time Southeast Asian champions. This will be Robson's first international team management experience. Click to continue reading...

"Bafana threw everything forward near the end but the defence of Iceland, a country that would fit into Soweto and with just 350 000 people, held firm."

Bafana Bafana Team Showed Some Improvement

On Tuesday night the 2010 World Cup hosts suffered a 1-0 defeat to Iceland at Laugardalsvollur.

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MONTEVIDEO - With only one game remaining in the schedule of the hardest qualifying continent in the world, the highly anticipated matchup of Uruguay vs. Argentina may boil down to the most crucial game in the history of international qualifiers. Not only because each team must win, but because an Ecuador win, will definitely seal the fate of one of them. Click to continue reading...

Check out this week's Physical Culture in the New York Times Style section; Jack Bell has co-opted it for the soccer agenda and has put together a piece (with a slideshow) featuring RBNY rookie Nick Zimmerman. The kid road tests a few boots from Under Armour, Concave, Joma, Lotto and Nomis. Click to continue reading...

Wheel of Fortune
The 2008/09 season has been a mixed bag for Lewes FC to say the least. The club have been beset by off the field problems (mainly financial) on almost a weekly basis. There are reasons to be cheerful down at the Dripping Pan though and for now let's dwell on the positives. Click to continue reading...

So Saturday was a bit of a surprise wasn't it? Bolton played the best they have in a long while, and arguably outplayed Spurs, who have been a quality side so far this season. If you read my match preview, I wasn't very optimistic for this match, I said we might sneak away with a draw. However it was Tottenham who were lucky to get a point.

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We're eager to offer kit-dropping assistance there's no doubt about that. The question is: what would he "do unto us" in return? Would we need to forewarn Boots and other local chemists to stock up on penicillin first? Even so: totally worth it.

See also: Ibrahimovic's Golden Rule

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We're eager to offer kit-dropping assistance there's no doubt about that. The question is: what would he "do unto us" in return? Would we need to forewarn Boots and other local chemists to stock up on penicillin first? Even so: totally worth it.

See also: Ibrahimovic's Golden Rule

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My new Barcelona away jersey turned up today.

I ummed and arred over this while we were out there in the summer, but ultimately the Barca club shop got a bit much (crowds, prices, merchandise, merchandise, merchandise) and I left empty handed.

Which was a shame, as for reasons I can't fully explain, I do really like the new away shirt.

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With the grassroots season just about to kick off we thought it's the perfect time to announce our brand new competition.

Our friends from soccerpro are giving away a beautiful pair of size 9 Adidas F30 i TRX FG boots and a lovely Nike Pro Max Long Sleeve Loose training top. Total value of well over £100.

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The condition of professional soccer in the United States is such that the when presented with a choice between playing the game on its highest level here or hanging up the boots and focusing on a...

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If you've ever wanted to look like Spiderman whilst playing football but didn't quite have the right boots for the occasion, don't fret any longer cause your time has come and all your prayers have been answered! Ok, the colours are a little off Spidey's all blue and red ensemble ... Click to continue reading...

After a poor start to the season, we can breathe easy again. Two wins on the trot has put Melbourne a point from first place, though the A-League is so tight this season that we're still only in sixth place. But it's good to see the team hit some form at last.

With a third of the season almost done, I thought I'd pop in to share my thoughts on how the mighty Victory are faring this year.

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United were rather fortunate to take all three points in the corresponding fixture last season. The Potters had a fantastic record at home, that they look like carrying through to this season, and it took a last minute goal from Carlos Tevez to ensure United emerged victorious that day.

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Can Diamanti emulate Di Canio?

Can West Ham United's new Italian talent have the same impact on the Hammers as club legend Paolo Di Canio did between 1999 and 2003? Gianfranco Zola signed Alessandro Diamanti for a fee of around £6 million in the summer. Big money for an untested player especially in light of West Ham's supposed financial handicap.

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NOTW has revealed the real cause of the feud between former team-mates Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin van Persie the Togolese striker took his team-mates' boots. At the end of last season, Adebayor walked into the home changing room at the Emirates and scooped up his team-mates' boots up, as well as kits into a bin [. Click to continue reading...

Foster has a lot to think about

Ben Foster has been enjoying his recent run as Manchester United's number one, "I've really enjoyed being involved so far it's what I've wanted, when you have a solid run in the team you can look forward to games in advance and settle down a bit more.

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After defending Craig Bellamy for punching a restrained pitch invader, Mark Hughes went on to have a complaint about the amount of injury time added. He said he would love someone to explain to him where it came from. Ok, deal.

Four minutes of injury time had been decided upon when United lead 3-2.

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Weird!

EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR'S feud with Robin van Persie began last season when he walked off with his strike partner's boots.

And the disgraced Adebayor will add insult to injury by dragging Van Persie into his battle with the FA.

The City striker was banned for three matches for raking Dutchman Van Persie's face with his studs during last week's explosive clash with Arsenal.

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"I have got two season tickets at Old Trafford and sit in the main stand in a normal seat," said Cole. "I am a United fan and just mingle in, paying my money like everybody else – though United's chief executive David Gill usually sees me. I saw him at halftime during the Arsenal game recently and he shouted: 'Get your boots on, we need some goals.

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Alessandro Del Piero met up with Roger Federer as he trains with Switzerland's Davis Cup team in Genova, Italy today, and he came bearing gifts. Not one, but two Juve shirts one of which inexplicably bears Federer's first name instead of his last and a pair of boots, which came with the assurance that "they don't stink".

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