It was a quite transfer window for Liverpool by last season's standards, with Wrexham's teenage goalkeeper Danny Ward the only notable arrival. However, since the window was introduced 10 seasons ago, the Reds have made some excellent signings in what is usually a frenzied period littered with hit-or-miss transfers.

It was a quite transfer window for Liverpool by last season's standards, with Wrexham's teenage goalkeeper Danny Ward the only notable arrival. However, since the window was introduced 10 seasons ago, the Reds have made some excellent signings in what is usually a frenzied period littered with hit-or-miss transfers.

Although you can't argue with the fact that David Beckham decided to turn down an awful lot of money and the lure of several major clubs in order to continue pursuing a career in the MLS, proving a number of soccer betting tips wrong in the process, that fact fades into insignificance when you realise that not only does Becks want to stick around because he enjoys playing in North America, but also because he has a vested interest in staying for the long term in order to take advantage of the clause in his contract that means he could become the owner of an MLS franchise once his deal expires.

Kenny Dalglish insists Liverpool will give everything against Manchester City to get the fans back on side following Saturday's deflating defeat.
The Reds put in a woeful performance against Premier League strugglers Bolton at the weekend, going down 3-1 at the Reebok Stadium.
They have a chance to redeem themselves when they host leaders City at Anfield on Wednesday in the second leg of their Carling Cup semi-final, having established a 1-0 lead at Ethiad Stadium last time out.

Championship side Leeds United have accepted a bid from Norwich City for their club captain Jonny Howson.
The midfielder, who is out of contract in the summer, is a product of the Leeds academy and has made 225 for the club. The Leeds skipper is currently on the sidelines through injury, but it is thought he will open contract talks with the Canaries this week.

Manchester City could be without striker Mario Balotelli for four games after he was charged with violent conduct by the Football Association.
The controversial Italian appeared to stamp on Scott Parker's head during City's dramatic 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and despite the incident going unpunished at the time, has been charged retrospectively.

Wrexham were denied a lucrative tie with Newcastle United after a heartbreaking penalty shoot-out defeat to Brighton in an enthralling FA Cup third-round replay.
Craig Mackail-Smith scored the decisive penalty after Peter Brezovan had denied Dean Keates to set up a fourth-round home clash against Alan Pardew's Newcastle.

Mark Hughes' first game as Queens Park Rangers manager ended in defeat as Newcastle United strengthened their European hopes at the Sports Direct Arena on Sunday.
Leon Best's well-taken first-half strike was enough to see off the challenge of QPR and lift his side up to sixth in the Premier League table, level on points with Arsenal.

If there is one thing we love in football, its a villain. Someone to hurl abuse at in such a fashion that it would not be out of fashion at a Pantomime at the Hippodrome in Birmingham. However, in pantomime we all know that anyone booing or hissing is merely in jest and by the end of the evening the actors and actresses all are smiling away as they accept the standing ovation which their performance (just about) deserves.

What are the odds Lampard is on the Chelsea bench again at Wigan? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Two top-flight refs, who shall of course remain fatherless, cost me a small fortune over the weekend and the soundtrack to this season has been the chant of, ‘You don't know what you're doing.

To Motherwell and part two of the great SPL Friday night football experiment.
Pity poor Motherwell. If you want to try something (sort of) new and attract the punters with cheap tickets it's probably essential that you get ninety minutes played.
Unfortunately this Friday night project was abbreviated.

So I have this spare ticket for yesterday and I am loitering, feeling a little bit dirty because I am basically hanging with the touts at the botom of the stairs near the North Bank bridge. There is no way to offer a ticket for sale without sounding like a tout so you do get meancing glances but, hey.

So I have this spare ticket for yesterday and I am loitering, feeling a little bit dirty because I am basically hanging with the touts at the botom of the stairs near the North Bank bridge. There is no way to offer a ticket for sale without sounding like a tout so you do get meancing glances but, hey.

Watch out AVB Roman's itchy finger is already on the trigger...

The owner — having been served a writ while shopping in a West End boutique — is now spending his days wrangling over Russian billions in a London high court. The captain — having endured scandals which included an alleged affair with a team-mate's ex-partner — is at the centre of a racism ­investigation by police and the ­Football Association.

