In the summer of 2006 Manchester United were written off. Chelsea had just won the league with ease and added one of the best players in the world for each position to their squad. Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko joined them, whilst in contrast we sold our top scorer, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and didn't replace him, and brought in Michael Carrick, who was hardly the midfield general the fans had been hoping for.

Chelsea moved back up to fourth place in the Premier League after picking up a 2-1 away victory against Wolves, although it took an 89th-minute winner by Frank Lampard to end Chelsea's four-match winless run.

Stephen Ward thought he had done enough to earn Wolves their fourth consecutive draw when he cancelled out Ramires's second-half effort with just five minutes remaining, but Lampard pounced to take the Blues a point above Arsenal, who failed to reclaim fourth spot after losing 2-1 at Fulham.

Chelsea moved back up to fourth place in the Premier League after picking up a 2-1 away victory against Wolves, although it took an 89th-minute winner by Frank Lampard to end Chelsea's four-match winless run.

Stephen Ward thought he had done enough to earn Wolves their fourth consecutive draw when he cancelled out Ramires's second-half effort with just five minutes remaining, but Lampard pounced to take the Blues a point above Arsenal, who failed to reclaim fourth spot after losing 2-1 at Fulham.

Well I enjoyed a nice little layoff over the last week and a half, or however long it's been since I wrote something. I wasn't out of town, but did have more real work to do than normal. Kudos to Darren for doing the heavy lifting over the last week.

Anyway, we've been treated to another round of mostly meaningless internationals in the last few days.

It took an injury time goal from Lionel Messi to salvage a point for Barca at San Mames. With this draw Barca found themselves trailing leaders Real Madrid by three points. This is the first time Guardiola's team is trailing their arch rivals by more than two points. This result has put the emphasis in the league back to Real madrid as they could aproach the home match against us on December 10 with a bit of ease.

Lionel Messi scored an injury-time goal to salvage a point as Barcelona drew 2-2 with Athletic Bilbao Twice the Spanish champions went behind in a match which is traditionally the oldest in La Liga history, and twice they rallied back with goals from Cesc Fabregas and a 91st minute strike from Lionel Messi.

By Chris Wright

We've already seen a player notch with his crotch today, so bona fide Brazilian futsal legend Falcao's injury-time goal against Russia in the Grand Prix final continues the theme nicely in so far as the tricky-dicky 34-year old veteran scored the late winner with his left breasticle to secure a 2-1 victory at the death and, by extension, that Brazil lifted the trophy on home soil.

By Chris Wright

Pies' pick of the 15 best photos from last night's Europa League action...

Lokomotiv Moscow's Felipe Caicedo celebrates his injury time goal against AEK Athens as he passes AEK keeper Giannis Arabatzis

The Britannia Stadium sits empty an hour or so before Stoke City kicked off against Maccabi Tel Aviv

Besiktas' Filip Holosko and Dynamo Kiev's Betao gurn away while tussling in the air over Kiev

Birmingham fans decorate the square in the centre of Bruges before kick-off

Standard Liege's Yoni Buyens almost has his face pummelled by Vorskla Poltava goalkeeper Serhiy Dolganskiy

Club Brugge 'keeper Colin Cooseman celebrates his side's early lead against Birmingham, though it didn't last with Brum eventually winning it 2-1 in the 9th minute of injury time

Kenwyne Jones celebrates in customary style after scoring the opening goal for Stoke against Maccabi Tel Aviv

Legia Warszawa's Maciej Rybus gets crumpled in a pile-up with Rapid Bucharest duo Rui Duarte and 'keeper Danut Coman

Tottenham's Danny Rose is fouled on the edge of the box by Rubin Kazan captain Roman Sharonov.

Crowd trouble The Bosnian Cup match between Zrinjski and Velez descended into chaotic scenes when Rijad Demic scored an injury time goal for away side Velez. The game is the Mostar derby, with the teams sitting on either side of Croat and Muslim community divide. The Velez players were celebrating the goal when they decided [.

