2010 is on the horizon and it's safe to say that it's been a wonderful decade for football. We here at Footy Factor have taken the opportunity to celebrate the greatest teams, players, and matches of the past 10 years. Next up...

Upset of the Decade

Winner: Senegal 1 – France 0 (2002 World Cup, Group Stage).

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Jamie Carragher admits Liverpool are paying the price for letting Nicolas Anelka leave the club.
The Chelsea striker enjoyed a productive loan spell at Anfield under Gerard Houllier in 2001-02, but chose not to sign the Frenchman permanently, instead signing El Hadji Diouf was signed for £12 million. Click to continue reading...

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Jamie Carragher: Liverpool should have signed Nicolas Anelka

The Chelsea striker enjoyed a productive loan spell at Anfield under Gerard Houllier in 2001-02, but chose not to sign the Frenchman permanently, instead signing El Hadji Diouf was signed for £12 million.

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After the 2-0 loss to Liverpool in the Premier League last weekend, Man United really needed a win against Blackburn Rovers. United were without the injured trio of Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Nemanja Vidic.
The Man United starting XI was- Edwin Van Der Sar, John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Luis Nani, Anderson, Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov. Click to continue reading...

Fans turn up wearing masks that don't feature Eric Cantona's face These Peterborough fans obviously worked out that the swine flu outbreak at Blackburn, plus the official warning that spitting is spreading the virus, and the fact that they could find themselves close to El-Hadji Diouf meant that they were at substantial risk of getting sick! Click to continue reading...

"There is a massive difference in money but we have better fans than United."

I don't know whether I'd describe the difference as 'massive', but yes, Rafael Benitez has spent more money than Sir Alex Ferguson.

Money
Liverpool
2004/2005
In:
Djibril Cisse £14m
Xabi Alonso £10.

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Se acuedan de El Hadji Diouf? yo ya me avia olvidado. El "delantero" tiene un total de 14 goles en los ultimos 4 años y como sea sigue chapando equipo en la EPL... y que hace con el dinero que gana? Se compra monstruosidades como esta y maneja bien despacio para que todos lo vean. Lo mas gracioso del video es que tratan de tapar la placa de licensia del auto como si fuera dificil de encontrar esta cosa en la calle. Click to continue reading...

Se acuedan de El Hadji Diouf? yo ya me avia olvidado. El "delantero" tiene un total de 14 goles en los ultimos 4 años y como sea sigue chapando equipo en la EPL... y que hace con el dinero que gana? Se compra monstruosidades como esta y maneja bien despacio para que todos lo vean. Lo mas gracioso del video es que tratan de tapar la placa de licensia del auto como si fuera dificil de encontrar esta cosa en la calle. Click to continue reading...

Blackburn Rovers' striker El Hadji Diouf unveiled his latest motor yesterday, a shiny gold Cadillac Escalade, but it does seem to missing an "im shit" sticker on the side.

The 28-year-old is already the proud owner of an impressive haul of motor cars, including a white Cadillac Escalade, a show-stopping chrome Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren a pinch at £420,000 and a white BMW X6, to name but a few.

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1. El-Hadji Diouf avoids ticket
2. Fierce team picture Paraguay
3. Carlo on Chiambretti Night
4. Dutch team under my umbrella
5. Nice shirt there Denmark
6. Ref hair before and after
7. Flour fight in practice
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Blackburn star parks his truck where he likes El-Hadji Diouf enjoyed his lunch at a Manchester restaurant and also took advantage of convenient parking facilities by ditching his gold-plated gas guzzler in a loading only bay. But the Blackburn forward avoid a parking ticket (presumably because the vehicle is so inconspicuous that the traffic wardens missed [. Click to continue reading...

Stoke recently apologized to Blackpool striker Jason Euell for apparent racism at a Tuesday match. The offender has since been arrested and faces a stadium ban.
Everton on the other hand took a different approach, and is demanding an apology from Blackburn's El Hadji-Diouf for false accusations of racism. Click to continue reading...

This stinks all the way around...

Blackburn's El-Hadji Diouf claims that he was racially harrassed and heckled during the Rovers' match with Everton on Sunday. Everton is demanding an apology from Diouf saying "That is a wholly false allegation and I really would like him to retract that allegation and apologise to the supporters and staff of this football club.

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The investigation into Blackburn's El Hadji Diouf's alleged racially charged blow at a teenage ball boy after a 0-3 loss at Goodison Park Sunday is currently underway in Merseyside. Click to continue reading...

The investigation into Blackburn's El Hadji Diouf's alleged racially charged blow at a teenage ball boy after a 0-3 loss at Goodison Park Sunday is currently underway in Merseyside. Click to continue reading...

Colorado Rapids - Colorado's draw with San Jose kept them in a tie with Chivas for 4th in the West and 6th overall. Colorado still has a game in hand over most of the teams in front of them, but Chivas and New England are lurking right behind them with a game in hand over the Rapids. Colorado is tied with DC for the 2nd best offense (2 behind Dallas) and tied with FSL and Chicago for the 6th best defense with 5 games to play. Click to continue reading...

