The long, long, long dispute between a group of players from Trinidad & Tobago's 2006 World Cup squad and their national football federation reached a new but not yet final phase today when many of the physical assets of the federation were seized by order of the Trinidadian High Court. (The original article is located here.

Wally meets...Mike Walters chats to one of football's most infamous chairmen Peter Ridsdale

Happy New Year to all troubleshooters, Red Adairs, flying doctors – and Peter Ridsdale. Come on, give the man a break. Preston's new chairman has acquired a reputation for leaving behind another fine mess at every club he has run.

Good Afternoon! It's a Spring-like Tuesday, December 22nd and Birthday mania continues here at The Viper's Nest. This time, we're celebrating the birthday of RBNY's #1 supporter, the one and only You Suck Corrales. Sure, we had a YSC birthday get-together a few weeks back, but today is the actual date - so I'm all for celebrating the great man again.

Christmas Gifts for the FC Barcelona Fan

The holiday season is upon us and if you are or have a FC Barcelona fan in your life then we have put together a list of gifts that any culé would love.

Relive the magic of Barcelona's 2010-2011 Champions League winning season with this Lionel Messi Signed Framed Barcelona Champions League Final Jersey 2010-11.

Arseblog has teamed up with Icons.com to offer you this fantastic prize a signed shirt by Arsenal's goal machine skipper Robin van Persie.

It comes with the Icons Certificate of Authenticity which gives details of the signing, the date and location of the signing and, in the vast majority of cases, also an image of the player signing the product.

Liverpool FC will open a second Boot Room Sports Cafe a year after the first opened in Anfield, with global expansion on the menu.
The new cafe will open next month in Ellesmere Port's Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Village, which will seat 230 people and have the same look as the existing Sports Cafe, with Liverpool FC memorabilia, private booths, TV screens and a children's area.

Gonzalo Higuain's eight minute goal against Real Sociedad was enough to see Real Madrid go top of La Liga a point above rivals Barcelona in second place, but it was the sheer class and confidence of the finish from Higuain which got all the plaudits and rightly so.

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Everyone loves Julius Erving. The former basketball superstar remains an global icon for fans of all ages. However, money apparently isn't very fond of Dr. J. A new report shows that Julius Erving is indeed broke.

His trouble began in 2009 when he took out a $1 million loan. Although he was able to pay back a majority of the loan, he still owes more than $200,000.

Cristiano Ronaldo was back to his brilliant best as he bagged a 15 minute hat-trick in Real Madrid's 4-0 thumping of Malaga to-night with Gonzalo Higuan grabbing the opener after just 11 minutes.

Any Ronaldo fans should check out some of these great offers on
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Charlie Davies' apartment walls are covered with Sounders FC banners, scarves and flags — all with deep significance to the 25-year-old forward.

"You'd almost think I played for the Seattle Sounders because of all the memorabilia I have," he said, joking, in a phone interview.

Yesterday a good friend of VASoccerNews and former D.C. United Goalkeeper, Mike Ammann of 24/7 GK, asked us to help spread the word for this very important program.
Please join us in our Saves for Malia program to support our friend and teammate, Malia Juszcyk in her fight against stage 4 Neuroblastoma.

Last month, Nick Richards was kind enough to answer a few questions about his new novel, Memorabilia and provided some enlightening comments in particular on the process - Nick having enlisted the assistance of "self-publishing" facilitators Grosvenor House in his efforts. Now, TTU regular Phil Ascough has provided a few thoughts on the more traditional route - Phil''s Kissing the Badge was

Last month, Nick Richards was kind enough to answer a few questions about his new novel, Memorabilia and provided some enlightening comments in particular on the process - Nick having enlisted the assistance of "self-publishing" facilitators Grosvenor House in his efforts. Now, TTU regular Phil Ascough has provided a few thoughts on the more traditional route - Phil''s Kissing the Badge was

A few weeks ago, we published a review of Nick Richards' new novel, Memorabilia. Nick's book has been well received and has brought greater attention to his website Nick Sport's Junkie so I thought it would be interesting to ask him more about the not inconsiderable task of writing a full length book, as well as the publishing process (most of the Unfortunates work in the industry in our days

In Part 1 of Back Home with Christie Rampone we visited the U.S. captain at her home in Manasquan, N.J. before the team left for the Algarve Cup at the end of February. There we saw her unique house (an old, old house that had been almost totally and fantastically remodeled) and we of course met her family, and dog.

Another amazing goal scored by Brazilian Legend Ronaldinho.

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Japan is facing one of the worst crises the world has ever seen. I don't think that's hyperbole. They need the help of the world, specifically yours, specifically mine. I was proud to see Major League Soccer announce today that MLS W.O.R.K.S. is partnering up with the American and Canadian Red Cross to give support for the disaster relief efforts following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last week.

This book spans over 60 years of Manchester United history, including little known facts and anecdotes. It features an extensive collection of memorabilia, match tickets and photographs. The...
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The script reads likea straight-to-video sequel of the Robert De Niro/Edward Norton movie The Score: Customs officials have priceless French artifact in their possession, only they don't quite know the true identity of what they hold, readying it for destruction.

Only David Trezeguet's shirt from the 1998 World Cup Final, though valuable, isn't exactly priceless and this one is missing the elaborate heist aspect in which the artifact is saved from the fire so that it can be stolen.

Folks, here's your chance to ask Nani one question. Whatever that question may be. Maybe it's something that's been burning deep within that you've always wanted to know about/from Nani. This is your moment.

Adidas is doing a promotion that allows one lucky fan to ask a question that Nani will answer in a video.

So to take our minds off our RBNY offseason doldrums, I met up with the great You Suck Corrales, as well as our friends Ania & Steve, at the Blarney Rock Pub in NYC. Needless to say, lots of beer was consumed. Besides that, I got some great post MLS Superdraft commentary, a preview of RBNY's upcoming season, as well as a preview of our coming trip to Europe, from YSC.