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This weekend's headlines were stolen by Emmauel Adebayor even before a ball was kicked. Saturday morning, Adebayor finally lashed out at his former club Arsenal, moments before the Gunners kicked-off a challenging visit to the Eastlands.

Ok, so Thursday and Friday still feel like a blur and well today, all that's left is the smell of two day old vomit in a bucket and pictures to remind me of the mess Manchester United made of the UEFA Champions League final. By now though, you've probably seen and read just about every report in the world analysing the match so I'm going to take it from another angle.

The Drog loses it After Barcelona's late, late equaliser/winner at the Bridge last night, Didier Drogba was not a happy bunny. As the above video shows, he harrassed the ref, Tom Henning Ovrebo, calling the Norwegian ref's performance "a fucking...

In the mid 1980s, Ian Rush became tantalisingly close to forming a mouth-watering strike partnership with Diego Maradona. Sounds like fiction (!), but it's actually 100% fact.
After scoring 108 goals in 174 games for Liverpool, winning three league championships in a row and lifting the European Cup in Rome, Rush was tempted to leave his beloved Anfield for Napoli in 1984.

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.

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.

Another season of Fantasy Football under the bridge... how did you do? Our side finished with 1901 points, in 31,019 position; a huge jump from last season's 33,211th. In a thousand years time we might win it. Read on the see the season's dream team...

Here it is - the season's dream team. Few surprises really, the Ronaldo/Gerrard/Lampard triumverate featuring once again.

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Next week FC Barcelona will continue their quest to raise the Champions League cup as they take on Premiership powerhouse Chelsea. The last time the two teams went up against each other in the Champions League, Barcelona eliminated Chelsea in the knockout stage on their way to winning the cup that year.

The Real Madrid rumor mill is in full flight once again, although this time it's a Chelsea player that is at the center of the speculation. Eduardo Garcia, who is running for the Real Madrid presidency, has told the media that he has an agreement in place that will bring the Ivorian striker to Spain if he wins the election.

If there's one thing I hate more than anything else it's the constant transfer rumours that keep coming up time and time again when the summer window opens. Last year it was the Gareth Barry to Liverpool/Arsenal nonsense that almost drove me over the edge. And this year...well it was the Barry nonsense again that had me ready to jump off a bridge just so I wouldn't have to hear about it ever again.

It has been a below-par start to the season for Liverpool in terms of results and performance, and although nothing is decided in August or September, there is precious little room for error from this point forward. As such, I have gone through the club's remaining fixtures for the season and looked at the type of results Liverpool must arguably achieve in order to win the title.

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.

Well the first big move of the transfer window has been completed as Wayne Bridge moves from Chelsea to Manchester City to shore up their defense. Honestly, I never really understood why Wayne Bridge continued to stay at Chelsea anyway as Ashley Cole, his competition at club and international level, continued to be first choice at Chelsea.

So this is the second time in a few weeks where a footballer - one kinda famous, one kinda not so much - has demolished the front of his car only to walk away completely unscathed. First it was Torino's Angelo Ogbonna, who drove his off a bridge and is the luckier though slightly less [...]

Seven months ago Luiz Felipe Scolari was hired to take the manager position of Chelsea, and on February 9, 2009, he was fired after a lackluster season thus far. The problem with the firing is that they got rid of the wrong man. Now there are 11 men on the field and only one manager, so getting rid of the manager is the easy thing to do since you can rarely eliminate three or four non performing players.

No doubt, it is great to see two massive sides come together at a massive venue in massive form. Furthermore, if the clash between these two teams has been scheduled for months, proceedings become even more pulsating. Fans of both teams feel the chills down their spines while the neutrals across the world just wait restlessly for a cracker of a game.

What's next for the self proclaimed special one?

In what is being called, by many UEFA pundits, arguably the most thrilling Champions League quarterfinal in recent memory, Chelsea knocked Liverpool out 7-5 on aggregate. However, the aggregate score is certainly flattering for the Blues, who defended amateurish throughout the second leg at home tonight.

Kansas City head coach Curt Onalfo has explained how he saved his family from being crushed to death. Kansas City head coach Curt Onalfo has describe the car accident that nearly claimed his and his families life last weekend before his teams game against the New York Red Bulls. Speaking to reporters this week Onalfo said: "A tractor trailer came head on at us.

