Mario Balotelli's Scott Parker head stamp in all its gory

City as it did in Vincent Kompany's case is also unlikely to contest Mario Balotelli's violent conduct charge which also suspends him for 4 matches. The image shows Balotelli really putting some extra mustard in that head rake.

Arsenal could be set to join Aston Villa and their Villa Park plan to introduce a safe-standing area by replicating the scheme at the Emirates.

Villa will put forward their suggestion at a meeting of the Premier League later this season. And if given the go-ahead, the club hope to have the safe standing zone in place in the Holte End by the 2013/14 season.

It's how he'd want to be rememberedThe man who filled the coveted "Supervillain" role after Maxim Usanov left town has been unceremoniously dispatched himself. Without having to sabotage a giant laser, use a submarine Lotus or rake any moons, TFC waived Mikael Yourassowsky from the roster.

Over the weekend, rumours began to spread about a Spurs move for Blackburn's Junior Hoilett during the January transfer window. While it's traditional for the newspapers to look at ‘doomed' clubs such as Blackburn and rake over the talent that they still possess, what is all the fuss about here?

As the news came through yesterday that Giovanni dos Santos' sell-on clause was about to expire, it seemed completely plausible that his miserable stint at Spurs was due to come to a close.

The deal that brought Gio to the Spurs included a clause that entitled Barcelona to a 10% rake off of any future transfer fee, but with that reportedly set to run out, Spurs are free to pocket all of the cash.

Another great episode of this, the newest RBNY-themed podcast. Our own Matt Conroy (aka Who Shot Sam) and Ben Schneider (of Once A Metro fame) discuss the crushing defeat at the hands of Columbus (yeah, I know it was a tie - but it sure felt like a loss), rake RBNY Gaffer Hans Backe over the coals and preview tomorrow's massive, massive home fixture against New England.

Milton Keynes Dons 1 Plymouth Argyle 3 - Football League One
In the 1960s, the UK Government decided that a further generation of new towns in the South East was needed to relieve housing congestion in London. Studies identified north Buckinghamshire as a possible site for a large new town, encompassing the existing towns of Bletchley, Stony Stratford and Wolverton.