By Chris Wright

"ANTON!!! I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NECK!!!"

It can't have escaped your attention that John Terry is due to stand trial on charges of racial abuse for shouting 'you know what' at 'you know who' on July 9th, i.

Still no power, so here is a quick survey of how the local newsapers are covering their team's win or loss in Sunday's compelling Conference Final matchup. We'll start in Utah, where RSL continues to enjoy strong local coverage from both the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News. The Trib sports section included a hard news report on the 3-1 defeat as well as an array of stories in the days leading up to the match.

For some reason, I had it in my head that the match with Bolton was going to be on Wednesday. So I was going to write a nice little news report today, and then we'd roll out a preview tomorrow. But alas, the schedule is a little different. We apparently have only one day off in between, so I have to do the preview today.

Why Hope Powell should be managing the MENS' Olympics football team as well as the women's

This morning, while laying somewhere between consciousness and its opposite, I thought for a moment that I'd entered a Utopian Wonderland where all things were equal and where everything was fair.

According to a recent Police report, Daniel Pacheco was arrested on Friday and is facing a burglary charge after allegedly relieving his neighbour of an X-Box 360.The news report states: "The neighbor reported earlier this month that his Southwest Albuquerque house had been burglarized and an Xbox 360 and other related equipment were missing.

Lisle Austin, who was suspended by CONCACAF's Executive Committee for alleged violations of the confederation statutes, claims that he has won an injunction against the ExCo ruling in a Bahamian court, according to Simon Evans of Reuters on his Twitter feed. (His news report is located here.) The reason Austin sought an injunction in the Bahamas lies in CONCACAF's statutes, in which they define themselves as a non-profit with legal domicile in Nassau.

First posted here on the 15th April 2009.

Where were you on April 15th 1989? I was at Clarence Park in St Albans, for a Vauxhall-Opel League Premier Division match between St Albans City and Barking. It was a beautiful spring day, but there was little excitement in the air. City were just safe from relegation, whilst Barking were mid-table.

One anonymous bidder has snapped up the black 911 Convertible Turbo driven by David Beckham for the past two years, Fox News report. Bidding for the Porsche began at $100,000 and finished on $217,000 after 45 offers on eBay.
The price was $71,000 more than the L.A. Galaxy midfielder paid for the German supercar when he purchased it new from Beverly Hills Porsche.

There was new from Sky Sports late last night that David Bentley will be having a medical at Birmingham over the weekend. David Bentley - having medical at Birmingham? That's all the news report said and nothing much extra, but they made a big deal about it like it was an exclusive and all [...]