Wolves fans are gutted. Prior to this weekend's fixtures, Portsmouth had lost their first seven matches. While losing runs can't go on forever, every club in the country was licking it's lips at the prospect of playing the South Coast side. But on a glorious Saturday afternoon, in front of a packed Molineux, Wolves fans witnessed utter horror as their team became the first club to give up points to Europe's worst team.

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Fabregas rips into banned Adebayor
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LONDON — Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has hit out at former team-mate Emmanuel Adebayor's violent conduct which led to a three-match ban for the Manchester City striker on Thursday.

Adebayor was handed the ban by the Football Association for stamping on the face of Arsenal's Robin van Persie during a stormy Premier League match which City won 4-2 last week.

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Fabregas rips into banned Adebayor
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LONDON — Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has hit out at former team-mate Emmanuel Adebayor's violent conduct which led to a three-match ban for the Manchester City striker on Thursday.

Adebayor was handed the ban by the Football Association for stamping on the face of Arsenal's Robin van Persie during a stormy Premier League match which City won 4-2 last week.

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One of the greatest soap opera returns to television screens on Friday and it will provide us fans with the characters that will love and the ones we love to hate. No this is not Eastenders or Coronation Street it's the Football LEAGUE!

The three Coca-Cola leagues, that are arguably the most competitive leagues in the world, are packed with teams all eager to hit the ground running at the weekend.

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Del Amitri and football are not something that usually mix. Certainly not with any success, anyway (see this example of World Cup pessimism for details). But whilst musing over Michael Owen's "Eastenders-end-scene" switch to Manchester United this weekend, it was hard to ignore one of Justin Currie's lyrics.

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Del Amitri and football are not something that usually mix. Certainly not with any success, anyway (see this example of World Cup pessimism for details). But whilst musing over Michael Owen's "Eastenders-end-scene" switch to Manchester United this weekend, it was hard to ignore one of Justin Currie's lyrics.

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Del Amitri and football are not something that usually mix. Certainly not with any success, anyway (see this example of World Cup pessimism for details). But whilst musing over Michael Owen's "Eastenders-end-scene" switch to Manchester United this weekend, it was hard to ignore one of Justin Currie's lyrics.

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Thanks for playing along nicely so far. I was quite worried that taking this approach would lead to a load of nonsense in the comments, but I think we're getting some quite interesting discussion about the types of players who might be available and why. Hurray.

While we worry that EastEnders are playing dangerous games with the loyalty of us Bradley Branning fans, on with the show.

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I can't deny it. I hate Chelsea. I hate John Terry, I hate Frank Lampard and I even hate Chelsea from Eastenders. In truth? Chelsea make me sick.
I guess people will say I'm just jealous. Well I'm not. It's obvious that Chelsea have had more success than Arsenal in recent times. Of course I don't like that. Click to continue reading...

After the weekends results our hold on fourth place is looking more and more certain everyday. It's almost as certain as Harry Redknapp having a twitching fit after yet another Spurs defeat. Put it this way, the fat lady hasn't sung yet, but she is beginning to warm up her voice with a reassuring hum. Click to continue reading...

A joke that will mean nothing to our American readers What do Kathy Mitchell from Eastenders and the Blues have in common? Answer after the jump... They both got screwed by Phil and Grant! Spotted on Football Banter Click to continue reading...

Welcome, to the crazy world of trophy football Click to continue reading...

With the very real danger of adding to the debate, I have to say that I'm sick and tired about hearing about Rob Styles gifting United a penalty on Saturday against Bolton. Referees' make mistakes, get over it.
I don't know if it's just me, but the BBC in particular seems to be snided out with ABUs these days and there's definitely too many Liverpool fans in the Biased Broadcasting Corporation. Click to continue reading...

What we posted on Sunday regarding the Corluka deal being completed and City being in turmoil is now the lead story in the tabloids today.
Although Hughes released a statement trying to cover the whole situation up yesterday, the full story has now been exposed.
Corluka doesn't want to be at the sinking ship that is City and I'll be surprised if he isn't in a Spurs shirt by the weekend. Click to continue reading...

For the last couple of days I've been on a course at Elstree in Hertfordshire. It was my first visit to this particular site and during yesterday's lunch break, I took advantage of a break in filming to go and have a look around the EastEnders set.
I waved to Stacey (Lacey Turner, who incidentally pulled up in a very swish new blue Peugeot), Roxy (Rita Simons) and Steven (Aaron Sidwell) and surprisingly they waved back before going back inside for their next shoot. Click to continue reading...

Congratulations to Craig Bellamy who was named Footballer of the Year for Wales, beating out the likes of Ryan Giggs and Gareth Bale. Anytime a Liverpool player, former or not, beats out a Man U player for something, the sun seems to shine a little brighter. It was the first time the 28-year-old striker has won the award. The always humble Bells was surprised to win, but thought he was more deserving in previous years. Click to continue reading...

I would write a headline like 'Gerrard hates foreigners', but unlike just the one single comment I have ever received calling me a 'wind-up merchant', I am in fact not and honestly, anyone who states such an opinion does not read me regularly. Furthermore, I cannot stand the non-news sites, a.k.a. 'wind-up blogs', who write rubbish trying to draw people to their sites so they can increase their hits. Click to continue reading...

Sounds like the worst B-movie ever made, huh? Well, it's worse than that. Those three are part of the 14 contestants for BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing for their upcoming fall season. Other contestants include snooker legend Willie Thorne, former Scottish rugby star Kenny Logan, a couple of former Eastenders actors, actor Brian Capron, who played a serial killer on Coronation Street, and Rod Stewart's current spouse, Penny Lancaster. Click to continue reading...