Arsenal's Emirates Stadium might still be shiny, but it lacks history and has been criticised for its soulless feel, a fact recognised by Arsene Wenger. "Highbury had a natural soul, because of the history," said Wenger "We have to create history here at the Emirates.

As had been first rumored here on MLSR, LA Galaxy have now completed the long rumored signing of Chris Birchall, having come to terms with the former Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder, according to this article. It's expected an official announcement will be released by the club and the league sometime later today or later this week.

Behind every great fortune is a forgotten crime.
And, behind every small fortune are a whole array of smaller forgotten criminal indiscretions.
But crimes they remain.
Anthony Grant Bloom is the new chairperson of Brighton And Hove Albion FC.
Bloom demanded the role in return for his financial commitment to the continuation of the Falmer Stadium Project (FSP).

As the Soca Warrior prepares to make his debut for the Galaxy, the press on the other side of the pond has begun taking another look at the LA Galaxy for reasons not entirely involving Beckham.
The following excerpt appears courtesy of The Staffordshire Sentinel:

It's a lifestyle that seemed the preserve of David and Victoria Beckham, but the Los Angeles dream is set to become a reality for former Port Vale footballer Chris Birchall and girlfriend Lucy Mulroy, after the midfielder signed for LA Galaxy, writes Liz Rowley .

Imagine on Monday morning you get a phone call. Your company's biggest competitor is on the line, offering you exactly the same job but on twice the salary. What's more, they'll give you a couple of million quid as a sweetener just for signing on. Now don't get me wrong, I love my job. But you'd have to be a pretty brave or, to be frank, a pretty stupid man to hang up the phone.

Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club is an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They play in Football League One, after their relegation following the 2005-06 season from the Championship. The team are nicknamed 'Seagulls', partly due to the city's seaside location and partly as a response [.

In a similar vein to the 1990 book of the same name this is an account of my favourite year, part one.

Brighton & Hove Albion Second Division 6th place (losing Play-Off finalists) FA Cup 4th round League Cup 1st round.

Albion 1990-91 (wearing the worst kit of all time)

The motley bunch above, wearing the lurid pink strip, looking like some Gay World Cup side, is the team from my favourite ever season, 1990-91.

Leading European bookmakers enjoy the 'revenge served cold' template of reactive rutting.
On a global level, this is not a strategy that is frequently an option due to the incredible degrees of dexterity demonstrated by the Asian layers - any tactic against the Far East is merely seen as an invitation to play.

Episode 141 of the EPL Talk Podcast features an interview with Nick Szczepanik, writer for The Times newspaper and a regular co-host on TheGame Podcast. Szczepanik offers an intriguing insight to English football by having lived in the United States and being a follower of American sports.

This week's little darling is the podium-dancing fireeater Jo Jo from Brighton. Jo is also a Promo girl for her local team Brighton and Hove Albion.

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If you would like to be our girl of the week then e-mail girls@ukfootballfinder.

Sorry but that's zoo Yes, OTP may have spent a few minutes wondering how a 35-year-old striker came to be more down with the kids than us, and pondering precisely what sort of situation had to arise to be considered suitably 'zoo'. Then we realised the journeyman Brighton striker was merely celebrating his 200th goal.

Thanks to the millions being shelled out by Premiership teams like Manchester City, Tottenham and the big four this season, it is easy to forget that English football is currently seized by its very own credit crunch. Today Luton Town dropped out of the football league for the first time in 89 years in football's equivalent to the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year.

Jon-Paul Pittman saw thirty minutes as Wycombe Wanderers fell to fellow League One team Brighton and Hove Albion in the FA Cup first round replay, wrapping up the first round of the tournament.