Good afternoon. Well, it hasn't quite sunk in yet but amazingly we managed to beat the league leaders last night and in brilliant fashion. Two fantastic goals a belter from Hernandez and a skilful volley from Kewell was enough to secure the win. It was an unlikely result but to be honest, we really deserved it.

We go back to the days of perms and short shorts to pick our team of the 1980s. That's the best possible XI from the decade fashion forgot, but creative midfielders did not. We also discuss Fabio Capello's shock resignation as England manager. Was Capello right to quit? Did the FA push him too far?

Image: People.com.

Representing for non-oft mentioned WAGs on Kickette, here's the wife of Fox Soccer Channel's Kyle Martino, Eva Amurri Martino.

Eva, an actress, was posing in a Neiman Marcus shoot alongside her mother, Susan Sarandon, for the retailer's new "Art of Fashion" campaign.

Last time we checked, wearing hair rollers in public was a "Don't" in most sensible ladies' books.

Well thanks to a recently misinterpreted decree from Vogue, the British press is now claiming that the baffling, mind-boggling and completely WAG-like trend of wearing hair rollers whilst out and about is now in fashion.

While staring at this photo of two Borussia Dortmund boys and their WAGs at a post-fashion show party in honour of sweets and other high carb/high sugar delights, we were struck by one undeniable truth: shop assistants lie. Oh, how they lie.

They lie to the innocent and cash-rich when they tell them, "Why yes, Mr Kehl, Palm Beach suits are going to be huuuge this Spring.

Images: EkstraBladet.dk.

Top of the morning to ya, Kickettes!

Hope you had a nice weekend filled with treats of the alcoholic and 'baller varieties.

Saturday

- Nicklas Bendtner brought his two favourite females a pet snake and his rumoured new girlfriend to the launch of "NB Jewellery" where his first collection, "N3," was presented.

Don't just sit there Robin. Get a fourth

That's our first rout of the season. The first of which we won and not the other way around. You can count the Chelsea game as one but then it was not as one sided as this was. Blackburn tormented us the last time we met and this was sweet revenge being exacted.

In the same way that a classroom descends into carnage when a teacher leaves the room for any extended period, the Tottenham dressing room has become a violent and confusing place while Harry Redknapp is away attending to his legal affairs. Yesterday, Spurs winger Danny Rose posted a video on his Twitter showcasing teammate Sandro's full range of high kicks and martial arts poses.

"Not good enough."

Three words used often by football fans to describe aspects of the club they support. They're used in relation to certain players, performances, the manager, the board, the price of a pint and a pie, how their club handles various communications, pretty much anything they've got the hump with for one reason or another.

We're quite certain this falls into the "breaking news" category, but we'll be damned if we put the effort into Googling the amount of times a 'baller has been seen with his sweetie at Cricket. For as long as we've been spouting nonsense and abalicious photos, it's never happened.

Perhaps Charlie's fiancée fancied herself a pair of limited edition Ruthie Davis hi-tops with signature spikes, something she's been recently lusting over on Twitter.

On the left is Sylvie van der Vaart; on the right is a Barbie in her likeness. Or maybe that's the other way around. Images via @rafvdvaart

It was only a matter of time before the living Barbie became a real Barbie, wasn't it?

Proud husband Rafael tweeted some pics of the Sylvie Barbie that was unveiled at a toy fair in Germany today.

Deserved congratulations to Everton manager David Moyes on his 150th league victory Wednesday, earned in emphatic fashion as brilliantly summarized here at EPLTalk. Moyes, 48, is the third-longest tenured head honcho in the prem, behind only Arsene...
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Discard your sensible trousers and shirts lacking in leather panels, fellas. This is the look.

The intrepid gentlemen (and ladies) at British GQ threw us for a loop yesterday morning when they announced their annual list of Britain's 50 Best Dressed Men. Sure, the obvious choice to represent all of 'ballerdom was there and we would've been perfectly satisfied if they left it at that.

