Actually Japan is leading the charge against vuvuzelas leading into the World Cup.
Won't amount to much I'm sure.
But maybe it would if more join the charge!
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Fergie says City is top four material. [ESPN]FIFA warns Iraq to separate gov't/soccer. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you miss the sitter of the season........... Big Four is dwindling. (EPL Talk) Rogerio Ceni scores again. (See The Cup) Reviewing The Damned United. (Unprofessional Foul) Barca still the beesneeze. (SoccerLens) A cokehead's booze line. (Dirty Tackle) Just what is Southgategate? (Fisted Away) Help name that city. Click to continue reading...

Is it ever a good idea to invite your boss to a social function? I guess since it was his wedding, Ryan Stevenson (above, left), a midfielder for Scottish First Division side Ayr United, was obligated to invite his manager, Brian Reid, but when the boss arrived, he immediately proved to be the worst wedding guest since your senile aunt Linda and her suffocated cat wrapped as a present by shutting down the bar.

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A new look at Bayern Munich and Oktoberfest.
Kickette also has the pictures of booze and cleavage too.
If you're into that.
Now the links:

• Lotsa great high-quality goals. [101 Great Goals]
  
• Wicks suspended for Montero stomp. [Goff]
  
• USMNT ain't likely to get a W.

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Before I begin, a confession.
I did not go to the game on Tuesday against Millwall. There were a variety of reasons : I am still protesting the clubs disgraceful decision to remove the two free Cup games from my season ticket some 12 years ago, I am trying to save a bit of money at present and it was the last in the series of Desperate Romantics with which I am rather taken (that's a joke before anyone firebombs my house). Click to continue reading...

$175,000 on booze?
In just four hours?
For Salomon Kalou's birthday?

They apparently worked their way through 20 bottles of vodka, 10 bottles of Jack Daniels, a £5,000 Jeroboam of Cristal and four £400 Quaich Trophy cocktails – the club's signature drink, served in a giant, 18th century silver solid cup.

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Chelsea players raked up a whopping £120,000 bill on booze while out celebrating a surprise birthday party for Salomon Kalou. Captain John Terry who organised the bash, footed half the bill plus £10,000 tip for the bar staff interestingly enough, Terry stayed sober all night and drove home in his Bentley. Click to continue reading...

When Pele says you're the best, you really must be special. The Northern Ireland and Manchester United legend loved the ladies and the nightlife but will be remembered more for his ability to float past defenders with the slightest of hip and shoulder dips. A true genius. Best George Best quote. Click to continue reading...

It doesn't matter who you are, Brazil, Barcelona or Burton Albion, there are times when you just have to win ugly. And this victory was the illegitimate offspring of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Donatella Versace. Billed as "The East Coast Derby" the match had attracted a sizeable crowd to Srinthorn (officially 4,300) including a fair few from Rayong - that still didn't stop me from attempting to get the Scoreboard Enders to join me in a chorus of "You must have come in a dinghy". Click to continue reading...

What recession?
FIFA: $184 million profit.
EPL: $3.15 billion revenue and 11 clubs made profit.
Like they say, when the money gets tough people spend on what they need. Sex, booze and soccer.
It's all gravy (except for Newcastle, which has a top-5 debt and a top-5 salary to pay while suffering a drop, ouch. Click to continue reading...

Look, even the geeks at Google prepared a special Champions League final logo, and one carefully designed to not feature any of the team colours of the two teams involved (Google is neutral, naturally). That's how damned enormous this match is.
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Take down the nets, pull up the corner flags; fetch the stray balls from off the roof of the main stand and switch off the floodlights for the last time, for another season of football in Scotland has come to a close.
A long time ago, on another web site all about the beautiful game north o' the border, I put together a season preview wherein, using nothing more than a league table, a blindfold and a sharp implement I predicted the outcome of the 2008/09 season in Scotland. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you watch Cristiano Ronaldo's 'awakening'..... Biggest football rivalries in the world. (BootsnAll) Hooliganism in MLS. (Suite 101) Franck Ribery to Real Madrid now. (The Spoiler) FC United of Manchester attempt a Radiohead, fail. (Dirty Tackle) Woman claims to be Essien's wife; Essien confused. Click to continue reading...

