I'm going to attempt to keep this short because, quite frankly, spitting viciously vile vitriol is not how I'd like to spend my Saturday afternoon. Virulence really isn't going to get us anywhere.

But, shit, I'm fucking pissed.

Don't worry, it got much worse.

The Australians are still feeling their way round Asian football and how it operates; or often doesn't. Take Adelaide United. There they were happily looking forward to playing in the Asian Champions League when all of a sudden they are being told that they now have to play a play off against Indonesian champions Persipura.

C'mon 'Arry break out in a smile now!

Harry Redknapp's been found to be as clean as a whistle. The three week trial which took place at Southwark crown courts came to an end as both Redknapp and his former Pompey boss, Milan Mandaric were cleared of tax evasion charges with the prosecution building their case around the Peter Crouch sale which involved two transfer amounts totaling £189,000.

Though Chelsea ended a sloppy first half against Manchester United with a 1-0 off an Jonny Evans own goal, they did suffer an embarrassment of their own and it had nothing to do with Fernando Torres for once (maybe)!

In a pitchside ad for their own official website's megastore, the web address was spelled "chelsefc.

Ok, Probably that isn't quite true, however, it does feel like City are holding Tevez back from leaving sort of like a punishment for the embarrassment he has caused the club.

Speaking to Kicker magazine, Tevez (remarks which he later denied) Tevez was quoted as saying that he was keen on leaving this winter having received offers from Italy and Spain, but things did not work out due to City's hard stance.

I have spent the last season and a half bemoaning the boo boys, this week I was not alone as Arsenal fans rallied round our beleaguered manager and club in an attempt to rid us of the discontented.

But today as we prepare ourselves for our pilgrimage to the red half of North London it is time to consolidate, stand side by side and live alongside each other in harmony.

I have spent the last season and a half bemoaning the boo boys, this week I was not alone as Arsenal fans rallied round our beleaguered manager and club in an attempt to rid us of the discontented.

But today as we prepare ourselves for our pilgrimage to the red half of North London it is time to consolidate, stand side by side and live alongside each other in harmony.

I have spent the last season and a half bemoaning the boo boys, this week I was not alone as Arsenal fans rallied round our beleaguered manager and club in an attempt to rid us of the discontented.

But today as we prepare ourselves for our pilgrimage to the red half of North London it is time to consolidate, stand side by side and live alongside each other in harmony.

Over the last few seasons Arsene Wenger has gathered an assortment of players, paid them good wages and has waited for them to deliver. Unfortunately, they have not delivered the goods nor have they developed into the world class players we thought they would turn into.

For a few transfer windows we have been expecting these players to be sold, but the ridiculous wages, for their limited wages has meant we have not been able to get rid of these deadwood players.

Unfair on Arshavin, Unfair on Arsenal FC (By S.H) The home stadium erupted in loud BOOS in protest over Wenger‘s decision to substitute Oxlade-Chamberlain for Andrey Arshavin. Even Robin van Persie appeared to show his dissent over the manager's decision. The Ox had played a marvellous game, and I too, was disappointed to see him [.

So we're back to yet another Cup game. Not the Coupe de la Ligue, that was last week. Not the Coupe de France either, that was the week before. No, wait, that's the Coupe de France again, but the next round. I'm getting confused... The good thing is that Lisandro isn't. He repeated this week that he WANTS to get a trophy with OL this year, and a French Cup, whichever it is, is a good and (normally) not too difficult way to get one.

We watched Wednesday's Clásico in its entirety with spirited company at WoodworkBK. We had the sense then that Barcelona slowly took control after the early goal by Cristiano Ronaldo, and that Pepe was terrible. Watch this extended highlight clip, which should reinforce the conclusions that (a) Barcelona completely dominated after about the 25′ mark, and (b) Pepe was a complete embarrassment and not only for the already-infamous Messi hand stamp:

Real Madrid v Barcelona by vynylr

Acting!

Suffering from two straight premier league defeats, Arsenal are eying to stop that negative trend when they're facing Manchester United this weekend as picking up another defeat would be bad for their morale.