Jose haz a sad. Image via Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Europe; Denis Doyle/Getty Images Europe.

Like a lot of you, we've noticed that The Special One's dress sense has gone from GQMF to WTF. Case and point: to sweat out Wednesday night's El Clasico, Jose wore track pants, a hoodie, and a puffer vest.

Blackpool goalkeeper Matt Gilks tasted Premier League football last season with the Tangerines and now the shotstopper is looking for his side to make a swift return to the top flight.
The Seasiders sit just one point off the play-off places in the Championship table in seventh spot, in what has once again been a very competitive league this term with any side capable of getting a result in any game.

Images: Bellazon; FameFlynet Pictures; Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Europe.

We've seen all three wear much more exciting ensembles than these, but yet, they all look very normal for a change. Tired, slightly annoyed even, but otherwise very normal.

Sara Carbonero's signature street style seems to fall in line with a "longer + looser = better" mantra, which we can identify with on most Saturdays and Sundays.

The puffy jacket. The slightly askew Yankees cap. The denim nappy. We hope this guy was dressed at gunpoint. Image via Bafe's facebook page.

If you're going to post images of yourself on popular social networking sites, it's best you don't accompany each picture with the caption 'Look Of The Day'.

It has been an odd week for Milan. From the low that last Sunday's derby loss sank us to, the club's fortunes rose steadily from one day to the next ending in triumphant fashion with a convincing 3-0 win over Novara. The loss to the ‘Tinkerman's' Nerazzurri posed serious questions over Max Allegri's men, from [.

Just tweak, tweakin' the hair. Images via Divinity.

He scores lots of goals and lets Jose Mourinho ride him like a pony, but that's pretty much all we ever knew about Real Madrid's 24-year-old headline stealer.

Recently opening up in an interview, Callejón revealed that his bestie in the locker room is none other than The Ramos™.

Optimistic Arsenal throw more points away in complacent fashion! by Adam Kemp As you are aware I have been very quiet the past couple of months as I decided to give the readers a break from my usual doom and gloom pessimism surrounding Arsenal FC. I have patiently watched our performance over the past couple [.

Alan Pardew was extremely pleased following the 1-0 win against QPR yesterday afternoon at St. James' Park, and handed new manager Mark Hughes his first loss as the new manager of the London side. Davide Santon in action yesterday against QPR Newcastle started the game in rather dodgy fashion, and for the first t20 minutes or so were decidedly [.

Tottenham Hotspurs are continuing their pressure on the Manchester Duo in the top of premier league table after Harry Redknapp's side successfully defeated Everton 2-0 on Wednesday.

The victory excites Redknapp as with all three points, his team are now level on points with second place, Manchester United, and only three points shy of the leader, Man City.

It's right here, with Zinedine Zidane and Pele. Image: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images.

Lionel Messi took home the coveted FIFA Ballon d'Or trophy Monday evening, staving off tough competition from Barcelona teammate, Xavi Hernandez, and Real Madrid rival, Cristiano Ronaldo (who was a no-show since his squad is set to do battle with Malaga in the Copa Del Ray today).

When it comes to flying first class in casual clothes, there were three distinct themes that a few Barcelona 'ballers and their WAGs abided by during the all important procession in front of the paps this morning.

Options for you to pick from are below, with the question being: which of these couples' looks best describes your own airport arrival style?

I had the chance to visit with a high school basketball team yesterday, and in their pre-practice meeting, they were referring to an article that I had also once written about a couple of years back. The article had to do with toughness, which ESPN's Jay Bilas has a pretty good reference point about.

By Chris Wright

'What goes around...' and all that jazzaroonie.

Tim Howard admirably chose not to celebrate after opening the scoring for Everton against Bolton in specatcular, hoof-tastic fashion on Wednesday evening as a mark of respect for his opposite number, Adam Bogdan telling reporters après le match that he'd 'been there before himself a long, long time ago' and that he knew 'it wasn't a nice place to be'.

