Liverpool get back in the swing of things to see out a busy January, heading to the Reebok in hopes of getting three points for only the second time in six matches. As has mostly been the case in league over the past month and a half, they won't face an entirely overwhelming opposition, with Bolton only a point above Wigan in 19th.

As 50 Cent once said, 'get rich or die trying'.

And 'get rich' is exactly what one man did after he posed as Yaya Touré's football agent.

Last November, an unidentified conman supposedly approached a fine wine shop in Luxembourg, France, on behalf of his Manchester City star client.

Hull legend Dean Windass has attempted suicide twice in recent days, he has revealed. The Tigers' Wembley hero confessed he had tried to end his life as booze and depression took their grip after a series of problems in his personal life. The Soccer Saturday reporter said: "People have this image of me as this [.

When it comes to flying first class in casual clothes, there were three distinct themes that a few Barcelona 'ballers and their WAGs abided by during the all important procession in front of the paps this morning.

Options for you to pick from are below, with the question being: which of these couples' looks best describes your own airport arrival style?

For whatever reason, the holiday season hasn't been kind to the big teams of the Premiership I have a theory based on the higher wages and proportional amount of booze that allows one to buy. Bolton was bottom of the table and looked to stay there after Tim Howard booted a clearance and it caught some wind in the sail (0:25).

We stuttered early on in the season but since then we have had some decent results. This is not altogether too far off from the Arsenal's season. I am talking, crucially, about me and the lads trying to find a decent boozer to call home for games at the Ems after we got a free transfer from our previous drinking establishment.

If you are a movies junkie like I am, you'll definitely appreciate this piece in ESPN by Barry Locke, who analyzes the coaching of Norman Dale in "Hoosiers". Enjoy.
It's been 25 years since "Hoosiers" immortalized the legend of Hickory High, the small school that beats long odds to make underdog history by winning the Indiana state basketball championship.

Liverpool and Chelsea meet tomorrow in one of the more hotly-contested matchups of the past few years in English football, with both clubs on the front end of particularly important stretches of their respective seasons. Action off the pitch has added more spice to the fixture in the past calendar year, and the matches themselves have been fairly even Liverpool's done the double in league twice of the last three years, with Chelsea splitting it up and winning both matches two seasons ago.

In what could be the most epic or disastrous move in the history of American soccer road-trips, the American Outlaws have chartered a large, 737-type plane to ferry its most hardcore and cash-flush members from the United States to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup.
I love my Yanks and a good awayday as much as the next guy but I'm not sure that I could personally take a 10-14 hour international flight full of booze, rampant patriotism, people applying for their Mile High Club membership in the toilets and the same 5 songs being sung over & over again in a small contained space.

Gratis bum shot via The Spoiler.

Alcohol is not merely a constituent of a good party. Rather, it's the party's host.

Shay Given knows this, which is why he issued a call to the Republic of Ireland fans before last night's Euro 2012 qualifier vs. Armenia to hit the booze. Shay apparently felt that a wee dram or ten might help the faithful blow the roof off the stadium and simultaneously propel the team to victory.

Hi everybody,
Welcome to today's blog. Did you all have a decent weekend?
FP was out on the track for the final day of the races in town. It seemed like a ridiculously indulgent day full of booze, women and more booze. Hopefully your weekend was just as fun.
So Perth Glory lost 1-0 on the weekend to Central Coast Mariners with a former Glory boy scoring the goal.

Abbey Clancy (along with Peter and baby Sophia) had her hands full outside Osteria restaurant in Prestbury, Cheshire. The fam stopped off for a quick bite during a long day of house hunting in the area on 08.09.2011.

We've read a lot of tips and tricks for losing and keeping the baby weight off, but have never had to heed any anonymous advice ourselves, thankfully.

Capello is right: alcohol DOES cast a shadow over our game

In football, just as in our ­society as a whole, there is a booze culture that is ­careering out of control. So, I was interested to hear Fabio Capello say Andy Carroll drinks too much. I have no idea whether the Liverpool star has been hitting the bottle too hard, but I know ­today's players are the product of a system that makes it tough for clubs to educate them how to refuel.

Why Carroll critics are wrong to play the booze card

At Anfield over the weekend, there was much head-scratching over Fabio Capello's pronouncement that "we need to help Andy Carroll". As help went, they mused, the England manager's actions were akin to offering a drowning man a glass of water.

