Alright, everybody here's the thing. I'll be hopping a plane to London tonight, in part to catch the Chelsea v Wolves match at the Bridge on Saturday. So your regularly scheduled programming will be interrupted between now and Monday, but unless I end up passed out in a pub somewhere for the next four or five days I hope to share pictures and tidbits from the trip while I'm there.

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Well all in all it wasn't a bad result. Though I watched the game alone I had a little liveblogging adventure with Daryl and various commenters. If you missed the game I'll give you a link to some highlights, and my pity (it was a good game). It was also, despite the fact it was a loss, was an encouraging result for England.

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I wrote previouslythat he had been protective of the defence in recent times, but Mark Hughes went on the offensive today with MOTD - and particularly Alan Hansen - in his sights:

"Pundits on Match of the Day or whatever just have an opportunity to nail individuals in the public domain," said the Manchester City boss.

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Worrying news that has come from the weekend is the emergance of Swine Flu within the ranks of the Blackburn Squad and staff. Of course they were at the Bridge on Saturday and some of their players missed the 5-0 thrashing, but Sam Allardyce has warned Chelsea that a Swine Flue outbreak is inevitable at the Bridge! Click to continue reading...

We travel to the Reebok today looking to get our away form back on track as Chelsea take on Bolton for the second time in 4 days. Chelsea ran riot at the Bridge on Wednesday in the League Cup but today is going to be alot different with key players back for both sides so expect a much different kind of game. Click to continue reading...

First of all, observe this visual:

That is a dive. Many players dive in the premier league, as well as around the world. Many players win penalties by diving.

This happened at Anfield. Home of Liverpool. Liverpool were down 1-2 to Birmingham. The resulting penalty was converted and they tied the match 2-2.

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AP Photo/Scott Heppell With Liverpool cast aside through recent poor performances, Chelsea v. Manchester United at the Bridge presented a mouth-watering meeting between the league leaders and the reigning champions. And you were not s... Click to continue reading...

AP Photo/Scott Heppell With Liverpool cast aside through recent poor performances, Chelsea v. Manchester United at the Bridge presented a mouth-watering meeting between the league leaders and the reigning champions. And you were not s... Click to continue reading...

Carlo Ancelotti has spoken ahead of the game against United this weekend and has told Alex Ferguson that Chelsea are in the mood to deliver a substantial blow to United's hopes of retaining the Premier League title this season.
"We are happy to play this game at this moment. I think we are doing very well, we are in good condition and we have a very good mental attitude at this moment," "It's a very important game. Click to continue reading...

I have to say maybe I was slightly harsh on the boys after the Atletico game the other night as we are sitting pretty at the top of our group with two games to play.
Let's face it there are a number of big european sides that are all but comfortable at the moment and will be giving their all to make sure of qualification for the last 16. Click to continue reading...

Goal highlights video from the Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea Group D Champions League game on November 3, 2009. Atletico were thrashed 4-0 by Chelsea when they visited the Bridge a fortnight ago. Game kicks off at the Vicente Calderon at 19.45 UK time. Related posts:Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid goals highlights- October 21 Video of goals highlights [. Click to continue reading...

We travel to the Reebok today looking to get our away form back on track as Chelsea take on Bolton for the second time in 4 days. Chelsea ran riot at the Bridge on Wednesday in the League Cup but today is going to be alot different with key players back for both sides so expect a much different kind of game. Click to continue reading...

My obsession with Moses Mabhida Stadium has taken me and my camera there in all kinds of weather yesterday the weather was grey and every now and they it was drizzling, but Durban's 2010 World Cup Stadium still took my breath away, like it does, every time I look at it through my lens.

People's Park

I first jumped out of the car on the bridge that crosses highway to take some pics across the People's Park with the oval walking track that is being constructed- they have cleared all that rubbish and railway yard stuff, and the actual track is taking shake in front of the stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct.

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In addition to last night's victory, a positive was that it was achieved with a number of players who - through injury - had yet to really feature for the side this season.
In his post-match comments, Mark Hughes singled out Roque Santa Cruz and Michael Johnson in particular:

"Roque got a start and a goal as well.

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Worrying news that has come from the weekend is the emergance of Swine Flu within the ranks of the Blackburn Squad and staff. Of course they were at the Bridge on Saturday and some of their players missed the 5-0 thrashing, but Sam Allardyce has warned Chelsea that a Swine Flue outbreak is inevitable at the Bridge! Click to continue reading...

Worrying news that has come from the weekend is the emergance of Swine Flu within the ranks of the Blackburn Squad and staff. Of course they were at the Bridge on Saturday and some of their players missed the 5-0 thrashing, but Sam Allardyce has warned Chelsea that a Swine Flue outbreak is inevitable at the Bridge! Click to continue reading...

Meet England's new Assistant Head Coach
Guardian Headline: "Ice hockey is crazy because it's a mix between boxing and other sports. The referee has to stop the game all the time because each incident leads to a boxing match."
Fabio Capello: Okay, John Terry, when the opposing forward gets too close and, como se dice, slashes you with a low stick near, your ah, the ah, loose parts, you will throw off your gloves and skate up to him, and stop, and spray him with ice. Click to continue reading...

