The football world already has it all planned out: fans, players, ex-players, pundits and journalists alike all want Harry Redknapp to replace Fabio Capello as England manager, following the Italian's resignation yesterday evening.

Some were already looking beyond Euro 2012 Capello had already planned to retire after this summer's tournament to the Redknapp era, convinced he would be the man for the job at some point.

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With our penchant for crap hats and whips, you might say we're the 'Indiana Jones's' of the fluffy football world.

With this in mind, we ventured into the depths of the Copa Libertadores last night and found this photo of Wagner (r) being tackled/molested (depending on how loose your definition on on-pitch discipline is) by the magnificently named Hugo Nervo.

Manchester City's Carlos Tevez is one of the most maligned players in the Premier League at the moment, and Liverpool legend Steve Nicol recently argued that "the football world would think a lot less about Mancini if he does decide to let him come back". Nicol's former team-mate Mark Lawrenson seems to be a lot more forgiving though, and he believes Tevez could still play an important role for

The decision to strip Chelsea's John Terry of the England captaincy has polarised opinion across the football world, and many fair-minded people will be concerned by the FA's apparent failure to observe the principle of 'innocent until proven guilty'. On Friday, Liverpool legend Steve Nicol labelled the FA's decision as 'stupid', but his former team-mate Mark Lawrenson claims there may be more

In that special, unique way that only they can, the FA managed to set a dozen hungry cats amongst the pigeons of the John Terry case this morning. Their announcement, that Terry had been stripped of the England captaincy for this summer's European Championships but that he would still be available for selection by Fabio Capello sends out a message so mixed that it would require an FA-branded centrifuge to be able to properly decipher.

When Manchester City dispatched Manchester United in commanding fashion earlier this season, the City steamroller was powerful, efficient, and impressive. It looked downright unstoppable. As Kevin McCarra noted the day of City's 6-1 trouncing of United in The Guardian, "For the football world at large, it is more significant still that City have 33 goals from nine league games.

Rumours aplenty this Premiership weekend. One of them is that Mick McCarthy, the current Wolves manager, is set to be sacked if Wolves lose against Aston Villa on the weekend. This is despite utterances to the opposite from the Wolves chairman. Who ought to be believed? The rumour mongerers or the chairman of the club who will make such a decision?

While the Football World stands still & fixed to the Internet, Tv or a Radio with the 1º leg Spanish Cup match between Real Madrid & FC Barcelona, most forget that before & just finished was another SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) 1º leg match Quarter Final clash between ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & MALLORCA.

Its on again, the clash of the Football Titans, this time the 1º leg of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ). At 22.00 hrs (10.00pm) Spanish local time REAL MADRID plays FC BARCELONA at the "Santiago Bernabeu" Stadium. Although the "atmosphere" is less tense than previous ocassion it is certainly the talk of the town & of the Football World.

It's OFFICIAL... Brazilian pop singer Michel Telo is taking over the football world! When you have a Number 1 hit song in Latin America and Europe, players are dancing to your songs as part of goal celebrations and Valdebebas welcomes you with open arms, you've bloody well arrived!

Alan Pardew had his press conference for the Blackburn Rovers FA Cup tie yesterday, although most of the questions were about the fabulous performance on Wednesday evening, which is still getting headlines around the football world. Leon Best could get chance tomorrow afternoon But Alan seemed to have moved on from what he said [.

Alan Pardew had his press conference for the Blackburn Rovers FA Cup tie yesterday, although most of the questions were about the fabulous performance on Wednesday evening, which is still getting headlines around the football world. Leon Best could get chance tomorrow afternoon But Alan seemed to have moved on from what he said [.

After witnessing Manchester United defeat against Blackburn Rovers for our New Year's Eve match, I would touch on another significant matter to the football world, the opening of the transfer window....
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The 2011 fantasy football season has been the year of the tight end. Never has the tight end been this valuable in the fantasy football world. To end your 2011 season with a bang (and hopefully a championship), start one of these fantasy football tight ends.

1. Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots
Gronkowski will put the finishes touches on a legendary season.

Players and Fans are the two key ingredients that make football the beautiful game.
The skill and the atmosphere, the suspense and the uncertainties, sometimes even a randomness of poetic and physical forms.
Football will always be this but there are some parts of the game that now exist in a parallel universe to the game/play outlined above.

In the midst of the holiday season and American soccer's off-season now is the time to reload your fandom with these ten FBM must-haves.


And don't worry... there's still time to get all of these great things!


Hell... you can just buy these for you as well.

Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur are keeping tabs on Macclesfield Town's emerging young talent George Whiteoak, reports the Daily Mirror.
The 16 year-old centre-half is drawing attention from some of Britain's top clubs having impressed for the League Two side at youth level and is now on the verge of making his senior debut.

Going into the Champions League group stages, there were likely a great deal of football bets placed on Premier League powerhouses Manchester United and Manchester City reaching the round of 16. But after flubbing a group that appeared to be a relative stroll, United are now looking ahead to the Europa League, and their archrivals are doing the same.

One of the best things that happened in the recent years in the Football world is the return of the big giant, Uruguay. Personally, I was surprised but mesmerized with that strong return. I thought Uruguay football was only a history and will never make it again, especially with a very pale qualifying results to the World Cup.

The football world is still trying, and failing, to come to terms with the loss of a legend.

The shocking news on the sudden death of Wales manager Gary Speed brought the country to a stand-still. Since the announcement there has been an endless amount of tributes for the 42 year old husband and father, showing just how much he meant to not only football, but the UK itself.

