He used to push refs.. now Di Canio just attacks dugouts

I enjoyed the game between Wimbledon and Swindon at Kingsmeadow on Saturday but I missed a lot of the match. It wasn't that it was a poor game. Far from it. It was just that there was a human firecracker called Paolo Di Canio standing in front of the Swindon bench and he was going off every couple of minutes.

After his nine years with Robbie Jackson and subsequent five years with Sonia, Bianca, Mickey, Vinnie and Gus, I'm sure that many of you, like me, were wondering what became of Eastenders' most famous dog (other than Ethel's little Willie, obviously).
Rumours abound that Bianca killed Wellard by feeding him chocolate, before scattering his ashes on the allotment.

After his nine years with Robbie Jackson and subsequent five years with Sonia, Bianca, Mickey, Vinnie and Gus, I'm sure that many of you, like me, were wondering what became of Eastenders' most famous dog (other than Ethel's little Willie, obviously).
Rumours abound that Bianca killed Wellard by feeding him chocolate, before scattering his ashes on the allotment.

There was a bit more money about when the fifth Women's World Cup took place. And the BBC was quite prepared to spend it on more extensive coverage of the tournament than the anglo-centric focus they are boasting about this time around. It probably wasn't just the football that attracted the Beeb's attention in 2007, although England's improving squad were worthy of it anyway.

A Stranger in my own home. (Or the day someone stole my t-shirt). AFC Wimbledon 6-1 Fleetwood (11:05:11) This isn't a European Football Weekend per se, but when Kingstonian fan Jamie Cutteridge comes knocking with a match report, the doors to EFW swing wide open.... The trip from my house to Kingsmeadow is a pleasant, simple one that I have become familiar and comfortable with over the

"Not in the wider interests of football". We mentioned this astonishing statement, made on the subject of a new club starting in SW19 at the time that Wimbledon FC was being franchised to Milton Keynes, during our report of the first leg of this evening's Blue Square Premier Play-Off between AFC Wimbledon and Fleetwood Town, but it is a statement that cannot and should not be repeated enough when mentioning tonight's home team.

Twas ploughish, and the slimy dons
Did wyre and wimble in the blarn:
All milty were the braggados,
And the melts raths garn.
"Beware the Jabberwomble, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Franchise phoenix, and shun
The fluidous Snatcherblatch!

Kingston ‘Buryed' after 10k challenge
Kingstonian 1-1 Bury Town (16:01:11)
Its been far too long since we covered a non league match on these pages, so here's Jamie Cutteridge putting that to rights with his debut article for European Football Weekends:
Every good story starts with a pun, this is where Moby Dick and Pride and Prejudice fell down, yes we remember their opening lines, but their stories?