Goldmine or waste of time? The arguments for and against the League Cup

England's third trophy may lack the allure of the Premier League or FA Cup but it still has its merit for punters and clubs who want a shot at silverware

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Rangers' bean counters offer friendly welcome to Liverpool

Kenny Dalglish's side head to Ibrox on Tuesday for a friendly that will help both clubs to raise a few much-needed coppers The last time Rangers invited Liverpool to Ibrox for a friendly the home side were left with such a bloody nose that a re-run of the fixture would hardly have been high on their agenda.

Michael Owen's brother Terry (40) is the latest person to be investigated into an alleged betting probe after ringing in a £200 bet on Wayne Rooney staying at Old Trafford at 7/2 when everyone else was betting against the United striker staying.

Terry rang in the bet an hour before Rooney announced he was staying at Old Trafford and investigators believe he had inside information which is apparently illegal in the gambling world.

The Axe Factor: Steve Bruce under renewed pressure as Sunderland's dismal start continues

The odds remain a changin' with Blackburn's Steve Kean still the favourite to leave his job first. Punters though are looking to the north East for value

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Manager Kenny Dalglish insists there will have no problem in keeping a sense of perspective at Liverpool this season.
The Reds recorded an impressive 2-0 win at Arsenal on Saturday – their first away Barclays Premier League win over the Gunners in a decade.
Dalglish is in no doubt the squad is stronger this season following significant investment, but accepts only time will tell if those transfers have been "bold or stupid".

spanish football Full SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE Schedule/Calendar ( image ) for season 2011 - 2012. Click the image to get a larger size that should satisfy most requests coming in via e-mail of punters wishing to get all the matches at a glance. Its in Spanish, but its all very intuitive to figure out & to follow.

The official attendance last night at the SLeague game between Woodlands Wellington and Home United was 711, a number drawn straight from JK Rawling's imagination. But the empty terraces didn't stop the MTV wanna be VJ treating the event like an end of term disco. The music was cranked up high with the kind of chunes spotty, gum chewing adolescences would hang against the wall looking cool to.

Inpuuuut!

Marko Marin. So we meet again. It's not the news that our alleged approach was rebuffed that's got the man on the street in somewhat of a dither, rather the reasoning behind looking at a player, who, let's not kid ourselves, bares more than a striking resemblance to a certain wee Croat that often knocks about the homestead.

Former Italy striker Giuseppe Signori was among 16 people arrested for in the latest match-fixing scandal to rock Italian football. in a co-ordinated sting by Italian police on Wednesday.

The current scandal is focused on ex Serie A players and current players from both Serie B and Serie C as well as club directors from the lower leagues, all suspected of being part of an organisation that rigged games to fix bets.

An article in Today about coach Raddy Avramovic looking ahead to a busy few months with World Cup qualifiers on the horizon.
This is an extract from a comment posted on the page.
It's a typical Singaporean. The government should do more, blame the government blah blah and blah. The game is what it is and none of it travails can be thrown at the feet of the government.

There are few things worse than watching everyone else play football, so today, tomorrow, and Monday come as a bit of a slap in the face. This weekend off also happens to be a nice reminder that Liverpool are only alive for silverware in one competition, and it just so happens to be the one in which they turned out a 90 minute collective coma.

Real Madrid have signed Manchester City forward Emmanuel Adebayor on a loan deal until the end of the season. Coach Jose Mourinho had looked short of attacking options after the loss of Argentinean Gonzalo Higuain, who looks set to miss the remainder of the season through injury.

Adebayor had fallen out of favour at Manchester City after the arrivals of Edin Dzeko, Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez, and has now secured a move away from the City of Manchester stadium.

Sol challenged me to write about De Graafschap, after they'd beaten Feyenoord. Fair question. I did write the Feyenoord piece before they lost, so I didn't know... I'm happy to write more about other teams although the interest of most punters here will be for Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV, I [read more]

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has claimed that his side are showing the desire to turn the corner following their recent poor run of form.
Speaking after his side's 2-2 draw at home to Everton in the Merseyside derby, the Reds boss said that he felt the club's fans will need to see their players show some pride.

OBERHAUSEN, Germany — Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during the football World Cup last year for his flawless record in predicting the outcome of games, will get a shrine to mark three months since he died, his aquarium said Monday The tentacled tipster will on Thursday be honoured with a "Paul Corner" at [.

Spurs have drawn familiar opponents as the FA Cup 4th round will see them travel to West London to take on Fulham.

The two sides met in the 6th round last season with Spurs needing a replay to progress after a goalless draw at Craven Cottage. After a 3-1 win back at White Hart Lane we moved on to the semi final and a result that we won't talk about.