By Alan Duffy
"Oi Xavi, stop poncing about, go long... hit the channels, you f*****g girl's
blouse"
Never one to hide his light under a bushel, West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has eased Hammers fans
fears by reiterating that, despite being linked to the England job (a tiny bit), he is still fully
focused on his job at Upton Park.
By Alan Duffy
It took a cool £8million to get the case to this stage, where a joyful Harry Redknapp walks
free from Southwark Crown Court and back to Tottenham and their title charge. Hardly a sensible use
of money?
While Arsenal fans will no doubt be crying into their free-trade cappuccinos, Sky Sports News
will no doubt be breathing a sigh of relief.
By Alan Duffy
"You see this smile on my face? It's only for the cameras, ok? I genuinely despise
you"
Currently doing a spot of pre-season training in Spain with new club Shanghai Shenhua, Le Sulk,
Nicolas Anelka, has described the hell he had to endure during his final days at Chelsea.
By Alan Duffy
At 11.30 am today, Twitter almost burst at the seams with journos declaring that Spurs boss
Harry Redknapp, along with his former Pompey boss Milan Mandaric, had been found not guilty on two
charges of tax evasion.
Interestingly, at the same time, England boss Fabio Capello was heading to The FA for a showdown
meeting following his remarks to the Italian media that, in the eyes of the Italian, John Terry was
still his captain.
By Alan Duffy
Gary Lineker may himself exude a certain charm-free smugness but next to the high king of smug
gobshitery that is Piers Morgan, the Match Of The Day host is a crisp-promoting little sweetie
bum.
Morgan took on Lineker on Twitter today, as he continues to cultivate his contrived "Mr Nasty"
image.
By Alan Duffy
In the past 12 months or so, the global nature of football has become all the more apparent, as
the UAE, India and China have suddenly become legitimate destinations for some of the game's bigger
(and mostly older) stars.
By Alan Duffy
Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League 6th February 2012
The Premier League's enfant terrible, Luis Suarez, made a return to action last night after
serving his eight-game ban, but even the gifted Uruguayan couldn't kickstart what was a rather flat
performance from Liverpool at Anfield.
By Alan Duffy
Stoke City 0-1 Sunderland Premier League 4th February 2012
Martin O'Neill's Black Cats continued their ascent of the table on Saturday against Stoke,
although the very harsh sending-off of Robert Huth on half-time was undeniably a game-changing
moment.
By Alan Duffy
Norwich City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers Premier League 4th February 2012
An injury-ravaged Norwich fought their away to their fifth home league win of the season on
Saturday, a victory which condemned the visiting Trotters to another spell in the relegation
zone.
By Alan Duffy
West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Swansea City Premier League 4th February 2012
Swansea registered only their second away league win of the season at the Hawthorns on Saturday,
after a hard fought victory against West Brom.
By Alan Duffy
The FA have finally decided that, until the John Terry case is resolved, the England man should
be stripped of the captaincy. The FA expect the trial to be over and done with prior to the Euro
Finals, but one wonders if JT will ever have the pleasure of sporting the captain's armband for his
country again.
By Alan Duffy
Young midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong is one of the Premier League's more charismatic chaps, with
his all-action and passionate performances on the pitch endearing him to Wolves' fans ever since he
made his loan move from Arsenal.
By Alan Duffy
Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Arsenal Premier League 1st February 2012
Arsenal match reports are starting to write themselves loads of possession, nice passing, loads
of chances, no goals. More often than not you can even tag "concede late goal from set-piece" onto
the end of that, although on this occasion, the Gunners did manage to go off-script and keep their
sheet clean for the night.
By Alan Duffy
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Liverpool Premier League 31st January 2012
Liverpool boosted their top four chances with an impressive victory over Wolves at Molineux on
Tuesday night, while Andy Carroll celebrated the first anniversary of his move to Merseyside with a
much-needed goal.
By Alan Duffy
Swansea City 1-1 Chelsea Premier League 31th January 2012
A last-gasp Neil Taylor own-goal saved Chelsea from another disappointing defeat on Tuesday
night, after Swansea gave the home fans another superb display of pacy attacking football.
By Alan Duffy
Finally getting himself out of the courtroom and into familiar environs of a football stadium,
Harry "I'm not a wheeler-dealer" Redknapp no doubt enjoyed seeing his charges stroll to a 3-1
victory against Wigan.
But just what was the Tottenham boss saying under his breath after noticing that 'the filth'
were in his manor, keeping an eye on him?
By Alan Duffy
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Wigan Athletic Premier League 31st January 2012
Welsh wing-wizard Gareth Bale was once again Tottenham's star performer as the north Londoners
got their title tilt back on track at White Hart Lane in front of Harry Redknapp, who was back in
the dug-out to watch his charges win.
By Alan Duffy
Manchester United 2-0 Stoke City Premier League 31st January 2011
A penalty kick either side of half-time was enough to give an under-par United side a vital win
at Old Trafford on Tuesday night, a victory that sees them go level with title rivals City at the
top of the table.
By Alan Duffy
After watching his side throw away a two-goal in a bizarre seven-minute second-half capitulation
at the Emirates, Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish is apparently desperate for some kind of
retribution, with Arsenal captain Robin Van Persie firmly in his sights.
By Alan Duffy
Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa FA Cup 29th January 2012
With Aston Villa going in at half-time two goals up, Arsene Wenger would no doubt have been
preparing himself for a mountain of abuse from the Emirates crowd for the rest of the
afternoon.
