Following the final whistle on Tuesday, Darron Gibson was beaming about the winning goal he scored against Manchester City. Not only did he push Everton in to the top half of the table, but he also put United on equal points with City at the top.

"I know my phone will be packed with texts from United," he said.

Out of the blue this story came to light over the weekend. There are reports all over the place that Chelsea have made a bid that has been rejected, have been told that the player is not for sale at any price and that seems that.
In addition to all this, AVB has said at the weekend that "he is an interesting player" but wanted to sign players who are not cup-tied for European competition this season.

Nicol thinks Boyd would be great in Houston

Former New England Revolution coach Steve Nicol has high praise for both Kris Boyd and Dominic Kinnear. Speaking to the Scottish Sun here, Nicol said "I haven't spoken to Dominic about him. We're mates but we don't speak about players like that. You don't hear Sir Alex Ferguson on the phone to Harry Redknapp to discuss his targets!

"My mates tease me calling me the White Cafu!" Perhaps Laurent Koscielny has not shown the incredible consistency that Cafu had, but he has had performances that even the Brazilian legend would have been proud of. More impressively, his switch to right-back has only provided further defensive stability for the Gunners.

Laurent Koscielny has no problem helping ease Arsenal's injury crisis by playing at full-back, claiminghis friends have grown so accustomed to seeing him in the position that they have started calling him the "white Cafu".

Arsenal head to Aston Villa without any recognised full-backs after a spate of injuries denied Arsene Wenger the services of Kieran Gibbs, Andre Santos, Bacary Sagna and Carl Jenkinson.

Laurent Koscielny has no problem helping ease Arsenal's injury crisis by playing at full-back, claiminghis friends have grown so accustomed to seeing him in the position that they have started calling him the "white Cafu".

Arsenal head to Aston Villa without any recognised full-backs after a spate of injuries denied Arsene Wenger the services of Kieran Gibbs, Andre Santos, Bacary Sagna and Carl Jenkinson.

Laurent Koscielny has no problem helping ease Arsenal's injury crisis by playing at full-back, claiminghis friends have grown so accustomed to seeing him in the position that they have started calling him the "white Cafu".

Arsenal head to Aston Villa without any recognised full-backs after a spate of injuries denied Arsene Wenger the services of Kieran Gibbs, Andre Santos, Bacary Sagna and Carl Jenkinson.

Laurent Koscielny has no problem helping ease Arsenal's injury crisis by playing at full-back, claiminghis friends have grown so accustomed to seeing him in the position that they have started calling him the "white Cafu".

Arsenal head to Aston Villa without any recognised full-backs after a spate of injuries denied Arsene Wenger the services of Kieran Gibbs, Andre Santos, Bacary Sagna and Carl Jenkinson.

All the futbolitos we've spoken to from Argentina (who support Boca disculpe Independiente fans!) share the same level affection for Juan Roman Riquelme, who is easily one of the club's most respected players. We can also reveal that he's a very level-headed hombre, and for that reason, has struck a chord with many football fans.

The draw for the 2012 European Championships in Poland and Ukraine was made yesterday with some very interesting match-ups. This A-Z guide should enlighten, confuse, bore or maybe even fascinate some of you football fans.

A is for Absence - The group games are being played at 5pm and 7.

27.11.2011 - Domingo... para descansar, tomar unos mates, leer el diario... de aquí y de allá... New York Times y su nota de título estremecedor (?) "En Argentina, la violencia es parte de la cultura del fútbol", firmada by Alexei Barrionuevo and Charles Newbery (que no se enteraron de esto).

This is a great story from "Mundo Deportivo". Young 11 year old TAKEFUSA KUBA, alias "TAKE" to his young mates, has a dream, to become the first Japanese player in the history of FC BARCELONA. Young TAKE is actually a "crack star" with the Barça "Alevin C" (junior) Team. Before signing with Barça the youngster had European Clubs already knocking on his door.