Whilst the eyes of most of the football world were focussed upon the likes of Stamford Bridge and the Nou Camp last night, an altogether more prosaic battle was playing out at Nene Park in Irthlingborough. The Blue Square Premier has had something of a flustered look about its lower reaches all season, with newly-relegated Lincoln City and Stockport County both finding life below the Football League tougher than they might have expected, but for existence-threatening financial difficulties, Kettering Town and Darlington beat all others hands down.

The 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or will be decided between three contenders Lionel Messi, Xavi and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo. But who will win? In a month which will seen billions of people around the globe celebrate the birth of Christ, the football world was reminded of the day that three very special (almost Christ-like [.

Today the football world, still morning the untimely death of Gary Speed, is now mourning former Brazil Captain Sócrates, who passed away as a result of an intestinal infection at the age of 57. Sócrates earned 60 caps with the Brazil national team between 1979 and 1986, and captained the team in the 1982 World Cup.

There's no doubt that this has been an emotional week for the Newcastle United club. Gary Speed honored tomorrow at St. James' Park The terrible and tragic news on Sunday morning that Gary Speed had been found dead in his home in Cheshire hit the football world hard very hard. But that was especially true at Newcastle, where he played 284 times with 40 goals [.

We didn't think Joey Barton showed much class with his comments yesterday, as he blasted Mike Ashley and Derek LLambias. Gary Speed committed suicide over the weekend And the unfortunate thing was that Barton's classless comments were made in a week when the football world and the Newcastle club are mourning the loss of Gary Speed, who was a real gentleman both on and off the pitch.

Newcastle United have today given the plans to pay tribute to Gary Speed at Saturday's game against Chelsea. Gary Speed - a fitting tribute on Saturday Speed was found hanged in his garage on Sunday by his wife Louise, and his passing has been met by complete shock by the football world. There will be a tribute paid to the former Newcastle United midfielder before the kick-off [.

Two days on and the football world is still trying, and failing, to come to terms with the loss of a legend.

Sunday's shocking news on the sudden death of Wales manager Gary Speed brought the country to a stand-still. Since the announcement there has been an endless amount of tributes for the 42 year old husband and father, showing just how much he meant to not only football, but the UK itself.

Gary Speed's death leaves football world in shock and Roberto Mancini slams Liverpool

Football was united in mourning as the sport tried to come to terms with the sudden death of Wales manager Gary Speed at 42.

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Morning all,

another week, another two games on the horizon and the football world is in a strange place after yesterday's news about Gary Speed. I really don't have much to say about it other than to hope his family and loved ones manage to cope with such an awful situation. Speculation about why it happened isn't helpful at all and the public's ghoulish fascination with celebrity death is something which distrurbs me greatly.

RIP GARY SPEED

Wow, we're still pretty traumatized as we write this. The football world has lost a great man, an all-round personality and footballer in Wales national coach, Gary Speed after he took his own life yesterday. Growing up, we used to watch him play for Wales with our proud grandpa (Speed has appeared a total of 85 times for country, which makes him the highest capped outfield player) and his suicide is surely a heavy burden for Speed's loved ones and fans everywhere to bear.

The news of Gary Speed's death today is as surprising as it is sad, with a true gentleman and Premier League great suddenly gone without a hint of a warning.

It is perhaps a bit of a cliche to say he was one of the last you would expect this of, but it really fits right now; never in his distinguished career has Speed been known for anything other than being a model professional, and it is alarming that there has, presumably, always been something lurking under the surface that he never felt comfortable sharing with anyone.

French International Yohan Cabaye is one reason why Newcastle have stunned the football world with their excellent start to the season. Yohan Cabaye in action last Saturday And while it was always going to be a tough job at the Etihad stadium last Saturday to maintain the 11 game winning streak, we have a [.

Earlier this week, FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, caused a stir in the football world, by intimating that racial abuse on the pitch could be fixed in the same way as a foul or a shove; with a simple handshake. Blatter's comments suggested a naivety – or even an outright ignorance to the effects of racism – that prompted calls for his resignation.

Who has been winding who up in the football world - and what does 'to wind up' mean? Check out the latest football phrase from langaugecaster.com

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Just Football was recently invited to PUMA's African football 2012 kit launch at the Design Museum in London. While there we were able to mingle and chat with various stars of the African football world.

England face Sweden at Wembley tonight in what the FA would describe as another ‘vital' friendly. But look into the history of the two nations and one statistic jumps out: England cannot beat those Swedes! It was a friendly at Wembley on May 22, 1968, when we last recorded a win over them. Since then, [.

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Luis Suarez's four-goal salvo for Uruguay has caught the imagination of the football world but just how good is our No.7? Have your say on 'You're on LFC TV' from 6pm GMT tonight.

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Luis Suarez's four-goal salvo for Uruguay has caught the imagination of the football world but just how good is our No.7? Have your say on 'You're on LFC TV' from 6pm GMT tonight.

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6pm: Is Suarez the world's best?

Luis Suarez's four-goal salvo for Uruguay has caught the imagination of the football world but just how good is our No.7? Have your say on 'You're on LFC TV' from 6pm GMT tonight.

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In light of the recent economic and fiscal policies that have been employed in Europe to stop the massive financial crisis, there is no time like the present to be reminded how much business affects the football world.

Manchester City's endless flow of capital has given them the ability to buy the best products, and chase the success every club desires, bringing glory to the club and its supporters, and higher profits which can be spent as self-generated revenue.