By Alan Duffy
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Newcastle United FA Cup 29th January 2012
Oh how Newcastle boss Alan Pardew must be counting down the hours 'til his double dose of
Dembas, Ba and Papiss Cisse, return to the north-east of England.
By Alan Duffy
Having found himself in the middle of the Andrei Arshavin/Arsene Wenger booing controversy at
the Emirates at the the weekend, teenage winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has apparently now played
himself into Fabio Capello's plans for the Euro 2012 finals.
By Alan Duffy
#gobshite #withoutaclub #sixgrandoutofpocket
Once one of the country's most highly-rated young players, 32-year-old Michael Ball has been
punished by The FA for an offensive Tweet he sent to Coronation Street star Anthony Cotton.
By Alan Duffy
OMG... Da playrz h8 me... Im a total ****... FFS!!! :(
We've all done it, had a few too many down the pub only to drunkenly text someone, usually an ex
or someone we fancy. However, I doubt many of us have sent a late night text informing professional
footballers that they had been dropped for the following day's game.
By Alan Duffy
Forget the roasting and the racism, the diving and the drinking, sometimes footballers can
actually be rather nice. And there seems to be no nicer chap in the world of football right now
than Barcelona's Eric Abidal.
The 32-year-old French defender, who recovered from liver cancer himself, recentlyvisited a
local hospital in Barcelona and was particularly moved by one patient, 15-year-old Juan Garcia.
By Alan Duffy
Sometimes the world isn't fair. And for League Two Morecambe on Saturday, the world was very
very unfair.
After getting the scoreline back to 2-1 in their home clash with Torquay, play-off hopefuls
Morecambe pushed for a late equaliser.
Everton Boss David Moyes has praised the maturity of Ireland U21 International Shane Duffy after
his home Premier League debut at Goodison Park yesterday against Blackburn.
Speaking after the 1-1 draw Moyes said "Shane Duffy had a terrific game. He was arguably our best
player today and he's a young boy; we just needed a lot more in every department.
By Alan Duffy
Sunderland 2-0 Swansea City Premier League 21 January 2012
Despite dominating for large periods of the game, Swansea's lack of a cutting edge would cost
them dear against a Sunderland side who to continue to flourish under Martin O'Neill.
By Alan Duffy
Stoke City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion Premier League 21st January 2012
West Brom secured a vital three points away at a blustery Britannia against a Stoke side who
never really got into their stride.
By Alan Duffy
Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Wigan Athletic Premier League 21 January 2012
After seeing his side produce an impressive performance against Wigan at Loftus Road on Saturday
afternoon, new QPR boss Mark Hughes surely wouldn't have cared what his players were Tweeting
about.
By Alan Duffy
Norwich City 0-0 Chelsea Premier League 21 January 2012
Chelsea failed to make much ground on third-placed Tottenham at Carrow Road on Saturday, after
playing out a rather disappointing goalless draw with Norwich City.
By Alan Duffy
"Re-Tweet this son you're f****n' s**t"
Hell hath no fury than a spurned football manager, particularly if it's Neil Warnock. The ex-QPR
boss, who tends to divide opinion (people either strongly dislike him or hate him), has hit out at
the influence of critics and players on owner Tony Fernandes, claiming that his own reputation was
"slowly poisoned" by outside forces with Twitter playing a key role in his downfall.
By Alan Duffy
A bit of good-natured tomfoolery or an assault with a (not-so) deadly weapon? Well, the local
Spanish Old Bill took the latter view after seeing a Valencia fan cheekily bounce the ball off the
head of Levante goalkeeper Gustavo Munua.
By Alan Duffy
Phwoar!
He may be well and truly into the autumnal phase of his career, however, at 36-years-old, David
Beckham still has a craving for footie with a place in Stuart Pearce's Team GB side at the Olympics
top of his to-do list.
By Alan Duffy
Now playing in his homeland for Yokoham F Marinos, midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura, formerly of
Celtic and Espanyol, has been showing off his famed dead-ball expertise on Japanese telly, by
directing a football through the window of a moving bus.
Why? I'm not exactly sure.
By Alan Duffy
Undoubtedly one of the most consistent defenders in the Premier League over the past few years,
Christopher Samba has finally decided to leave Blackburn Rovers, handing in a transfer request at
the struggling club.
Now 27-years-old, the goal-scoring centre-back is in his prime and no doubt wants to escape the
negativity pervading Ewood Park.
By Alan Duffy
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Manchester City Premier League 16th January 2012
An Edin Dzeko header midway through the first-half was enough to give Manchester City a win at
the DW Stadium on Monday night, a victory that puts them three points clear of rivals Man United at
the top of the table.
By Alan Duffy
Gooners desperately hoping that Arsene Wenger will finally open his dusty old cheque book and
splash out on Klaas-Jan Huntelaar or Lukas Podolski might have to hold that thought, as, according
to the Guardian, the Arsenal boss is keen on signing up Robin Van Persie's five-year-old boy,
Shaqueel (surely he'll be a basketball player?
By Alan Duffy
Gooners desperately hoping that Arsene Wenger will finally open his dusty old cheque book and
splash out on Klaas-Jan Huntelaar or Lukas Podolski might have to hold that thought, as, according
to the Guardian, the Arsenal boss is keen on signing up Robin Van Persie's five-year-old boy,
Shaqueel (surely he'll be a basketball player?
By Alan Duffy
West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Norwich City Premier League 14th January 2012
What a superb season Norwich City, newly-promoted to the top tier, are having. Finding
themselves in ninth-place, only eight points off a European place, Paul Lambert and co.