You have to love Saturday mornings. Having a lie in, cooking a fry up, sticking on the telly and getting amongst all the hype and build up of the next round of games in the Premiership and Football League - then off on the train, to the pub for a few with your mates and then scuttling to the ground to watch your beloved local team get a good stuffing by some super rich oil baron owned team that puts your first 11 to shame.

Cut and paste the post for the Dortmund away fixture .....

Except, Arsenal were in the midst of our terrible run and some of the players who have now bedded in were still struggling. That is not all, our Centre Backs had yet to be formally introduced and with Aaron out, Benayoun started. The stadium was full of fervent and expectant BD fans.

Ok in the height of the interlull (or is that the bleak midwinter of it?) a trip down memory lane as requested by the Raven Haired Warrior Princess.

Watch from about ten seconds in to see the brawl that resulted in a 2 point deduction for us and a one point deduction for the Mancs. You will see Winterburn receiving an almighty kick in from McClair and then the melee starts.

A musical best man's speech dedicated to the Yeovil Town-supporting groom has become a big hit after being uploaded to YouTube. Glovers mad Matt Tilley received the (mainly) tuneful tribute at his wedding to Nicola. Best man Mark Southern reworked Yeovil's 2004 FA Cup song Yeovil True, calling upon several members of the groom's friends [.

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I guess with the club losing the vote against buying the freehold off of the CPO the other week, one way to get more money through our coffers would be to sell the naming rights of Stamford Bridge.
This has been mentioned before in passing but would have taken a massive step forward after the vote result.

Robin van Persie's terrific form for Arsenal has been rewarded with two individual accolades less than three months into the Barclays Premier League season and the Dutch striker wants even more ahead of West Bromwich Albion's visit to the Emirates.

Van Persie has scored 12 goals in 14 appearances this season, prompting colleagues to consider him nearly unstoppable while also allowing his under-pressure teammates to breathe a sigh of relief after his displays helped them recover from a difficult start to the season.

Ireland international Seamus Coleman believes his background in Gaelic football has put him in good stead for life in the Premier League with Everton.
The 23-year-old tasted success with underage Donegal teams and well as his club side Killybegs before opting to pursue a career in soccer when former Sligo Rovers manager Sean Connor saw enough of the St Catherine's defender to offer him a contract in the League of Ireland.

By Chris Wright

Owl abuse in football is a serious issue. Only last year did we see a poor, defenseless hooter kicked to death during a game by Deportivo Pereira defender Luis Moreno.

Moreno was fined and given community service in a zoo.

Chelsea's performance (especially in the first half) and result on Wednesday night was fantastic against (it has to be said) a disappointing Genk side at Stamford Bridge. For me, it was simply the best night of Chelsea football for many different reasons.
I have been a Chelsea fan all my life, I am from the area, my family are Chelsea fans and my Father, Uncle, Brother and Cousins all go to the game.

The attendance for today's match is 999 The perfect plan. If you cannot be bothered to buy a ticket for a cup match, then you need a way to get yourself (and five of your mates) into the ground without raising too much attention. Everyone knows that ambulances are subtle vehicles, so six likely lads [.

The Liverpool vice-captain, Jamie Carragher, has admitted his playing career could be over in one or two year's time.
The 33-year-old has made 676 appearances for the Reds and is highly regarded at Anfield following 14 years of loyal service.
However, Carragher could soon find himself no longer a first-team regular in defence and claims his future is in the hands of his manager.

Soccer clubs all over Australia see themselves as masters of the grassroots and sit waiting in their club houses for their local A-League team to see the apparently obvious and come knocking. In the absence of this knock, they carry on.
The A-League grassroots are the untapped crowd potential.
Families that enrol their kids at the local have taken a step that indicates that they are interested in watching the sport.

This year's festivities featured an extremely limited supply of fit footballers who we'd gladly commit fashion faux pas with. Still, we were tickled to see Didier Drogba who, just hours after Chelsea's 4-1 win over Swansea on Sunday put on his best lederhosen and mingle with fellow Oktoberfest-goers in Munich.

