Despite the post below being fact as of yesterday afternoon, it was confirmed by TPS Turku last night that Wayne Brown will be remaining at the Finnish club until 17th October. It was a surprise announcement, as Brown had returned to the UK and was about to take a fortnight off before returning to action. Click to continue reading...

Disappointing news from Denmark, with the announcement that Rohan Ricketts will not be offered a contract by Odense BK of the Danish Superliga. The right-winger, who was on trial late last week, impressed club management but Lars Olsen, the OB coach, felt that his team already had sufficient strength in midfield. Click to continue reading...

Now we're never one to spread non-stories or blatant lies on Les Rosbifs, but rumours coming out of Turkey this afternoon suggest that Sol Campbell will be on his way to join Super Lig side Ankaragücü. This would make the Portsmouth central defender, who is currently out of contract, the third Englishman to sign for [. Click to continue reading...

Reports coming out of Turkey suggest that former Norwich City striker Ian Henderson has joined Turkish Süper Lig side Ankaragücü. It means it is the second English player the Turkish side have signed in recent days, following the arrival of former Aston Villa and Manchester City striker Darius Vassell at the club. Click to continue reading...

I got in trouble that last time I posted something unconfirmed, but under my new charter of "being unofficial, being irresponsible, and being the first to report stuff", I'll give it a go anyway.

I just heard from my source (the same one that said the Real Madrid was confirmed, and then it was later on in the week he said it would happen), that Ben communicated to a confidant that he was done playing due to the pain he was experiencing.

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Gooner Talk, with thanks to Sky Sports, can reveal Arsenal's first 6 Premier League games of the 2009/10 season next August. After completing their pre-season campaign, the Gunners' start off with a tough trip to West Ham at Upton Park. Following that game, there are some tricky home ties against newly-promoted Burnley and FA Cup [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has hit back at comments from Zlatan Ibrahimovic criticising the Gunners' transfer and youth policies. Swedish frontman Zlatan, who almost signed for Arsenal before moving to Ajax in 2001, made claims in a Danish newspaper that Arsene Wenger refuses to buy the 'best players' and crudely stated how he feels [. Click to continue reading...

Gael Clichy revealed all in an exclusive interview on France television earlier this morning. The French fullback, who missed the latter part of the season with a back injury, spoke about the Arsenal fans' chant for him and his problematic back injury while Gael's father talked about his 'natural' right foot! Click to continue reading...

Arsenal assistant manager Pat Rice will NOT be retiring at the end of the season, Gooner Talk can exclusively reveal. This news comes as we told you yesterday that Arsenal's press office 'refused to rule out' the possibility of Rice retiring when the season ends. The ever-unreliable Arsenal News Review site published an article a [. Click to continue reading...

longpier EXCLUSIVE
After more than 130,000 hours of broadcasting spanning 11 years, Essex FM's weekly dance show "Club Essex" will play its final tune in the early hours of Sunday morning.
'Global', which owns the county's biggest commercial radio station, has taken the decision to network a country-wide party show, replacing 'Club Essex' between 10pm-3am Saturday into Sunday. Click to continue reading...

The term 'world class' is a difficult one to quantify, especially when it's over used by pundits every time a player does anything above average. We think that the world class club is more exclusive and should only be reserved for a few players who are exceptional talents - your Ronaldos, Messis and Kakas. Click to continue reading...

The term 'world class' is a difficult one to quantify, especially when it's over used by pundits every time a player does anything above average. We think that the world class club is more exclusive and should only be reserved for a few players who are exceptional talents - your Ronaldos, Messis and Kakas. Click to continue reading...

The term 'world class' is a difficult one to quantify, especially when it's over used by pundits every time a player does anything above average. We think that the world class club is more exclusive and should only be reserved for a few players who are exceptional talents - your Ronaldos, Messis and Kakas. Click to continue reading...

The term 'world class' is a difficult one to quantify, especially when it's over used by pundits every time a player does anything above average. We think that the world class club is more exclusive and should only be reserved for a few players who are exceptional talents - your Ronaldos, Messis and Kakas. Click to continue reading...

The term 'world class' is a difficult one to quantify, especially when it's over used by pundits every time a player does anything above average. We think that the world class club is more exclusive and should only be reserved for a few players who are exceptional talents - your Ronaldos, Messis and Kakas. Click to continue reading...

The term 'world class' is a difficult one to quantify, especially when it's over used by pundits every time a player does anything above average. We think that the world class club is more exclusive and should only be reserved for a few players who are exceptional talents - your Ronaldos, Messis and Kakas. Click to continue reading...

Just occasionally you come an artist who blows your socks off. About a month ago I discovered Duffy, while watching Jools Holland. Her voice is incredible. Within the past few weeks the video of "Warwick Avenue" has appeared on YouTube so thought I'd share it with you. Enjoy!
LONGPIER EXCLUSIVE - Duffy will be one of the guests on Jools Holland annual Hootenanny on New Year's Eve on BBC2 Click to continue reading...