If you've had more clubs than Marcus Bent, or if you've just fallen out of touch with your old team-mates, a new website is aiming to put you back in touch with those lucky enough to have been on the receiving end of your exquisite range of passing over the years. Footballmates.com connects you with [.

Another young SPANISH FOOTBALL pearl leaves for foreign shores to build upon his talents & hopefully begin a solid Football career. This time English Premier League Club MANCHESTER CITY has paid 3M€ to REAL MADRID for POZO . The U-17 Spanish International is in England but cannot play due to the fact that he is only 15 years old & needs to wait until he reaches 16 years according to English FA

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is ready to sideline his football career in order to become a DJ after cosying up with Hip-Hop DJ Tim Westwood at an event in Manchester. Ok, maybe kicking his already glowing football career into touch is a tad exaggerated, still, the Manchester City ace has splashed out on a [.

With the Red Bulls poised to sign Swedish defender Markus Holgersson, I had the chance to exchange e-mails this afternoon with Torbjörn Dencker, editor, presenter and reporter at Helsingborg Dagblad's TV channel, 24HD. Torbjörn also contributes to a Helsingborg IF-focused blog, which can be found here.

A WINNER IN BRAZILIAN HEARTS SOCRATES

We were stuck in transit at an airport when the news broke that Brazilian football legend Socrates passed away on Dec 4 and couldn't write a tribute to him in time. Many football-loving fathers, brothers and grandads out there speak highly of this man whose legacy is well-documented by the passion of the Brazilians.

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.

Backpackers FC is a unique sports holiday that enables you to work, play football and play some more in Perth, Australia's sunniest state capital, enjoying over 3000 hours of sunshine a year. In 2012, Backpackers FC will kick off their inaugural season in the Perth Metropolitan Football Competition.

Backpackers FC is a unique sports holiday that enables you to work, play football and play some more in Perth, Australia's sunniest state capital, enjoying over 3000 hours of sunshine a year. In 2012, Backpackers FC will kick off their inaugural season in the Perth Metropolitan Football Competition.

By Alan Duffy

Gary Parkinson had enjoyed a long football career, making over 450 league appearances with Middlesbrough, Burnley and Preston amongst others. When his playing days ended, the defender moved into coaching and a job at head of youth development at Blackpool.

KUALA LUMPUR: National skipper Safiq Rahim will get his long overdue chance to impress at Malaysian-owned English Second Division side Cardiff City.

The 24-year-old Selangor midfielder leaves for Cardiff today with high hopes of achieving a first for Malaysian football and take his football career to new heights.

By Alan Duffy

The whole Carlos Tevez saga is quickly turning into a farcical situation, with the AWOL player and his club, Manchester City, seemingly growing further and further apart by the day.

However, neither side really seems too bothered by the whole affair.

Arseblog has teamed up with Thomas Cook Sport, official travel partner of Arsenal, to provide two pairs of tickets for this Saturday's game against Fulham.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following question:

Which current Fulham midfielder started his football career at Arsenal?

Pepe Reina believes all the ingredients are in place to make Liverpool challengers for the game's top honours.
The Spain goalkeeper insists the acquisition of the club by Fenway Sports Group last year has provided the Reds with the grounding required to enjoy a bright future - and he's excited by what is in store for the club.

By Chris Wright

"I let them down. I let down my friends, I let down my goalkeeper. Yeah... I let David Seaman down and I'm gonna have to carry that own-goal with me for the rest of my life. My football career is over..."

Video: 101GG

Steven Gerrard is in the final stages of his football career, and in the last couple of years, he's increasingly picked up niggling injuries that have kept him on the sidelines. Is it time for Gerrard to start thinking about retiring from International football so that he can prolong his Liverpool career?

By Chris Wright

In which, in celebration of Al Jazeera Sport's 8th anniversary, AC Milan's in-house boyband serenade the Arab station with a little birthday ditty that sees Kevin-Prince Boateng taking on lead vocal duties while Robinho supplies the beat and Thiago Silva and Pato.

Last summer I heard rumours that Paul Gascoigne was dead. Unlike the rest of the rubbish that circulates the ether, sadly this had the ring of truth. He had been looking more pale and drawn than ever and the stories more bizarre, if that were possible.

Gazza stopped being daft as a brush years ago but the nation kept on laughing.

Alex Ferguson's worst defeats as a manager - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Sir Alex Ferguson has said that the 6-1 defeat to Manchester City was his worst day in football. But is is it his biggest defeat as a manager?

It turns out that this is only the third time (in 2,061 games spread over 37 years) that a team managed by Ferguson has conceded six goals in a game.

Alex Ferguson's worst defeats as a manager - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Sir Alex Ferguson has said that the 6-1 defeat to Manchester City was his worst day in football. But is is it his biggest defeat as a manager?

It turns out that this is only the third time (in 2,061 games spread over 37 years) that a team managed by Ferguson has conceded six goals in a game.

Fresh from his impressive display against city rivals United on Sunday, Manchester City's Italian striker Mario Balotelli has for the first time spoken out on the fire incident that broke out in his house in the ealr hours of Saturday morning.

The fire was caused by fireworks, however, it is not known who did it or how it happened.

Robbie Savage's post-Jive nose. Looks sore, no? Image via twitter.

We're gradually coming round to the idea of Robbie Savage. We know that in his long and illustrious football career he brought new meaning to the term 'annoying', but it takes big cojones to dress in sequins and prance about like a prawn on British television every week.