This target is being set up by the Gunners' coach, Arsene Wenger, who insisted that his players must give their best this weekend and grab all three points against the Red Devils especially after the disappointment in their previous meeting this season.

So, Leicester are on quite rubbish form we are worse. Arguably a positive development for us is the suspension of Luke Chambers after his red card at the weekend (a bit mean, I know, but he could do with a break if nothing else). The promise of a fourth round tie at home to Swindon Town awaits the victor.

Alan Pardew must bring in another center-back in January. Yohan Benalouane in green in action against Juventus That's if Newcastle are to avoid the embarrassment that happened last month when Steven Taylor, Coloccini and Williamson were all out injured, and we had no recognized center-backs to come into the first team at Norwich and lost [.

By Alan Duffy

Seeing your team squander a whole load of chances in the first half and then capitulate in the second would be enough to make anyone a teeny bit frustrated at the very least. However, the failure of Theo Walcott in particular, to make the most of Arsenal's first half dominance looks to have sent Arsene Wenger a bit mad.

I'm aware that this will be an unpopular opinion, but for me, Liverpool's reaction to Luis Suarez's 8-match ban has been an embarrassment, and it all could've been avoided if the club had actually *understood* the FA's ruling properly. The club's ill-advised 'statement' in response to the FA was clearly driven by emotion, and it demonstrated to the world that Liverpool totally misunderstood the

As I am sure you were not surprised to hear, Kieron Dyer is yet again out of action for the season. However much it is a shame for a man of his talent to have to end his career on such a note, the he should just give up. Dyer has not had any kind of form since leaving Newcastle over four years ago, and even there he was so blighted by injury that his wages (and off field behavior) were the cause of embarrassment.

In September, Liverpool fans watched in delight as former striker Fernando Torres hilariously missed an open goal against Man United. At the time, it was the miss of the season (or indeed, of any season!), but Torres's embarrassment has now been matched (if not surpassed) by Russian midfielder Edgar Prib.

In yet more humiliation for the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI), Rahmad Darmawan has stepped down as coach of the Under 23 team. He says the reason is because the team failed to win the SEA Games; they were beaten by Malaysia on penalties in the final.
However the PSSI had said that the national team could only call on players who played in the 'official' Indonesia Premier League, a continuation of the failed LPI last season which has failed to attract the best clubs and players.

When the draw for the group stages of the Champions League was done a couple of months ago everybody expected Group D to be a clear path to the next stage for Manchester United and Benfica. The tables however turned last night when minnows Basel clinched the last qualification spot in Group C.

szólj hozzá: CL: Basel - ManUtd 2-1 071211

Marco Streller and Alexander Frei combine to put the hurt on Man Utd. To add to the gloom, Utd lose Nemanja Vidic with suspected knee ligament damage which could keep him out for a while. Sir Alex did not get his 100th Champions League win and now takes Utd to the Europa Cup.

Marco Streller and Alexander Frei combine to put the hurt on Man Utd. To add to the gloom, Utd lose Nemanja Vidic with suspected knee ligament damage which could keep him out for a while. Sir Alex did not get his 100th Champions League win and now takes Utd to the Europa Cup. It's akin to Greg Louganis doing a belly flop and coming up purple in embarrassment.

Liverpool's Luis Suarez has been charged by the FA today for 'an alleged gesture made towards the Fulham fans' at the end of Monday night's defeat at Craven cottage. I may be clutching at straws here but I think this could (indirectly) turn out to be a positive thing for both Suarez and the club.

Nicky B. Basic, but perfectly functional. Gareth Copley/Getty Images.

Oh, the good old facepalm. So versatile, it's available in individual or multi-user varieties and the more up-to-date versions are equipped to convey a spectrum of emotions not just embarrassment when you make a heinous and very public error in your work-day.

A pants display from City Manchester City's Champions League campaign is teetering on the edge of disaster after last night's 2-1 defeat to Napoli. But the loss was not the biggest embarrassment of the night. No, that honour was reserved for sub Samir Nasri, who displayed some very interesting boxer shorts before joining the action.

In the wake of malignant comments vomited out yesterday by herculean halfwit Sepp Blatter, the Premier League has (predictably) responded with a gutless, cowardly statement that disgracefully fails to directly reference or condemn Blatter's damaging, outdated views on racism in football.