Image: H&M.

UPDATE: If your opinions need swaying, check out the latest pics of DB, which he posted on his Facebook page for the world to steal.

Kickettes, which state of commercial undress do you prefer to see from David Beckham?

A) Supremely shaped and styled in H&M boxer briefs (above).

Bojan Krkic was all but mauled by a Kickette Soldier girl at his book signing last week.

We're beyond proud.

Saturday

- Chelsea FC owner and Russian bajillionaire, Roman Abromovich, spared no expense for his New Year's Eve party in St Bart's.

You could see it coming a mile off couldn't you!. Once again we struggled to break a side down that comes here and lines up with ten men behind the ball. It's all well and good having the majority of the possession of the ball but you HAVE TO do something with it.
How many fucking times am I saying the same thing over and over again?

The defending NBA champions lost their first three games of the season. Even worse, the Dallas Mavericks lost the first two games in blowout fashion. However, in Game 4, the Mavs finally got their first win with a 99-86 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

So, who was the hero for the Mavs? It was backup center Ian Mahinmi, he had 19 points, five rebounds, two blocks and a steal.

Two goals by Craig Bellamy drove Liverpool towards success against Newcastle at Anfield and returning Captain Steven Gerrard scored a delightful chip on 77 minutes to seal a 3-1 victory over a dogged Newcastle following an unlucky own-goal by Daniel Agger under pressure on 25 mins.
The game was more about the victory than the performance and Liverpool dug it out in determined fashion.

L-R: Sara Carbonero in Alaia, Sylvie van der Vaart in Georgio Armani, Irina Shayk in Alexander Wang. All images via Getty

2011 was the first full year of life for our Kickette baby, The Style Files, and it's been quite a year for WAG fashion. We brought you loads of exclusive fashion spots, shared unsolicited opinions on fashion weeks near and far and tried to use our brain power to figure out just how many black fur coats Alex Gerrard owns.

On a day that ended in such a frustratingly familiar fashion, one of the lone causes for optimism was the return of Steven Gerrard. The captain's initial return effort earlier in the season was cut short, leaving Liverpool with the task of forming an identity that didn't involve the man who's been such an integral part of the club's success over the past thirteen years.

Just so I'm not accused of bias and favouritism by Real Madrid fans, some of whom I can count amongst friends, I also found this video worth sharing with the wider world. In a similar fashion to the Lionel Messi video (previous blog), here are all of Cristiano Ronaldo's goals from the 2011-12 season so far crammed into a 90 second piece.

Modelled by Pepe Reina's wife, we give you the Saffiano Lux Double-Zip Tote Bag by Prada. Nummy, yes?

Her bag not her husband, Kickettes.

And it's a steal at just 1,250 quid ($1,960)!

Manchester United exorcised the hoodoo of Craven Cottage in emphatic fashion yesterday with a 5-0 trashing of the home side. A very good result in the festive season that we are in, heading into...
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Yes, we know we're testing you by referring to them as The Lampards prematurely, but close enough, right?

Surely the Lampards and Redknapps will be getting enough of each other over the looming festive period so what's one more event? The cousins and their ladies attended the Sun Military Awards at the Imperial War Museum in London last night.

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Watching hot 'ballers slowly stroll down a makeshift runway requires little to no energy or the ability to think thoughts. Perfect. Video via Levante UD.

Are your Louboutins hung by the chimney with care? Have you already gotten so wasted at your office holiday party that you've had to quit your job in shame? Have you opened all of the gifts with your name on them and then re-wrapped them so no one knows about it? Then you are ready for Christmas, dear Kickettes.

Croatian/ Tottenham footballer, Niko Kranjcar, was spotted looking worse for wear after leaving night club C London last night.

O-M-G Niko. Please have a seat. We need to chat.

You know we lurve you and every inch of your toned thighs and tousled hair.

But this macabre ensembe concerns us.