Today Chelsea take on Blackburn at the Bridge in the early evening kick off at 1730. Let's hope that we follow on from the better performance against Atletico in the week and collect a much needed three points after the slip up last week at Villa. Chelsea go into the game with three players confirmed out injured. Click to continue reading...

Today Chelsea take on Blackburn at the Bridge in the early evening kick off at 1730. Let's hope that we follow on from the better performance against Atletico in the week and collect a much needed three points after the slip up last week at Villa. Chelsea go into the game with three players confirmed out injured. Click to continue reading...

Last night at the Bridge, Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid 4-0 with two goals from Kalou, one from Lampard (his first since August - 11 games) and an own goal. Kalou has picked up most of the press this morning for the brace he scored and some of you will say quite rightly so, but he still missed a sitter, dived too late to tap home his hat-trick from cross six yards out, headed wide and was caught Click to continue reading...

Last night at the Bridge, Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid 4-0 with two goals from Kalou, one from Lampard (his first since August - 11 games) and an own goal. Kalou has picked up most of the press this morning for the brace he scored and some of you will say quite rightly so, but he still missed a sitter, dived too late to tap home his hat-trick from cross six yards out, headed wide and was caught

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They call him Mr. Chelsea, and Blues skipper John Terry certainly lived up to that billing when he recently decided to take control of the financial aspect of the women's football team at Stamford Bridge. The economy certainly hit the Chelsea ladies very hard as a significant portion of their funding from previous years was slashed this season.

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Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has become the latest Barcelona star to egotistically pronounce the treble winning club's's dominance over their global rivals. Following Sweden's bitter loss to Denmark this weekend, where the spotlight was stolen away from him thanks to Nicklas Bendtner's scintillating performance for the Danes, Ibrahimovic has taken his frustrations out on former club Inter Milan.

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It was all done in about 4 minutes. 3 Great goals.
Melbourne had their big game last week. And in front of over 30,000 they just were not there. Kruse lasted 30 minutes and didn't do much. Towards the end Melbourne gave them a barrage, particularly Thompson. But Simon Colossimo showed he has earned Craig Moore's Socceroos spot. Click to continue reading...

Good news for Chelsea Blues despite a 0-2 Reserves loss to Arsenal yesterday: Joe Cole is making more moves to return to the Bridge full force. Match reports state Cole was looking fully fit yesterday and even showing increased strength towards match end, despite looking shaky in Chelsea's League Cup tie with QPR last week. Click to continue reading...

With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

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Much love to Everton's Tim Cahill for dedicating his game-winning goal in Europa League action to the tsunami victims in Samoa -- he's got family there.
Also, credit to Hull City and manager Phil Brown for talking down an apparent bridge-jumper down from committing suicide.
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Ok, we face Chelski at the bridge on Sunday after Tuesday's poor performance against Fiorentina midweek, so how are we gonna do?
First of all we need a good effort in midfield from the likes of Mascherano who I hope will be fit enough to play following his hamstring problem, we also need Steven Gerrard playing there to strengthen a midfield which was so poor midweek. Click to continue reading...

Amidst last nights victory saw the albeit brief, but nonetheless significant appearance of Michael Johnson, who was introduced with little over two minutes remaining.
I must confess to being an unabashed Johnson-ite, and have waxed lyrical about his talents throughout his period of absence through injury. Click to continue reading...

Today, Wizards players and staff members and children from nearby New Stanley Elementary School took part in a clean-up event at Ruby Park in KCK called "Greener Goals". As part of the event, players and children painted a mural on a concrete wall under a bridge, picked up trash, painted benches, painted lines on a basketball court and played soccer with one another. Click to continue reading...

Infamous Chelsea flop Chris Sutton has been appointed manager at Lincoln City.

Sutton moved to Chelsea from Blackburn in 1999 for a cool £10 million following Rovers' relegation. He proceeded to net just one goal in 26 league appearances. He was even left out of the squad for the Blues' FA Cup Final win in 2000.

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While he was honored as Estonia's best player in the past half a century by the nation's football association, Mart Poom could not earn even remotely the same kind of respect on club level. Despite boasting a variety of Eastern European and English clubs on his resume during his early days as a player, the legendary former Estonia goalkeeper is best remembered for an extremely inactive spell as a back-up keeper at Arsenal F.

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Another day, another London derby. This time it is QPR coming to the Bridge for what is an eagerly awaited clash, particularly for the Hoops.
I'm looking forward to the game particularly because it represents the best chance Chelsea's younger players have of making an impression that we've seen for a long time.

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Another day, another London derby. This time it is QPR coming to the Bridge for what is an eagerly awaited clash, particularly for the Hoops.
I'm looking forward to the game particularly because it represents the best chance Chelsea's younger players have of making an impression that we've seen for a long time.

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After experiencing a promising start in the top flight by defeating the current Premiership champions, Burnley's form went crashing down with two heavy road defeats at the hands of Chelsea and Liverpool, 3-0 and 4-0 respectively. Now, they have to defend their perfect record at home against Sunderland, who come pumped and ready after thrashing Hull City 4-1 at home.

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