It's a tough ask for any team to go to 'The Bridge' against a team of seasoned professionals like Chelsea and sneak a result. But if it's any team that can do it, you best bet your lucky stars that team is Barcelona. Not that I don't think Chelsea will hold their own tonight, it's just that the Spaniards are at the top of their game at the moment and will pull the strings in controlling this match, as they did so easily last week.

All they needed was a win to make sure they were free of being dragged in to the final day relegation battle against a side guaranteed Premiership Football for next season but Portsmouth proved a bridge too far for Sunderland. They will now go in to Sunday's final round of matches knowing whatever happens they have to match Newcastle United and Hull City's results come 6pm to have any chance of survival.

After several teams looked sluggish and tired at the weekend, this midweek round could see some very random results even by the Tippeliga's standards..

Wednesday

Fredrikstad (14th) Lyn (16th)

One rather peculiar quirk of the current standings is that bottom of the table Lyn actually have a better goal difference than Aalesund, who are eighth.

So according to the press Chelsea will announce their first signings of the summer when they unveil Yuri Zhirkov, Daniel Sturridge and Ross Turnbull as the latest recruits to the Bridge. Zhirkov (who can play anywhere down the left flank) will sign for a reported £17m, Sturridge to be decided by tribunal and Turnbull from Middlesborough on a free transfer to come in as Cech's understudy.

Last week I heard this song on the radio, Electric Feel by MGMT.

I had heard this song a handful of times, but couldn't figure out why it sounded familar. Then it came to me. Wait for the chorus at 0:52 of Found A Job by Talking Heads:

MGMT's last album was one of the most critically acclaimed of last year.

In yet another reason why the Internet rules, Soul Train has its own YouTube channel.

I can be 98% sure that, in the mid-70s, I was the only boy in my neighborhood who watched Soul Train. Obviously, I had no idea why it was such a culturally important show, and it didn't matter that the dancers or performers looked like nobody I knew.

Gallery, Images, Photos and Pictures of Manchester City v Celtic, Pre-Season Friendly Match, August 2009. Includes Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor, Robinho, Kolo Touré, Gareth Barry, Wayne Bridge, Tal Ben Haim and Craig Bellamy.

There isn't anyone in the country (apart from Burnley fans) who are not surprised by the start that Owen Coyle's Burnley have had to their Premier League season. To have two great results against Man Utd and Everton where virtually all of us would of had them down as home "bankers" is fantastic and they are next at the Bridge on Saturday for the lunchtime, televised kick off at 1245.

World football's governing body FIFA has given Chelsea FC a one year transfer ban for the Blues' alleged role in making youngster Gael Kakuta break his contract with French club Lens. Chelsea will not be able to buy or even loan players in the next two transfer windows ( The January 2010 winter window, and the [.

Ironically, though it's labeled as a decider, the outcome of tonight's match might end up not carrying much weight when things come to a close. Because even with a win tonight, we'd have to count on Ukraine dropping points to either Belarus tonight or England in one month's time. And if on par with points before the very last fixture, goal difference would kick in, meaning basically we'd go head to head as to who can batter their opponents more on the night (those unlucky sides being Kazahstan and Andorra respectively).

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.
Good stuff guys.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chelsea beat Porto last night 1-0 with a goal from Nicolas Anelka to top the Champions League group stages last night. The result mean't that the group was done and dusted with a game to go against APOEL at the Bridge and a chance for us to rest some players.
The 1-0 win last night turned out to be enough on the night to see us through but I have to say I wasn't impressed at all with our performance.

ANDREI ARSHAVIN will sign for Arsenal this month — despite Zenit St Petersburg turning down an initial £10million bid. Club spokesman Alexei Petrov revealed: "I can confirm that Zenit did get an official offer of about £10m from Arsenal for Andrei Arshavin. "It was rejected as insufficient. No new offers have arrived from [.

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Another season, and another dramatic sacking by Chelsea Football Club. The latest sacking of Felipe Scolari has prompted football fans to ask many questions. Perhaps the most popular question at the moment is in regards to the connection between Chelsea and Real Madrid. Real Madrid have always been a quality club.

Over the course of Premier League history, fans have seen some whacky characters. From Eric Cantona to Jose Mourinho, certain people just stuck out as people who believed in entitlement. Similar to the American view of manifest destiny, in football we see players and managers feel entitled to winning things.