Firstly� I would� like to explain the title, whilst this is a little inflammatory I am not here to discuss the merits of the Mike Newell School of sexual equality within the beautiful game but rather the unresolved conflict between two great loves of my life women and football.

Firstly for some reason I feel I must clarify what you already know, the role of football for millions of men's lives begins at an early age.

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Gabriel Obertan joined Man United during the summer. Immediately after he signed, it was announced that he had picked up an injury. Obertan has recently made his first team debut but he has been really impressive whilst playing for United's reserves.
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What you're going to see is something that I just can't find the words to describe. Just watch it yourself:

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Your team is winning at Stamford Bridge against Man United with only minutes to go. What do you do?
Well if you are a supporter, you brush your teeth.
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Some people feel the need to rub ice cream on their faces at matches, others apparently take the more hygienically responsible route and brush their teeth during substitutions. The fan in the above clip from today's 1-0 Chelsea win over United at Stamford Bridge shows that dental care is something to be taken seriously no matter where you are even if you're standing up front at one of the biggest matches of the season so far.

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Ahhhhhhhh some of the fans took off their club issued masks! Swine flu! SWINE FLU!!!!!!!

[Photo: SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images]

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Wednesday's Champions League match between Rangers and Unirea Urziceni ended with a 1-1 draw after two late goals in Bucharest, but the real action was in the stands, where Rangers fans clashed with CS gas wielding stewards. Says Rangers chief executive Martin Bain on the club's official website:

"Obviously the behaviour of some of the fans inside the stadium was unacceptable and no-one likes to see that

"However, what was equally unacceptable was the fact that Rangers came to this stadium with representatives from UEFA and Unirea a number of weeks ago and arranged for the four turnstiles to be open to give access to our supporters.

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Over the past few days I've been reading the book Secret Diary of a Liverpool Scout which deals with the life of former chief scout Geoff Twentyman (review of this should be online early next week).
Author Simon Hughes has done an excellent job of rounding not only players that Twentyman helped bring to Liverpool but also those that ended up elsewhere. Click to continue reading...

In fact, you can't really tell them apart anymore:

Studs Up, by Chris Toy
"Liverpool fans turn into Tottenham fans" was originally published at Soccerlens.com - Football News.

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Man United are urging the fans to stop chanting an offensive song, which is directed at Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. Man United beat Arsenal on the 29th August this year and TV viewers could hear what the United fans were singing.
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This is a darn good list of A-Lister Football Fans and we thank In the Stands for creating it!

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10.The Gallagher Brothers (Man City)

We all know they are city through and through.

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Police are looking for a man who bit part of a fan's ear off before the Champion's League final between Man United and Barcelona last May.
Mobile phone footage of the attack has emerged so police are now looking for the man.
The victim, aged 46, intervened an argument between the attacked and a woman before the game. Click to continue reading...

It's not the first time, it won't be the last time... United fans helped themselves to refreshments and the till at Barnsley tonight.

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Barely has the dust settled from the tenth round, so full of action that the superclásico was all but forgotten about by anyone reasonable, than the next round of matches is starting. It's a big round for both Avellaneda clubs: Newell's host Racing on Tuesday afternoon for some reason Racing's new manager, Lothar Matthäus [. Click to continue reading...

Man, hab ich� mich am Wochenende mal wieder geärgert. Da spielt mein SV Wacker Burghausen um die Tabellenführung mit und ich kann nicht dabei sein. Und zu allem Überfluß kann ich nicht mal per Liveticker am Computer mitfiebern, denn mein geliebter Verein bietet diesen Service nicht mehr an. DieLiveticker einiger großer Online-Sportmagazine sind um es [. Click to continue reading...

All people are talking about tomorrow Manchester United game against Liverpool at Anfield and everyone wonder how Michael Owen will celebrate if he scores a goal in front of the fans that used to...
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As self appointed President of the 'Enjoy it' campaign and the 'This could be the year' Fellowship I look on with a certain detachment at our new friends in the media who are climbing aboard the Tottenham bus. Hanson, Lawrenson, even Lee Dixon and of course ex players like Lineker and Ossie Ardiles who touchingly still refers to Spurs as 'we'. Click to continue reading...

As well as beachballs and Cantona masks, our lads will be travelling to Anfield with a couple of appropriate banners.

