"Footballer asked to give up honeymoon for new club."

Admit it first thoughts center around the wife and a reaction worthy of any reality shows in which a new bride or bride-to-be seem like a good candidate for a rubber room and a key which gets mysteriously lost for...ever.

Tim Ream was given a choice: sign for Bolton or head off on the honeymoon.

Merseyside united in grief as football mourns another true gent in Gary Ablett who has died aged 46

Such was his affable nature, there were no grudges and there was never any acrimony when Gary Albett made move from Liverpool to Everton.

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Why does Steve Kean get so much grief when rock bottom Owen Coyle gets away with murder?

Throw a stone anywhere in the areas of Greater Manchester and Lancashire and chances are you'll break a window at a professional football club. The North West is the undisputed home of the domestic game, with 12 teams spread over the four professional leagues.

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One of these men is a Premier League referee, the other a gold medal-winning Olympic cyclist can you spot which is which?

In a story rather reminiscent (in a cyber kind of way) of that infamous paediatrician/paedophile mix-up some years back, irate Tottenham fans, angered at the officials' performance in their 2-1 defeat against Stoke on Sunday, have been taking to Twitter in their droves, but directing their (rather justified) ire at cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy, rather than the guilty official, Chris Foy.

What's worse than having the similar name to an unpopular referee? Being famous and having a similar name.

Chris Hoy is an Olympic gold medal (three time) cyclist. Christ Foy is a Premiership referee who had an unfortunate weekend, which then led to lots of unfortunate moments on Chris Hoy's Twitter feed.

Pedal-ty, ref! Four-times Olympic cycling gold medalist Sir Chris Hoy has revealed he has become the victim of Twitter hate campaign orchestrated by stupid Tottenham supporters. The confused Spurs fans were angry at referee Chris Foy (note: Foy, not Hoy) following his performance in their match at Stoke on Sunday.

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With so much grief given out to our esteemed manager during pre season, and with another transfer window just around the corner, I thought it might be a good time to see how Wenger's apparent 'panic buys' have compared to the big money signings of some of our closest league rivals.

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With so much grief given out to our esteemed manager during pre season, and with another transfer window just around the corner, I thought it might be a good time to see how Wenger's apparent 'panic buys' have compared to the big money signings of some of our closest league rivals.

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"I am sorry but it is true. I like quiet music like that. All that loud music with all the volume gives me a pain in the head. Sometimes (my brother) Kolo tells me, 'Yaya, you're stupid. You are big and strong and when people see you on the field or on the street they will be scared of you, so why are you listening to this silly music?

After Speed, why the football family should look after its own

Football has cried a river following the tragic death of Gary Speed. Managers, players, and the fans who pays our wages, have been united in grief because we have lost one of our own. Everyone has been asking the same question since Speedo apparently took his own life last weekend.

Ok, here we go again!

We'll start this morning with some team news ahead of the Norwich game and there's bad news for two young full backs. Kieran Gibbs has a hernia and Arsene explains:

He looks like he will be out for between four and five weeks. At first he had an abdominal strain, certainly caused by the fact that he had a hernia already.

Pinch, punch, first of the month and all that.

And pinching is something we've been doing a lot of since Saturday. Did we really go to Stamford Bridge and become the first side in the Premiership era (the twentieth year of it, no less) to score five times? Did we really come from behind twice at a ground that has caused us so much grief over the past five years?

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron apologized for comments he made about the "Justice for the 96" campaign. A Downing Street spokeswoman claims his words were misinterpreted and he did not intend to offend victims' families, according to the Daily Mail.
"The Prime Minister regrets if any offence has been caused," the spokeswoman said.

During Prime Minister's questions yesterday, Luciana Berger, Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, urged David Cameron to apologise for what she described as 'grossly offensive' comments about the ongoing question for justice over the Hillsborough disaster.
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Cameron is alleged to have compared the Hillsborough families' search for closure to a 'blind man, in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there'.