I think if we are honest here, the Carling Cup is the competition that isn't exactly our priority this season BUT saying that, is the first available trophy to win this season. AVB has made a point of saying that we will enter all four competitions to try to win them so expect some changes tonight but alongside strong first team players.

There are now of course a couple of rich Malaysian businessmen who own English, and Welsh, football clubs. One is at Cardiff City, the other at Queens Park Rangers.
Both have been making headlines recently trying to get Pelita Jaya striker Safee Sali to come over for a trial, something he is now doing with Cardiff City.

The game is underway, the action has reached a point of let's be honest, boredom. The Emirates crowd is hushed awaiting some excitement, it doesn't come, a player makes a mistake, groans cascade down towards the pitch, a young man stands up and with arms aloft sings "Arsenal, Arsenal Arsenal" at the top of his voice.

Soccerlens Interviews Robbie Savage - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Soccerlens caught up with Robbie Savage late last month to talk about the Just Play campaign by the FA and Mars, as well as chat about his career and lots more. Transcript of the interview is below the video:

Interview and videography by Laurence McKenna.

We're not sure if this shot was taken before or after his 'Strictly' makeover, but it's all the same really. Image via bbc.co.uk.

If his prediliction towards frightening personal grooming is anything to go by, Robbie Savage has been preparing for his latest adventure throughout his career.

Image Credit: PA.

If you're based in the UK and the dual-pronged assault of TOWIE and Geordie Shore hasn't melted your brain yet, you will be thrilled to learn that another WAG-based 'dramality' show is on the horizon.

Desperate Scousewives intends to 'lift the lid' on Liverpool WAG culture a prospect Abbey Clancy is justifiably nervous about considering that her cousin, Chloe Cummings, will be taking part.

Image Credit: PA.

If you're based in the UK and the twin pronged assault of TOWIE and Geordie Shore hasn't melted your brain yet, you will be thrilled to learn that another WAG-based 'dramality' show is on the horizon.

Desperate Scousewives intends to 'lift the lid' on Liverpool WAG culture a prospect Abbey Clancy is justifiably nervous about considering that her cousin, Chloe Cummings, will be taking part.

We all saw Arsenal's performance against United on Sunday and nothing more needs to be said about that. Looking in from the outside (as some of my mates are Gooners) I am surprised that they have sold BOTH Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri in the same season as close to the transfer window as they have.

Thursday nights 2nd leg of the Europa League playoff was hardly a memorable affair. In all honesty with a 5-0 lead from the first leg and both teams looking to rest players there was always the possibility that it would go the way it did. With the much bigger news of Adebayor signing along with a massive game in the Premier League on Sunday I'm not going to go into too much detail but would like to make a few points about the match.

That thigh muscle is only ever going to distract us from your horror barnet for so long, Peter. Images: Getty Images/Zimbio.

Even though there are a few of us in the Kickette office who abuse peroxide frequently enough to warrant threats of service revocation from our hairdressers, we don't condone similar crimes by boys.

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Spencer Prior tweeted on the weekend that there is no football, only League and AFL on the telly in Australia.
Me mate even had to watch Rangers v St Johnstone to get a football fiz - geeez poor bugger!
And all my mates are wondering if the A-League will ever start again.
Get on with it - this break is killing us.

Mercurial Messi has been criticised by Argentinean fans yet again it seems - maybe Murdoch hacked them - but really what is it with football.
The guy has hardly put his European medals and cups down and he's just completed along with his Brazilian and Argeninean mates in a pretty competitive South America competition.

Portuguese Club BENFICA has "tweeted" this interesting picture. Its Benfica President Luis Felipe with Spanish International & VILLAREAL Spanish Football Player CAPDEVILA. Mates? Was in Lisbon & I thought I would drop in to say hello? No, apparently putting the final touches to a transfer agreement were Capdevila is the chosen defender to take the place of the now Real Madrid player Fabio