I've missed out on Beckham mania. He started his football career when I had already left England so I was spared the hysteria and bullshit that accompanies people who are thought of as celebrities.
Now though it seems that I'm about to get my fair share with reports suggesting LA Galaxy will play a friendly in Jakarta at the end of November.

I've missed out on Beckham mania. He started his football career when I had already left England so I was spared the hysteria and bullshit that accompanies people who are thought of as celebrities.
Now though it seems that I'm about to get my fair share with reports suggesting LA Galaxy will play a friendly in Jakarta at the end of November.

Today is a celebration to all of the people in Libya by the death of one of the worst criminals, not just in Libya, but in the whole Middle East. I remember once, I heard a historian describing him as craziest leader ever been in the Arab world in several hundreds of years. As I join celebration with the rest of world, I share few stories I heard either from TV, or read about them, on Gaddhafi family madness and crimes in football:
- 1982: Libya organized African Nations Cup, and Libyan team did the best in their history, reaching the final, only to lose to Ghana by penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie.

Beckham Fever To Fashion In Paris? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The story of David Beckham's football career has been an extraordinary tale. And yet, even at the not-so-tender age of 36, the world's most famous footballer appears to have another chapter. Currently, Beckham's MLS career is dwindling towards its conclusion with his lucrative contract to expire in November.

Barney Battles.
A name worthy of echoing down the decades. And Scottish football can boast two of them.
Both with a tale to tell.
Barney Battles Senior played for Celtic, Liverpool, Dundee, Hearts and Kilmarnock and was capped for Scotland three times.
In 1896 he went on strike at Celtic because he'd been criticised by a number of journalists.

Soka Afrika is probably the first documentary that really tackles the problem of trafficking of young footballers from Africa to the European leagues through the story of two aspiring footballers who set out to find their fame and fortune and end up taking very different journeys. It won the best film at the Kicking and Screening film festival in NYC and London this year.

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Lorena Bernal (34) is an actress and model and former Miss Spain 1999, she's married to new Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta with whom she has a child with Gabriel born in 2009.
She also revealed, when Mikel finishes his football career the Family will move to Los Angeles, putting the Galaxy on red alert, possibly to replace David Beckham.

One of my favorite homegrown Chelsea players in recent years was Sam Hutchinson, the young defender who, in his extremely brief senior Blues career, was responsible for providing the perfect assist for this memorable Lampard goal. He retired last year, but has been consistently making appearances for the reserve team this season, prompting me to wonder whether he's back en route in his football career.

Ten months ago, Wayne Rooney stunned United fans by claiming he wasn't prepared to sign a new contract. After spending the previous six years kissing our badge and pledging his career to the club, nobody could have predicted the predicament he would leave us in. With just 18 months remaining on his contract, we were faced with the prospect of selling him in the January transfer window, just so we could make more money on him, than if we kept him until the end of the season.

A great tight end can give you a huge advantage in fantasy football. In 2011, that advantage may be even larger than normal due to the shortage of high quality players at that position. Here are our tight end rankings for 2011 fantasy football:

1. Antonio Gates, San Diego Chargers
Last season, Antonio Gates was on fire .

Green Army Don't mention the war. Usually it is a good idea for an irreverent football blog to keep clear of international conflicts – they go together about as smoothly as Gervinho's scalp and dreadlocks. That said OTP has perused such a treasure trove of farcical facts on the ‘football career' of a key figure [.

Joe Cole is at a very big crossroads in his football career.
The 29 year old Liverpool midfielder has not had a good 12 months at Anfield.
Sent off on the first day of last season's opening game against Arsenal, he has struggled to make an impression in the the team ever since.
Signed on a free from Chelsea by Christian Purslow (idiot) and Roy Hodgson, the England International has failed to get game-time under Kenny Dalglish since January.

Do our footballers ever ruminate on how a modern Scotland can persuade the rest of the world that it is embracing innovation and shifting away from our old "tartan and shortbread" image?
Probably not.
But at least one star of yesteryear is probably immensely relaxed about the nostalgic power of plaid and a unleavened biscuit phenomenon.

Gary Neville has reflected on how he made the decision to call it a day on his football career earlier this year, claiming that Sir Alex Ferguson handled the situation perfectly.

"I'd had conversations with my wife and my mum and dad," he said. "And I spoke to Scholesy and Ryan Giggs too, because we have shared most things over the last 20 years.

In surprisingly quick fashion, Arsenal have signed Gervais Yao Kouassi. Instead of the customary Five month wait for Arsenal.com to announce the signing we all knew about, the have only had to wait one month. The signing has been done at a rumored 10.8million. We should all commend the publishers at Arsenal.

Solo. Indonesian football received some much-needed closure on Saturday as career football figure Djohar Arifin Husin was elected as the new chairman of the game's governing body.
With the threat of being banished from international competition looming over the proceedings, Djohar handily won the election to take the top job at the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI).

Ronaldinho has spent the past six months in Brazil, leisurely playing out his football career for Flamengo. The samba boy remains unfit and a sucker for late night dance parties and, not surprisingly, he's only made four appearances for the club and scored twice (one of them the clincher for the Rio de Janeiro State Championship).

Ex-Chelsea man Ray Wilkins heaped praise on Danny Sturridge and believes he "can be anything he wants to be" as far as his football career is concerned.
Wilkins said:

"He's an enormously talented guy, he's extremely quick and I've seen him rip the Chelsea senior players to pieces in training but that has obviously got to be translated on to the Saturday afternoon.