Here's Craig Bellamy shoving a pitch invader in the face after the Manchester derby.
But it's far from the only dust up in recent days.
Apparently Aston Villa coach Martin O'Neill and Nigel Reo-Coker got in a heated dispute at training, they claim it was all verbal, but some reports say it got physical. Click to continue reading...

Tensions ran high in the Premier League on Sunday, giving us a few more events to add to the shame reel for this young season. So come with us now, on a photographic tour of all the ugliness that occurred.

Starting off, we have Blackburn's El-Hadji Diouf (pictured above) a man who has already in his career been fined and banned for spitting on a Celtic supporter and former Portsmouth player Arjen De Zeeuw allegedly saying "f**k off white boy" to a ball boy who didn't properly hand him the ball during Blackburn's 3-0 loss to Everton.

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Colorado Rapids - The Rapids loss in Toronto has dropped them to a tie with Chivas for 4th in the West and with DC for 6th overall. Colorado still has a game in hand over most of the teams in front of them, but Chivas and New England are lurking right behind them with a game in hand over the Rapids. Click to continue reading...

. Blackburn Rovers notched up their first win of the season with a good 3-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers. El-Hadji Diouf broke the deadlock a little before twenty minutes, and slotted one home through the goalkeeper's legs to give the hosts a well earned lead. After the break, manager Mick McCarthy rallied his troops and made substitutions that [. Click to continue reading...

Gameweek 5 offered great matches and many, many goals. So no lessons for goalkeeping or defending but a huge frenzy for scorers from defenders, midfielders and forwards. There has been 36 goals scored in 10 games. That's almost 4 goals per match! Let's see how the matches turned out the way they did. Click to continue reading...

10am, live in the US on Setanta
Last 4 head-to-head:
3-0 Liverpool (h) 12.26.08
2-0 Liverpool (a) 11.15.08
3-1 Liverpool (a) 03.02.08
4-0 Liverpool (h) 12.02.07
Last two matches:
Liverpool: 1-3 Villa (h); 4-0 Stoke (h); 1-2 Spurs (a)
Bolton: 1-0 Tranmere (a); 0-1 Hull (a); 0-1 Sunderland (h)
Referee: Alan Wiley
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Johnson Carragher Skrtel Insua
Lucas Mascherano
Kuyt Gerrard Benayoun
Torres
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As it is Ramadhan the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the month of fasting, lets take a gander at the Muslim footballers playing in the Premier League. Emmanuel Eboue Samir Nasri Robin van Persie El Hadji Diouf Nicolas Anelka Salomon Kalou Marouane Fellaini Leon Osman Emmanuel Adebayor Kolo Toure Other notables Muslim players elsewhere: Freddy Kanoute Franck Ribery Yaya Toure Zinedine Zidane Can only confirm these players for [. Click to continue reading...

As it is Ramadhan the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the month of fasting, lets take a gander at the Muslim footballers playing in the Premier League. Emmanuel Eboue Samir Nasri Robin van Persie El Hadji Diouf Nicolas Anelka Salomon Kalou Marouane Fellaini Leon Osman Emmanuel Adebayor Kolo Toure Other notables Muslim players elsewhere: Freddy Kanoute Franck Ribery Yaya Toure Zinedine Zidane Can only confirm these players for [. Click to continue reading...

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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Who's got the best city-chic sportswear:

Thierry Henry in NYC or El-Hadji Diouf in Manchester?

We kind of love the OTT fabulocity of Diouf's gold trainers, but think Thierry's got the skater-boi look down to perfection.

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Who's got the best city-chic sportswear:

Thierry Henry in NYC or El-Hadji Diouf in Manchester?

We kind of love the OTT fabulocity of Diouf's gold trainers, but think Thierry's got the skater-boi look down to perfection.

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He conquered European champions Spain with two delicate touches of his right foot, then came within a whisper of masterminding the downfall of world football's Goliath mighty, magnificent Brazil -Â in the final of the Confederations Cup. So who is this footballing Adonis? Argentina's beloved Leo Messi?

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The Blackburn Rovers forward El-Hadji Diouf has made it known that playing in the US is an option he will consider.
Courtesy of Goal.com:
"You never know what is going to happen tomorrow in football," he added.
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All English Premier League transfers are listed on this page.

You'll find the January 2009 Premier League Transfers. Archives for older transfer seasons are at the end of this page. For the latest transfer rumours and transfer lists for other leagues, see our transfer news column.

If you find a transfer not listed here let us know and we'll add it.

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Sammy Lee admits Liverpool cannot afford to ignore the mistakes of 2002 as they prepare for a "massive" summer.
Rafael Benitez's side bring down the curtain on their season tomorrow when they entertain Tottenham.
A point will confirm runners-up place behind Manchester United with the Anfield outfit having already reached 83 points, their record total in the Premier League era. Click to continue reading...

El Hadji Diouf gets his sportswear swerve on whilst out shopping at Flannels in Manchester, 12 May 2009. Click to continue reading...