The Strikers proved their victory last week versus Edmonton was no fluke by taking out league leader Carolina Railhawks 2-1 with 10 men and a lot of heart! Over 3,000 fans showed up to a game threatened by rain and were delighted to see a hard fought Strikers dominated game. As an omen of good fortune the sky turned red and yellow, perhaps a sign of things to come (See picture).

Still having technical difficulties that make it difficult to post. So, here is a quick update on SKC.

SKC lost to Seattle by giving up another injury time goal.

And SKC qualified for the US Open Cup by destroying the Revolution's mostly reserve team 5-1.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery

One by one they walked off, the golden generation. Jermain Defoe shirtless; Joe Cole man of a match he would never wish to remember; Paolo Di Canio staring straight ahead, perhaps contemplating his pledge to commit suicide if West Ham were relegated.

Chelsea v Newcastle 2011 Final score:- Chelsea vs Newcastle 2-2 ( Jonas Guiterrez, Steven Taylor/ Branislav Ivanovic, Alex) Steven Taylor's injury time goal allows Newcastle United to draw 2-2 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea were playing in their new 11/12 home kit against Newcastle. The 2-2 draw vs Newcastle was also Chelsea's last home [.

The title races in both France and Germany took another turn this weekend, while AC Milan and Manchester United took anther step towards winning their respective championships.

France
The Ligue 1 title race tightened as leaders Lille were upset 1-0 by Monaco. Luckily for Lille, there other title contenders failed to take full advantage of Lille's defeat.

Gennaro Gattuso's pathetic display of petulance helped an Italian team revert to stereotype last night and it's debatable whether his absence in the second leg will be a bigger blow to Milan or Spurs.

Amidst Gattuso's childish performance we saw imaginary cards being waved and a horrendous two-footed tackle from ex-goon Flamini that could have easily inflicted far more damage than it did.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Marcus Berg and Balazs Dzsudzsak each scored twice as PSV Eindhoven blanked AZ Alkmaar 4-0 to stay top of the Dutch league on Saturday. Berg slotted a rebound to give PSV the lead after eight minutes then Ola Toivonen played in Dzsudzsak for the second on the stroke of the hour.

Stoke City vs Sunderland February 5, 2011- Britannia Stadium- Premiership Final score:- Stoke vs Sunderland 3-2 ( John Carew, Robert Huth*2/ Kieran Richardson, Asamoah Gyan) Robert Huth's late brace earns Stoke City a 3-2 comeback win ( including an injury time goal) over Sunderland AFC at the Stadium of Light.

Who would want to be a football manager these days? Alan Pardew thinks 2+2=4 we've dropped 4 points these last two games After seeing his team outplay a top six side, for the second time in two games, Alan Pardew again witnessed his side give up an injury time goal and two points [...]

LONDON, England — An injury-time goal from Sunderland's Ghanaian international Asamoah Gyan denied Newcastle home-and-away victories over their northeast rivals as Birmingham and Aston Villa drew in the Premier League on Sunday. Newcastle, seeking to bounce back from their shock FA Cup exit to lowly Stevenage last week, looked to be heading to a 1-0 [.

Ladies (and some gentlemen) of the Kickette Hottie Spotting Jury, we have a matter of the utmost importance to present to you today.

No, we're not asking you to help us find our house keys. We're talking about the man above: Mr. Ciaran Clark.

You may recognize Ciaran as the scorer of Aston Villa's last gasp injury time goal against Chelsea yesterday.

Liverpool 2-1 Bolton Wanderers ( Fernando Torres, Joe Cole/ Kevin Davies) Anfield, Liverpool- January 1, 2011 A crucial win for Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson, with Joe Cole's injury time goal giving Liverpool a 2-1 comeback win over Bolton Wanderers. Liverpool vs Bolton 0-1 ( Kevin Davies goal) Liverpool vs Bolton 1-1 ( Fernando Torres goal) [.