Ouch! The sight of blood pouring everywhere over Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet showed that his broken nose was a serious injury. After all, it had been caused by Emile Heskey in Saturday's Premier League draw. But there have been plenty of bizarre breaks and injuries too... here are our top five.

Injuries are an occupational hazard of football. A slight muscle pull, an awkward landing on the pitch, or a crunching can all be sources of a spell in the sidelines. However, there are surprisingly are a wide variety of different ways a football player can end up on the treatment table, as Swansea City defender [.

Football's top 10 silliest injuries including Alan Tate, Andy Carroll, Rio Ferdinand and Dave Beasant

Dog wee, a kid's bike and a moose... now there's one strapline we never throught we'd be writing!

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We are cheating a bit this week by breaking our top 10 into two parts. The reason for this is because injuries fall into three different categories. 1) Boring. They pulled their hammy, waaa, 2) Stupid footballer's getting injured in unorthodox ways (our personal favourite) and 3) horrible leg breaks that turn your stomach (The two later make this list.

The next in our "Those We Have Lost" series is a little different to the rest. Wimbledon supporter Tom Lines missed the club's days at Plough Lane, but by the time that he was old enough he was venturing across south London to see his team play at Selhurst Park. If you would like to contribute to this series which will be collected together as a page on the site for posterity please drop us a line using the contact page in the links at the top.

Seriousness versus frivolity. Aesthetics versus the dour practicality of not having the money to be able to spend on the very best players in the world. It has felt this season as if there is a new schism opening up in football. It now feels as if there is a type of football that is artistically, technically and, dare we say it, morally superior to all others.