Arsenal are center of most of today's transfer rumors as The Guardian is reporting that Arsenal are in hot pursuit of West Ham's Matthew Upson. The move will follow Kolo Toure's departure to Manchester City. Wenger is a known admirer of Upson, having previously purchased him in May of 1997 from Luton Town.

Steve Bruce can rest easy coaching Sunderland because the club that he grew up worshiping is no longer in the Premiership. There will be no matches with Newcastle and its fans who will call Bruce out. What about the suspicions that Black Cat fans may have?

"I think they like one of their own from the north east," .

So Andrei Arshavin is starting to make loud noises about his future, and it doesn't look like playing in Russia is a part of it.  He's telling Zenit St. Petersburg that if he has to, he'll buy out his contract (this is the only link that is currently available, the Telegraph also reported the same [.

The world of football swirls on.

Rooney scores his 101st goal, Ronaldinho announces his revival with a delectable bicycle kick which would have sent the Serie into raptures had it worked, our prayers are with Calum Davenport, Liverpool slides down further with a defeat to Villa, and Lescott is finally traded to City.

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West Ham player Calum Davenport had emergency surgery after two thugs repeatedly stabbed him in both legs. Davenport's mother was also knifed in the attack at his home town in Bedford, Bedfordshire. A West Ham spokesman said that the mother was recovering but her son was in serious condition and it is thought the father [.

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[Dirty Tackle] It began a couple days ago with the stabbing of Calum Davenport in his home; it was exacerbated by the death of Jack Collison's father, who was on his way to watch his son take on Tottenham; and all was seen toppling over during the Carling Cup match against Millwall last night in a [.

From The Stadium of Light, Attendance 45,408 , Referee Rob Styles Sunderland 1 - 2 Manchester United

Kenwyne Jones (55)

Paul Scholes (19)
Federico Macheda (76)

Sunderland Team Statistics Manchester United 1 Goals 2 4 Shots On Target 3 6 Shots Off Target 9 9 Shots Blocked 8 5 Corners 5 0 Offsides 1 7 Fouls 6 1 Yellow Cards 2 0 Red Cards 0 34.

I really do. Not all their fans are arseholes but from a lot of the stuff they came on here with last season, a large proportion are. I do have a lot of time for Zola and Clarke though and it must have been a tough game mentally for their players after the tragic Calum Davenport incident.

It wasn't an impressive Tottenham performance as it was in our first two games of the season, but it was impressive if you are impressed by Spurs grinding out results, something we haven't been able to do in seasons past.

Hammers player battles to save leg West Ham defender Calum Davenport is reportedly fighting to avoid a leg amputation after being stabbed in both legs in the early hours of Saturday morning. The 26-year-old and his mother were both stabbed at the family home in Kempston, near Bedford. Reports suggest Davenport was stabbed twice in each leg [.

They Think It's All Over... is saddened and sickened by what has happened to Calum Davenport.

Ashley Young is fast and Lucas is slow

• Aston Villa take on Liverpool at Anfield today [Sky Sports]

• Everton's demise is confusing [Football Corner]

• West Ham's Calum Davenport stabbed in both legs, fighting to avoid amputation [Off the Post]

• Joleon Lescott signs for Man City.

So I know I usually post on Wednesdays, but as I'm off Uni for two weeks I somewhat lost track of the days and completely forgot that yesterday was in fact Wednesday. So here's an article to make up for it. Seeing the terrible violence and ridiculous behaviour of those so called football fans at Upton [.

They Think It's All Over... forgot what day it was and so has posted his usual WDKF Wednesday article on a Thursday. Go figure (and read).

So I know I usually post on Wednesdays, but as I'm off Uni for two weeks I somewhat lost track of the days and completely forgot that yesterday was in fact Wednesday. So here's an article to make up for it. Seeing the terrible violence and ridiculous behaviour of those so called football fans at Upton [.

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For our overseas brethren who don't know of Jerry Springer Show glory, have a peak at this joyous little clip. When Calum Davenport was stabbed in both legs in August, it was a potentially tragic crime committed against an athlete whose career was then put into jeopardy. Coupled with the constant involuntary open houses of Merseyside, [.

Jozy Altidore's Hull City got their first win of the young season with a 1-0 win over Bolton. And Altidore, after a long wait and some complications, got his chance to play. Coming on in the 59th minute for striker Caleb Folan, Altidore immediately made an impact providing an acrobatic assist to fellow newbie Kamel Ghilas for the gamewinner.