Well, well, what do we have here... Alberto Aquilani finally over the moon for Kevin-Prince Boateng, of course! The only name the Rossoneri should be chanting at breakfast, lunch and dinner today is 'Boateng' because his second-half hat-trick yesterday led them to 4-3 win over Lecce yesterday.

First John Henry and Fenway Sports Group were out to destroy the glory of English football. Then there was Suarezgate—at least until the long needed debate on Hillsborough in parliament bumped that to the back burner. In the midst of all that there was the small matter of a match against Manchester United to round things out.

A recent blog on the AA website called 'Project Youth-fact or fiction?' (great write Illybongani) got me thinking about the direction that Arsenal has been heading in the last 6 trophyless years and also the grief that Arsène Wenger has had to endure. Fans seem to be divided into 2 opinions.

Bolton Wanderers skipper Kevin Davies realizes that Manchester United faithful will continue to abuse him following his tackle that has sidelined young midfielder Tom Cleverley for a few weeks.

However, as a responsible veteran in the sport, Davies has taken full accountability for the incident and refuses to let criticism take away from the fact that his Cleverley's injury was an accident.

After a debacle like our 3-0 fallout against Kansas City, it's just kind of hard to know what to say or do as a mixture of emotions surface. There's anger, sadness, despair, rage, angst, and we'll just stop there as my gut is now on fire.

These are common manifestations of grief. To borrow from the landmark book, On Death and Dying, grieving guru Elisabeth Kübler-Ross describes grief as a cycle in 5 stages.

Today, ten years after the fateful 9/11 disaster, is full of emotions, sorrow, grief and remembering those that sadly died in the airplanes, in the buildings and the many firefighters and police officers that made the huge sacrifice to risk ...

Video, reaction and highlights.

If you didn't see or hear yesterday's game and simply checked about online afterwards to find out what had happened, it wouldn't be unreasonable for you to assume that we had lost. Or not won. Such was the outpouring of grief post-game that the fact that we actually took three points was glossed over.

The only enjoyable thing about this morning was to read the journal of Telefoote the football programme for French TV, the imminent signing of Chu-Young Park for Arsenal. It describes how the 26yr old South Korean was due to sign for Lille last Friday, after his first part of his medical, however a problem occurred with his plane and the flight was delayed until the Saturday.

The only enjoyable thing about this morning was to read the journal of Telefoote the football programme for French TV, the imminent signing of Chu-Young Park for Arsenal. It describes how the 26yr old South Korean was due to sign for Lille last Friday, after his first part of his medical, however a problem occurred with his plane and the flight was delayed until the Saturday.

Just for kicks, here's a slightly different way of looking at clubs' offensive production over the course of a decade. A few things of note:

• Only a few clubs consistently stand out; among them: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United
• A few clubs are consistent also-rans: Aston Villa, Everton, Tottenham
• Clubs on the rise: Everton, Manchster City, Tottenham
• Clubs on the decline: Blackburn, Newcastle
• Clubs that consistently perform well but not spectacularly: Bolton, Everton, Fulham

To me, the graph also demonstrates nicely what a great achievement it is to be a consistently high performing club.

EMMANUEL Frimpong has had a corking bust-up with celebrity Gooner Piers Morgan after the TV host had a dig at the young Arsenal midfielder. Frimpong was sent off in his Premier League debut in the 2-0 defeat against Liverpool at the Emirates yesterday and he was in fighting mood when Morgan gave him some grief about his haird-do and his dismissal.

Carroll & Agger net in Oslo draw

Goals from Andy Carroll and Daniel Agger (2) secured a 3-3 draw with Valerenga as grief-stricken Oslo hosted our penultimate friendly ahead of the 2011-12 campaign.

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Here's a pure football pairing we wholeheartedly support: Seattle Sounders midfielder, Servando Carassco, and USWNT player, Alex Morgan, are dating. For the past 3.5 years, actually!

In an interview with the Seattle Times, Miss Morgan's MLS rookie boyfriend recently told how proud he was of her performance at this past Women's World Cup.