Spurs players are going teetotal... again! In the wake of Ledley King's arrest, it looks like Harry Redknapp has decided it is time to ban Spurs players from drinking alcohol after a series of embarrassing booze-related incidents (many including King, it has to be said). The only problem is, that means that not only did the [. Click to continue reading...

Forget the smile, can we discuss the image in the background where he's billed as the Emperor Of Rio (I presume)? Does this man really need this much egging on? He'll be nose deep in pie, booze and hookers by sundown. Also, it's about time we launch a support group for footballers who feel it necessary [. Click to continue reading...

Really Stupid Commentary, Part I
So because I'm apparently completely inept with a computer - I keep telling everyone, but they don't believe me - I spent the day unable to log on to BigSoccer.
So instead, in between dealing with the contractor who showed up at the house 1) with an incredibly hot mid-20's female "helper" in the tightest pants I've ever seen in my life and 2) stinking of booze, I looked at some other soccer websites. Click to continue reading...

Received moments ago by email:

This must be anonymous please. ____ If you listen to the It's Called Football show Saturday they asked Paul Beirne, Director of Business Operations at TFC, if there will be dry games this year. He said, ‘no comment' and this was before the game Saturday.

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See here's the thing. You and I (assuming you have as little access and professional influence amongst the soccerati as I have) can scream "Cap Kenny Cooper now!" as loud we want and no one is going to listen. We're just the crazy, homeless guy with a brown bag of booze standing on the corner of Soccerville Lane & Internet Road talking about how the end is nigh et cetera, et cetera; you pass him off as a nut, walk past and think nothing of him. Click to continue reading...

You know the one thing that was missing from the RSL stadium advert I posted yesterday, currently the all time sexy MF of MLS stadium porn? The stage end of the park. That's probably because it was still under construction but I ain't mad at that since they were smart enough to fill out their stage area with removable seating, something that Pizza Hut Park & Toyota Park failed to do that will make this place feel as intimate as your lady's special Valentine's Day apparel. Click to continue reading...

Last Thursday I took a trip out the Tiergarten with K to watch US Presidential candidate Barack Obama deliver a speech to the German public in front of the Siegessäule (he wasn't important enough to speak in fron t of the Brandenburg Gates).
I do like good public speaking and was not let down by Obama who gave an excellent performance technically though he did not really say anything very earth shattering. Click to continue reading...

Injured Cristiano Ronaldo has been resting his crocked ankle - by going on a bender at an LA club.The Manchester United striker, recovering from an ankle operation, splashed out more than £10,000 on wine, vodka and bottles of Cristal champagne after arriving at trendy nightclub Villa with two friends.

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My beloved LA Galaxy had to make their way to the slums of Oakland this weekend for a match against the San Jose Earthquakes. Normally San Jose plays in their own slums but they decided since Beckham was coming, they'd play their match in a bigger stadium. I suppose that paid off for them because 40,000 people showed up.

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"He had some setbacks yesterday and was here today, but a professional needs to live a healthy lifestyle and above all train well. All the time. I don't think Adriano is living in hardship, reading the interviews he has given. I repeat, he just needs to live the life of an athlete. If I do not consider him to be in good shape to play, then I do not leave him out because of spite. Click to continue reading...

If new pubs have to be built, I'm all for this new style: power derived from the wind and sun as well as the harvesting of rainwater for flushing the toilets. Sure, my first choice for a pint would be a pub with a little history and character. But if a chain pub is the only place where I can watch a certain match, so be it. If it makes such an effort to use renewable energy, the better. Click to continue reading...