With just £50 and a bit of luck, you could rename Blue Square Premier League side Bath City's ground anything you want for a whole season. The 2012/13 naming rights to Twerton Park -- built in 1909 and home to non-league Bath City since 1932 -- will be put up for grabs in a drawing open to pretty much anyone.

Pep Guardiola took a leaf out of Bastian Schweinsteiger's Basketball Book over the week and watched a game with his children Marius and Maria (above). Of course, the only game on his mind tonight is Barcelona's Copa del Rey semi-final against Valencia when his newly crowned "Laureus World Team of the Year" take them on in the Nou Camp.

Futbolitinos, the transfer deadline window is now shut! Seedy agents all became instant millionaires when "under the table" deals were finalized yesterday, including Coutinho's loan move from Inter Milan to Espanyol (above).

They say that play acting and feining injury has become rife in football and when videos like this emerge it is no wonder why. We at In The Stands can only shake our heads and laugh. For the record his name is Narcisse Ekanga Amia, a 24-year-old Cameroonian-Equatoguinean midfielder who currently plays for TP Mazembe [.

By Chris Wright

Massive thanks to Pies' fan Nick Sincere for bringing this photo to our attention Jose Mourinho lurking menacingly in the shadows of the underground car-park at the Camp Nou with the express intent of having 'a little chat' with referee Fernando Teixeira after his questionable performance during Wednesday night's El Clasico farrago.

Roaring Royal A few months late, this video has risen to prominence after being spotted by the Birmingham Mail. It shows Aston Villa fan Prince William appearing to let out a hysterical laugh when asked about Alex McLeish on the day the former Birmingham boss took charge at Villa Park last August. The Duke of [.

The challenge today is to see if I can go through a whole blog without mentioning Thierry Henry.

Oh, balls. Well, mentioning him again. I know we football fans live very much in the moment, and the moment is kinda all his, but I reckon I've had my fill of articles about how great he is in training.

'I laugh when they call my son racist but I worry for him now' – mother of Liverpool star Luis Suarez speaks out on race row

Striker's parent insists her son is not prejudiced against black people and says the use of the word 'negro', which was aimed at Frenchman, has no racist connotations in Uruguay

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'I laugh when they call my son racist but I worry for him now' – mother of Liverpool star Luis Suarez speaks out on race row

Striker's parent insists her son is not prejudiced against black people and says the use of the word 'negro', which was aimed at Frenchman, has no racist connotations in Uruguay

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'I laugh when they call my son racist but I worry for him now' – mother of Liverpool star Luis Suarez speaks out on race row

Striker's parent insists her son is not prejudiced against black people and says the use of the word 'negro', which was aimed at Frenchman, has no racist connotations in Uruguay

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'I laugh when they call my son racist but I worry for him now' – mother of Liverpool star Luis Suarez speaks out on race row

Striker's parent insists her son is not prejudiced against black people and says the use of the word 'negro', which was aimed at Frenchman, has no racist connotations in Uruguay

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A news article on 2012-01-03 12:25:00 from: Goal

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'I laugh when they call my son racist but I worry for him now' – mother of Liverpool star Luis Suarez speaks out on race row

Striker's parent insists her son is not prejudiced against black people and says the use of the word 'negro', which was aimed at Frenchman, has no racist connotations in Uruguay

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2012-01-03 12:25:00 from: Goal

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'I laugh when they call my son racist but I worry for him now' – mother of Liverpool star Luis Suarez speaks out on race row

Striker's parent insists her son is not prejudiced against black people and says the use of the word 'negro', which was aimed at Frenchman, has no racist connotations in Uruguay

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David Anderson's Big Match Verdict: How Newcastle have exchanged false prophets for real profits

The Toon Army were determined to have a laugh last night. In addition to the ­obligatory shirtless contingent on a cold, wet Merseyside night, one fan was dressed as the Honey Monster and another as Sesame Street's Big Bird.

Merry Christmas to all my readers out there!
I just thought for a laugh and to get us all into the Christmas spirit i'd make a short and sweet post giving you the chance to have a bit of fun.
Below are ten Liverpool players from past and present but Santa, baubles, stars and all sorts of things have got in the way, can you guess who they are?

You'll have a great laugh watching this Christmas video featuring Arsenal's Szczesny, Walcott, Sagna and... the Gunnersaurus! Someone explain what Sagna is supposed to be again? Whatever the case, you've gotta love these hombres!

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Everybody who comments, be it in print or on the radio or on television, makes mistakes. It doesn't matter who you are or how much you know or just what the subject is: Sooner or later you will slip up. And so I don't want to seem to be going after some poor talking head, some exceptionally easy target, just for the sake of it.

It sounds crazy, but could a loan spell at Liverpool be the perfect tonic for Torres?

It seems almost impossible to be suggesting this, but I'm beginning to feel sorry for Fernando Torres. There, I've said it, got it out in the open, off my chest, to rank along with all those other guilty secrets like a fondness for ELO and a teenage crush on the Shake 'n' Vac lady.

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I think that's what you'd call back on track. A solid, unspectacular performance, not aided and abetted by a ridiculous, bought sending off early in the game, and a display that showed lessons have been learned from away days at Wigan before.

The team was as expected and although the home began very brightly – and probably should have scored but for the magic heel of Santos – it didn't take long for us to assert ourselves and boss the game.

Peter Lovenkrands is a great source of humour. Firstly, he gives you a great laugh anytime he still manages to get into a Premier League starting line-up. Secondly, and not quite as regularly, he cartwheels over advertising hoardings.

By Chris Wright

Saturday 6th February 1993 was a fateful day, for it was the day that Gillingham pulled of what is arguably football's finest ever backpass (and I use the word 'finest' quite wrongly) during a 2-2 draw against Northampton in the old Third Division at the County Ground.