Villyan Bijev was a forward who put up good numbers with Cal Odyssey of the USSDA and was one of the first two to sign Letter's of Intent with the University of Washington and Coach Jamie Clark. The young American with a Bulgarian passport will now be skipping his college commitments to instead come-up through the Liverpool system.

Genoa owner Enrico Preziosi is a sometimes abrasive character who has frequently fallen foul of football's authorities and his own fans. You wouldn't trust him to be gracious to losers, but he was - and it was not just any loser. It was Sampdoria, Genoa's local rivals and the subject of much scorn, grief and disbelief across the nation after their unexpected plunge to Serie B just 12 months after qualifying for the Champions League preliminary round.

Tonight the Portland Timbers will take on the San Jose Earthquakes in a U.S. Open Cup play-in game. Consider this question: does it matter? It's a bold question that's been asked countless times by journalists, fans, owners and even players. Five years ago, you could answer with a resounding "No" and likely not find too much grief coming your way.

Kevin Keegan expresses some views about Newcastle United, Andy Carroll, the Liverpool game and Mike Ashley. Ex-Toon manager and twice Messiah Kevin Keegan has been giving Alan Pardew and Mike Ashley some grief over the weekend. First of all, KK was critical about the 'over-friendliness' shown to Andy Carroll by his former team-mates on the [.

April 17th 2011: Wenger blames referee for Arsenal draw
"We conceded a penalty after 11 minutes when the referee said there was eight minutes of injury time. I don't see where those three minutes came from and it was no penalty."

April 10th 2011: Wenger blames grieving Gunners for goal drought after competition exits
"After what happened to us we are in grief and the spontaneous side of your game goes a little bit.

So, United's inevitable win against a team managed by an old-boy means they've got a 10 point gap at the top of the table. It's not as intimidating as it might be, given we now have two games in hand before today's and have to face them ourselves, but it means that anything less than three points today and the fat lady will be singing like a .

The two finest clubs in English football over the past six seasons renew their Champions League vows. This, my friends, should be unforgettable.

Devin was to compile this preview, but, alas, he went and got himself engaged last night to the love of his life. Such a selfish move left me a man currently occupied at his full-time employer with the task of putting this bad boy together.

Huge thanks to Danish dames Nathalia & Elsebeth for their translation help!

Recently, the Danish press has been hard at work trying to make sense of a possible reunion between Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner and his Baroness, Caroline Fleming. What sparked the fury was Nicky B.'s interview with Ekstra Bladet, where he spoke about possibly skipping out on Denmark and this summer's U21 Euros in order to see more of his family:

"I need to make up my mind about if I want to say 'no' to a month of quality time with my family and instead go with a much shorter vacation.

Valentine's Day 2011 saw an announcement anticipated but met with sorrow around the football world and mourned with open grief in his native Brazil. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima stated at a hastily arranged press conference in Sao Paolo that he was retiring from the sport. The 34-year-old was clearly distraught and broke down several times as he explained the reason he can no play longer the game so dear to him.

Hold the damn phone, Chelsea isn't dead yet. Two precious away goals in the Danish capital help extinguish nightmarish memories of the weekend, and perhaps signal a way forward for our embattled leader.

Thing are looking up?

Alluding to later visual awesomeness, may we all now join in a collective fist pump following this much-needed win?

Abou Diaby divides opinion amongst Arsenal fans.

His talent is clear, comparisons with Patrick Vieira are completely wrong but his fitness has let him down massively. This is partly due to being on the receiving end of countless bad challenges that have kept him out the game for a combined time of at least a couple of years.

Admittedly, I'm not over this one yet. The wound continues to smart the day after the wreckage, and I'm left with a sense of grief and despair. Grief over the notion that we've now lost twice to those Northerners, and despair over how porous of a performance we displayed given our newfound reinforcements and 'momentum'.

Ha! I told you so! All those Liverpool fans who gave me grief on Friday for daring to suggest Torres may push for a transfer request, it now seems Liverpool have accepted a bid from Chelsea for the Spaniard.
It is Darren Lewis at the Mirror who has spread the news, saying via Twitter 'his men' say Liverpool have accepted a bid.