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The above picture depicts what Reuters describes as a "sit-down protest" from Hamburg after stewards at Celtic Park would not let them celebrate their 1-0 win over the Scottish side with their traveling fans after the game. Tempers flared among the visiting team when stewards also wouldn't let them leave the pitch, causing some angry players to sit down near the corner flag as police moved in.

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Things have not been going well for River Plate this season. As one of Argentina's two biggest clubs, there are a certain level of expectations always hanging over them and so far this season they're falling short of those targets. Like, by a lot.

Currently in 16th place through eight matches, River reached a new low by losing 3-1 at home to Independiente in the newly re-appointed Leonardo Astrada's second debut as the club's manager on Monday, marking the first time they've lost at home to one of their biggest rivals in 13 years.

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I'm writing this post in order to bring some hope to you men (mostly), whose partners for life give them a hard time over their fascination with the beautiful game. I'll start at the end:

In May 2009, a business trip "forced" me to go to Barcelona. The trip happened to coincide with a home match against Villareal, and I hoped that the game would be the championship game.

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Thanks to 101 Great Goals for giving us the heads up on this one. This is not to say that Chelsea fans are the only ones out there acting in such a disgraceful manner but nonetheless this is truly despicable and something all football fans probably wished was something that was consigned to the dark days of the game.

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Prior to the match, everyone claimed they didn't know how Aston Villa fans would receive Gareth Barry upon his return to Villa Park as a member of Manchester City. The deluded Mark Hughes hoped they would express respect for his service to the club, while Martin O'Neill said he wasn't "God Almighty" and that it's not his place to tell people what to do.

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Amanda Palmer is one half of The Dresden Dolls. "Leeds United" is off her solo album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer?. The track isn't directly about Leeds but the pounding on the keys, the blaring horns, the voice hoarse from shouting/screaming/singing taps into the riot of football crowds. She explains that the whole idea of turning out to support your team & getting into brawls with each other struck her as "Roman" and a good subject for her. Click to continue reading...

A Man City fan is claiming that a Man United steward crippled him just minutes into the Manchester derby. The 46-year old Man City fan claims that he broke both of his legs because the steward shoved...
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A Man City fan is claiming that a Man United steward crippled him just minutes into the Manchester derby. The 46-year old Man City fan claims that he broke both of his legs because the steward shoved him down steps.
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"Seeing these smiling faces is the greatest pleasure. They have been magnificent all season. They have been our 12th man. I have always said our fans are the best in England. Now I know they are the best in Europe too." (Rafa Benitez)

Yes indeed, Rafa Benitez may be many things but naiive he most definitely is not!

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Liverpool are up to third in the league and have the best goal difference. Are we back to our best? http://www.lfc-news.co.uk/pollsarchive/ Cast your vite today in our new poll! Click to continue reading...

Stoke fans were more concerned with booing our players than they were with cheering their own on when they visited Old Trafford last season. I can't stand that small-time mentality, an obsession with another team that makes hating another team more important than supporting theirs.

Stoke are famed for their great support though and have loads of original songs.

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I've been in Barcelona on holiday since Wednesday, hence the lack of action on HEGS during the past few days, but before I left I still kept myself busy off-blog by writing a piece for ESPN Soccernet on the managerial pressures at Argentina's two domestic giants, River Plate and Boca Juniors. If you'd like to [. Click to continue reading...

In the wake of Liverpool's new £80m shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered (nice touch ending both words with that beautiful -rd sound, btw), the club's managing director Christian Purslow (pictured above, far right) met with a delegation from the Sons of Shankly fan group, which has led the charge to drive Hicks and Gillett to sell the club.

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After winning the derby game last Sunday, we would like you to celebrate this massive victory with us and be number one fan!
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The United fan who Craig Bellamy hit on Sunday has spoken out about what happened.

"I was flung towards the barrier when Michael Owen scored - the place went mad, everyone was hugging each other and I can't explain why it happened," said Jake Clarke. "I was just loving the moment I guess after all the excitement throughout the match.

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We've all been there. It's the last minute and your team is clinging on to a vital, undeserved win away from home. You stand and bellow support for your lads with their backs against the walls, frantically throwing themselves in front of every ball headed toward the goal to break your heart.

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Everyone wants the chance to score a penalty past your local rivals' goalkeeper, but one fan took his chance this weekend. The fan couldn't wait for Spartak Moscow's Brazilian midfielder Alex to take the kick against Saturn so came on and took it for him. Watch his celebration run with his mate following him, I'm pleased he [. Click to continue reading...