Gary Speed: My captain, my hero, my mate, by Robbie Savage

I'm looking at the headlines and I still can't believe it. My captain, my hero, my mate is gone and I can't understand why. He had the world at his feet and the ironic thing is that he was the guy you would always go to if you ever had a problem.

We sit and we watch. Sometimes we cheer, we jump, raise our arms, shout, scream, moan, groan, put our head in our hands, yawn, eat a sandwich, chat about something else, but more or less enjoy the game.

Not everyone. Some people see football as a chance to 'let off steam', to shout at the referee over minor infringements, to argue every 50/50 decision even if it probably was made correctly.

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City are all but out of the Champions League, and United are left needing a point from theirt final game to qualify. Not the best night for Manchester, then. You can read about all that here... Napoli 2-1 Manchester City: Big spenders all but out of Champions League Manchester United 2-2 Benfica: Fergie left needing a point .

United Rant previews tonight's game against Benfica.

Surreal Football shows a graph of feelings between United fans and Wayne Rooney.

MUFC Info has stats ahead of our game against Benfica.

The Express talks about Danny Welbeck's new contract.

The Daily Mail has pictures of Phil Jones' new Aston Martin.

Is this goodbye? David Beckham could play his last MLS game for the Galaxy Sunday in the MLS championship game - and not even the club knows whether he will return (AP Photo).

Or, at least David Beckham, whose five-year MLS contract expires at year's end, has not shared his decision privately - if he has made one - with Galaxy owner Anschutz Entertainment Group and President Tim Leiweke, who spoke to reporters Friday at Home Depot Center during the MLS MVP presentation ceremony.

One year ago today, the Kansas City Wizards had an announcement at the Power and Light District in downtown KC to announce their identity change from the Wizards to Sporting Kansas City. Included with the new name was a new logo, new colors, and basically a new identity.
Overall the first year of "Sporting KC" would be classified as a success both on an off the field, on the field the team went from missing the playoffs two straight years to topping the Eastern Conference in the regular season and making the conference finals.

Six of our boys yes, Bob was in the house participated in EA Sports' official FIFA 12 Pro Player Tournament on Wednesday at Cobham. Cue the inevitable trash talk and the birth of Romelu "I love the silence" Lukaku.

That's right. Our young Belgian enforcer emerged from the wreckage triumphant, topping fellow 18-year-old Josh McEachran by a 4-1 scoreline in the final.

By Chris Wright

Halloween's a bust, everybody knows it. No one in their right mind would choose to spend there evening doling out Haribo to teenage scrotes in 99p masks for fear of having their premises covered in egg and toilet paper but a theme's a theme and we're going to run with it.

So ... since it was a topic rife for parody let's just dig in and have a big, fat, life-affirming laugh at LeBron James first trip to Anfield, err, Anfield Stadium. For whatever the reason LeBron, the master of the McNugget, getting the proper name of the home ground to a club he allegedly owns a percentage of made me laugh to no end.

The world premiere of a film focused on Liverpool FC's historic 2005 European Cup win was showcased in the city.
The cast, including Anfield manager Kenny Dalglish, appeared at the red carpet screening of Will at Liverpool One's Odeon cinema.
The film follows orphan Will Brennan, who runs away to watch the game in memory of his late father.

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Highly amusing photographs of Andrey Arshavin are not hard to come by. Indeed, we often mosy on over to Arshavin.eu when we're in need of a laugh, whether it's his innovative views on women or a bizarre desire to see him dressed as a boy scout. Either works.

But even we were surprised by the sheer battiness of these latest shots to appear on those hallowed pages.

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Love him or hate him, you have to admit, he's game for a laugh.

And Robbie Savage's personal journey on the British TV show 'Strictly Come Dancing' got off to a cracking start last weekend when he and partner Ola Jordan successfully completed a foxtrot without falling down or falling out with the officials.

Jamie Carragher has been talking.

What's cool is that someone actually understood him, enough to translate his mumbling into prose. Even cooler, he's managed to make himself look even more daft than usual.

Jamie was apparently in the midst of a rant toward the FA regarding home-grown managers.

By Chris Wright

We're a little late this one as it dates from Saturday afternoon, but I've just stumbled across it and it made me do a little nose-laugh, so I thought I'd share it with you good folk on the off-chance it makes you titter a bit too here's Hearts hero Rudi Skacel going arse-over-tit-over-advertising-hoarding during the Jam Tart's 2-0 victory over Celtic at Tynecastle.

OK, so I understand the format for the next Indonesian season will be 24 clubs. The season will begin on 14 October and will end in October 2012. That's a year later. The 2011/2012 will run for a couple of weeks I guess before the SEA Games will halt everything for a while. And once the season does end next October the best players will be rewarded with a call up for their national teams to compete in the ASEAN Football Federation Cup.

Someone's Agent has been smoking pot on the job. If you're going to jack up your boy's price by circulating rumors about other clubs' interest.. you should AT LEAST make them SEMI-realistic.
The English Press are reporting that Real Madrid are interested in signing Bolton's Gary Cahill.

The Game I apologise for the sarcastic headline but when you follow Arsenal these days you either cry or laugh at the way we play and concede goals. A wise man once told me that there are ...

Because we can all use a good laugh sometimes, here is MLS Rookie of the Year favorite and Sporting Kansas City striker C.J. Sapong serenading U.S. Women's World Cup star Hope Solo with a poem/rap.

It has some cringe-worthy moments, but might be one of the funniest things you see today:

By Chris Wright

In which, during his side's 2-1 U23 Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Cup win over Al Ansar, Al Hilal's Radwan Al-Moosa pops up completely unmarked at the back stick to apply a consumate finishing touch (on the volley) to his opponent's lame cross/tame shot..