Carl Jenkinson: the more I ponder his position as a player for the Arsenal, the more I grow to admire him. Not position as in right-back, you understand. No, his position as a 19-year-old footballer who only last season was propping up a part-time, non-league outfit on freezing nights in front of a handful of fans.

Ray Houghton has thrown his support behind Jordan Henderson and Andy Carroll, exhorting fans to give the two players time to settle in properly.
Henderson and Carroll have come in for regular criticism this summer for their underwhelming performances, but Houghton argues that making the big step up from comparatively smaller teams can be 'daunting':
"When you're at Sunderland or Newcastle, and you go to a Man United or a Liverpool, with the history those clubs have got, some players can make it and some can't, because they can't take the pressure of what's happened before at these clubs.

There are bad days, and there are really bad days. Yesterday was one of those days for United and United supporters, with the embarrassment of embarrassments at Old Trafford.

Losing to City is one thing, but losing 6-1 to City, at home no less, and losing to City in the manner that it all unfolded, makes it even harder to swallow.

Following United's defeat on derby, Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that this is his worst ever defeat but than the experience we had on the field should have meant we conceded fewer goals.

"I can't believe the scoreline. The first goal was a blow for sure but it was retrievable at 1-0," he said.

Yes, like Flynn - we're in! It was a must-draw game that our Red Bulls managed to - wait for it - WIN 1-0! Yeah, I can't believe it myself, because years of of supporting this team (and its previous incarnation) has led me to always expect the worse. But, then again, we were up against the Philadelphia Union - a team that has had nothing the five times RBNY has played them (in two seasons of Philth existence).

Rangers' bean counters offer friendly welcome to Liverpool

Kenny Dalglish's side head to Ibrox on Tuesday for a friendly that will help both clubs to raise a few much-needed coppers The last time Rangers invited Liverpool to Ibrox for a friendly the home side were left with such a bloody nose that a re-run of the fixture would hardly have been high on their agenda.

That was that then.
A blessing, perhaps, that our agony wasn't prolonged. As Spain attempted to pass Scotland to death in Alicante, Czech Republic had already gone ahead in Lithuania.
When David Silva scored Spain's opener inside six minutes the game was up.
Not the agony of past failures when Scotland have teased us into believing before tripping over their own inadequacies at the final hurdle.

News today in the Sunday Sun that Newcastle are interested in 21 year-old FC Twente striker Luuk de Jong. Luuk de Jong 21 year-old Dutch International striker Newcastle seem determined to bring in a top striker in January, to make up for the embarrassment of missing out on a replacement for Andy Carroll in the summer.

News today in the Sunday Sun that Newcastle are interested in 21 year-old FC Twente striker Luuk de Jong. Luuk de Jong 21 year-old Dutch International striker Newcastle seem determined to bring in a top striker in January, to make up for the embarrassment of missing out on a replacement for Andy Carroll in the summer.

There was a distinct lack of red shirts in the away section this year, which subconsciously screams, "we are expecting to lose and don't want to have to deal with the embarrassment and abuse that comes with wearing the losing teams shirt on the way home". Although they won't admit it, the power in North London is well on it's way to shifting, and the lack of Arsenal shirts shows that deep down, they know it.

By Alan Duffy

Referee Darren Adie put in a performance which Bath City's U18s would surely describe as "pants" in an FA Youth Cup clash with Newport County.

The official ordered a number of the Bath players to change their underpants, which were white and visible under their black shorts, thus contravening the law that states shorts and underpants/cycling shorts worn underneath must be the same colour.

Four words you hate to wake up to in the morning: Narwich 2, Sunderland 1.
Listening to the last 15 minutes of the game last night my heart was in my mouth. Though it was a shame not to hear Connor Wickham net a last minute equaliser against the Budgies - I found it really exciting.

The news that the annual shareholder Q&A has been postponed is a disastrous PR move by the club, and just confirms to me that those who are running the club have double standards. Last time I looked, the annual Q&A was a vehicle which prevented the AGM from descending into farce with shareholder's questions from the floor heaping embarrassment upon the Board members present.