By Ollie Irish

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Jermain Defoe caught receiving blowjob in the back of a car. Yuck [Holy Moly]

Pies has been nominated for a couple of awards: best blog and best blogger. Yay! Please vote for us if you enjoy our meatiness (that came out wrong) [EPL Talk]

Frank Ribery has been quizzed by French police investigating a prostitution case involving a minor.

According to the Lancashire Telegraph, Blackburn chairman John Williams is confident that David Dunn, whose contract ends after this season, will sign a new deal. Williams said,

"It has all been very positive ... Both parties want the deal to happen and negotiations are still ongoing.

Liverpool fans tend to lump together the disasters of Hillsborough and Heysel. Whilst I've never sung a Hillsborough song in my life, I see Heysel as fair game. The actions of Liverpool fans lead to the deaths of 39 people, yet after the tragedy, their club washed their hands of the disaster.

They blamed Chelsea fans and didn't appologise for what happened until 20 years later.

Some ill-advised comments made by the Celtic chairman John Reid at last year's club AGM may now be coming back to haunt him, as rivals Rangers seem to be coasting to a Scottish Premier League championship. Mark Murphy takes a look at how the two clubs have progressed this season and finds that Reid's bullishness couldn't have come with much worse timing.

It was a surprise when Celtic announced that they had hired Tony Mowbray as their manager in the summer. Mowbray was fresh of leading West Brom to relegation from the Premier League.

Mowbray is not a good manager and it was not a surprise when Celtic fired him after nine months in charge.

This month, Old Trafford, home of Manchester United celebrates its one hundredth birthday and has an amazing history. . In 1902 Manchester United were known as Newton Heath , newly appointed chairman John Henry Davies pushed for a new stadium to built as he believed their current stadium, Bank Street simply wasn't good enough for a [.

UPDATE: According to Andy Cryer at the Lancashire Telegraph, Blackburn have not had any negotiations with Portsmouth for striker John Utaka. Utaka's agent, Monique Van Vossem, said,

"We had heard there might be some interest from Blackburn but nothing definite at the moment .

According to The Independent, the possible takeover of Blackburn will not help the club this transfer window as it will not be completed until after the transfer deadline. Manager Sam Allardyce said,

"The new investment is not going to arrive before the transfer window is shut .

Standard Chartered Bank relishes paying £20m to Liverpool FC this season – an indication the Anfield club has achieved a successful campaign.
The bank agreed a four-year £80m performance-related shirt sponsorship with Liverpool starting this season with remuneration linked to on-field achievements.

UPDATE: According to Sky Sports News, Blackburn are in "tentative negotiations" with Litex Lovech for striker Ivelin Popov. Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce said,

"We had a little look at him and we are in tentative negotiations .

Blackburn may have beaten Everton 1-0 last weekend, but Big Sam wants more goals out of his squad. His newest attempt at adding to his squad up front is Benjani.

The 32-year-old striker has been on trial with Blackburn in an attempt to prove he's fully recovered from a knee problem which he suffered at Portsmouth that derailed his season last year.

Earlier this week saw the twentieth anniversary of Yeovil Town's move from The Huish, their famously sloping home since 1928, to the brand new Huish Park stadium. In the intervening two decades much has changed and, for Yeovil Town, this has meant moving into the Football League and establishing themselves in League One.

UPDATE: According to Sky Sports News, Blackburn did not sign Ivelin Popov because they were unable to sell Jason Roberts to generate funds. Chairman John Williams said,

"We were expecting a bid for Jason Roberts .

It was in March 1983 that I first went to Kenilworth Road. Parents of the children junior school that I had starting attending had recently knitted what they believed to be the world's longest ever football scarf and we were invited to show it off on the pitch before Luton's First Division match against West Bromwich Albion, which then featured on Anglia Television's "Match Of The Week" (from which this weekly article takes its name) that evening.

By Chris Wright

Indian poultry and pharmaceuticals (chicken and drugs?) conglomerate Venkys are within weeks of completing their takeover of Blackburn Rovers.

A statement released this morning by Venkys chairperson Anuradha Desai via the club's official site reads:

"We expect to be the first Indian company to acquire a Premier League team.

The club from Lancashire appears set to be taken over by new owners. The new owners are an Indian group, called Venky's, which is traditionally connected with pharmaceuticals and poultry. The Venky's group has a £1 billion turnover and last reported a £118 million profit, for the financial year 2009/2010.

Stags chairman John Radford has announced his four-man shortlist for the vacant managerial role at Mansfield Town, as the ground staff at Field Mill battle to be ready for the weekend game with Barrow.

Current caretaker manager Duncan Russell is among the final four but Radford has been playing his cards close to his chest regarding the other three candidates.

As you may already know, I was born and bred in Blackburn, Lancashire, so the Rovers are my team. Because I live in California I rarely get to see them play live, but I follow them everyday on the internet and Fox Soccer Channel.

I am dazed and confused with the happenings at Ewood Park.

Firstly, I cannot beleive the club was sold for only $45million.