By Ollie Irish

Via Wengerball

Robbie Savage almost lost his cool on BBC Radio 5 Live when defending the sort of 'They don't like it up 'em' football that has made the English Premier League so rife with injuries. He also admitted that when he was a Blackburn Rovers player, then-manager Mark Hughes gave him explicit orders to be physical and cynical.

As I mentioned in the last board game review this is likely to be a very short series, and so it has proved with this being the second and probably last (for now) board game review.

This game is endorsed by Emlyn Hughes, a man who was one of the first players to forge a career outside of football, chiefly as team captain on Question of Sport opposite England rugby legend Bill Beaumont.

An article from passionate Liverpool supporter Rohan Kalli... You can also follow Rohan on Twitter @rohan_kalli and see other posts of his on his blog at http://www.hetoreahamstring.me.uk

Liverpool Football Club are, in the opinion of many observers, a club in crisis. A footballing institution driven into financial ruin by two American owners, a giant of British football reduced to seventh place in the Premier League last season.

By Ollie Irish

Asamoah Gyan's guest rap got us thinking about other ballers who have stepped up to the mic and wrecked the joint...

1. Clint 'Deuce' Dempsey Deuce fronted up for Setanta to prove that, whilst he's more Vanilla Ice than Eminem, he can actually walk the walk:

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By Ollie Irish

Photos: PA

After a short break, we're back with another photo essay on a great British football ground. Today we focus on the late Ninian Park, the old home of Cardiff City, until it was bulldozed in 2009.

As Rangers walk out at Old Trafford today, old timers will recall when clashes between English and Scottish clubs were some of the biggest, most vibrant, most electric games imaginable.

The European Cup semi-final clash between Leeds and Celtic in 1970 was one of the most momentous games of that decade, possibly of all time.

While Manchester United need to bounce back against Rangers tonight from conceding late equalisers at Craven Cottage and Goodison, it is Rangers fans who have the greater need for redemption, after dirtying the image of British football fans in 2008.

As a Mancunian I can still see the CCTV footage on the evening news of Rangers fans turning my beloved city into a warzone; fans having running battles with police officers past Mosley Street station, from which I used to get the last metro home as a teenager; a full-on riot in Albert Square, home of the medieval Manchester Town Hall, through which I walked every day when living off Deansgate.

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