Terry backs Carroll to cut out the booze and turn his England career around

"He's a really good pro on the pitch and good around the camp," says Three Lions skipper

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Superbrat former tennis legend John McEnroe has blasted Ireland's US Open flops Conor Niland and Louk Sorensen after both retired during their 1st round US Open match-ups. Niland retired due to food poisoning while Sorensen retired due to injury, however McEnroe blamed booze for the pairs failings and not what many believe to be just bad luck.

Images: MundoDeportivo.com.

Andres Iniesta is slowly but surely pining for our sweetest of alcoholic spots, Kickettes. Not too long ago he first gave us an excuse to make like a martini as we watched him flaunt his sezzual side in a sharp, fashion editorial. Now, however, he's really blown the roof off our recently renovated Kickette HQ with some wonderful, wine-tastic news.

Stop worrying and learn to love Stewart Downing | Barney Ronay

Reports of Stewart Downing moving to Anfield have been met by a shrug from many Liverpool fans. This is depressing The summer transfer window is the most obvious example of football's refusal ever to stop happening.

Image: Clinica Menorca.

Yes, unfortunately we said "tee off" and not "ripped their t-shirts off," but one day they will. We can feel it. Perhaps even at our own outing next year? We've already established a tournament name (the '1st Annual Kickette Charity Golf Tournament'), ground rules for players (all male participants must play shirtless) and which charity we'd sponsor (proceeds would be generously donated to our booze and handbag fund).

The only thing worse than a hangover is an angry hangover; the kind where you are just mad about how you even got to be hungover in the first place. The booze may have worn off, but the emotions remain. Stupid emotions. That's kind of where I've been at all day, just truly mad. As if the Gold Cup loss to Mexico wasn't bad enough, we had to go and give away an early lead to the Sounders, who then took us to school for about 70 minutes.

The world's oldest football competition the F.A. Cup continues its descent into mediocrity as the Football Association has signed a £24 million sponsorship deal with Budweiser.
America's best-selling 'beer' (over 11 billion bottles per year) continues to seek new ways to shake off its reputation for tasting too weak and tepid to tempt Europeans away from their native brews.

I always get slightly concerned when politicians start promising they will fast track or speed through new legislation.
Making a law - and I mean making it, drafting it, ensuring it is an informed and workable piece of legislation - should not be a process that can be easily bypassed.
The kneejerk, easy fix solution is beloved of politicians because the only real dialogue it involves is the media soundbite that is now their sole means of communication.

I always get slightly concerned when politicians start promising they will fast track or speed through new legislation.
Making a law - and I mean making it, drafting it, ensuring it is an informed and workable piece of legislation - should not be a process that can be easily bypassed.
The kneejerk, easy fix solution is beloved of politicians because the only real dialogue it involves is the media soundbite that is now their sole means of communication.

Samir (left) and Ibrahim Afellay. The thought police are watching, Kickettes. (Images via facebook & twitpic, )

Regular readers will be aware that the thirst for booze knowledge in the Kickette office knows no bounds. In order to sate this thirst (for your benefit as well as ours, you understand) we force ourselves to venture deeper and deeper into dark, unexplored territories; places where angels fear to tread.

By Kirsten Schlewitz / Senior West Coast Beer and Aston Villa Correspondent
(A note on Kirsten's thought process: "Beer. Champions League. Beer and Champions League. Beer for Champions. Wheaties Beer?" And then the lovely Commie, who you've seen around these parts, suggested wheat beers.

January. Possibly the most disappointing month of the year. Christmas is over, you are back to work and still wondering what happened on New Years Eve and where you are going to find the money to pay for all the presents, booze and food you went through during the festive period. January 2011 turned started [.

How do you start a match review when the ninety minutes you've witnessed is so much more than just a match? The rivers of bad blood these two teams share had already given the tie its opera storyline, and if you had time to tear your eyes away from all the glamour in the papers, you would have seen 22 world class players take to the pitch in what was, at its core, a fantastic football match.

A day in the life of FC Dallas' Brek Shea & his former club teammate Dax McCarty is about so much more than standout hair color and driving around town bumping Lil Wayne & Massive Attack. It's also about applying liberal amounts of sunblock to Dax's freckled self, playing XBOX with your roommate, eating PB& J sandwiches, making anyone in the car other than yourself pay for the petrol and occasionally playing soccer.