It was quite the shock to hear the news that Nigel Doughty had passed away on Radio Nottingham this afternoon. 54 is certainly no age, and my thoughts and condolences go to his family and colleagues [...] Read the original post on Through the seasons before us

You have to fill a 25 man squad with somebody and given the three major loan departures and one permanent sale earlier this week, perhaps it's no surprise at some of the names being included by Spurs this week.

In addition to those departures, Tom Carroll and John Bostock also went out to Derby and Sheffield Wednesday respectively so are David Bentley, Bongani Khumalo and Simon Dawkins literally there to ‘make up the numbers?

Novara - Chievo 2:30pm - Fox Soccer A chance to see Michael Bradley in action, with 12th-place Chievo traveling to bottom club Novara. In 20th-place, Novara have won two games this season, both at home including a shock result against Inter Milan on September 20th. Chievo and Novara met on the opening day of the season, drawing 2-2.

THE DARK SIDE CHRONICLES: Edition 001 Hello to all friends and foes in the Red Rantiverse. Yes I'm back and I must say that returning to Red Rants is as much a shock to me as it is to you. When I left some moths ago, I was determined to stay away for good as [...]

Lecce managed the shock of the round by stunning Inter Milan 1-0, the defeat bringing to an end the Nerazzurri's six-game winning. Juventus kept their undefeated record intact by defeating highflying Udinese by two goals to nil in very wet conditions in Turin on Saturday. Alessandro Matri was the hero on the night as he claimed both strikes.

Okay, you can all relax now. Turns out that our hero, Arsenal captain Robin van Persie, will NOT be sanctioned for allegedly throwing an elbow in the face of defender Carlos Cuéllar, after all. Had the Football Association chosen to sanction him, and there certainly seemed to be justification for doing so, the punishment to both Robin as an individual and Arsenal as a cohesive whole would have been severe enough, considering the awful timing, to virtually end the team's season on quite a sour note.

Okay, you can all relax now. Turns out that our hero, Arsenal captain Robin van Persie, will NOT be sanctioned for allegedly throwing an elbow in the face of defender Carlos Cuéllar, after all. Had the Football Association chosen to sanction him, and there certainly seemed to be justification for doing so, the punishment to both Robin as an individual and Arsenal as a cohesive whole would have been severe enough, considering the awful timing, to virtually end the team's season on quite a sour note.

Tomorrow may not be a very good day for Newcastle supporters. Demba Ba Liverpool after this player? Last year we lost Andy Carroll to Liverpool in a shock £35M deal on the last day of this window, and even Alan Pardew was not expecting that. Now David Craig of Sky Sports News is reporting there are persistent rumors (that will not [.

Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich angered their supporters yesterday with news that they would be making a spectacular signing before the transfer window closed only for the fans to later find out that it was a marketing gimmick.

Apparently, Bayern was trying to gain interest for their new app by creating intense speculation as to who the signing would be.

Equatorial Guinea pulled off a shock result tonight, when they beat Senegal 2-1 at the Estadio de Bata in Bata Demba Ba Senegal beaten - cannot advance from their group Both Newcastle strikers Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse started the game up front for Senegal. Equatorial Guinea went two goals up with goals from C.

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The African Cup of Nations saw it's first (of many, if previous tournaments are anything to go by) ridiculous goalkeeping ricket during Zambia's shock 2-1 win over Senegal last night with Zambian 'keeper Kennedy Mweene dropping a big hairy bollock at the end of the first half, playing fast and loose with the rules governing the size of his goal area when mopping up after a free-kick.

Some of us are just about getting over the shock of seeing a Newcastle side completely dismantled in the second half at Fulham on Saturday afternoon. Danny Guthrie after scoring great opening goal on Saturday After bossing the first half and Danny Guthrie scoring a wonderful goal with his left foot, everything looked set up to get all 3 points and move into 5th [.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew wants to get two of his players signed up on new contracts at Newcastle. Coloccini and Guthrie yesterday after Danny scored After the shock of yestreday's second half performance at Fulham, Alan Pardew is hoping to tie down both his captain Fabricio Coloccini and Danny Guthrie to new contracts, and the sooner the [.

Henri Lansbury's last game for Arsenal this season was the 8-2 defeat at Old Trafford. He's been at Arsenal since he was 9-years-old but his worst ever day in football came at the hands of Manchester United earlier this season.

Two weeks after our demolition of Arsenal, Lansbury signed for West Ham on loan and was quick to grab their badge when he scored on his debut.

Rockin' Robins Non-league Wrexham were a whisker away from pulling off an FA Cup shock after taking Championship side Brighton to a penalty shootout in their third round replay. Goalkeeper Joslain Mayebi did his best to put off the Seagulls' penalty takers with a bizarre goal-line dance. But it didn't have the desired effect as [.

Saturday's match against Stoke didn't provide much in the way of top quality individual performances to look back on over the longest break between games in December or January, but amongst the many disappointing showings was yet another quality outing for Martin Skrtel. Six months ago fans impatiently waited for Phil Jones or Scott Dann to arrive on the transfer market and bump the Slovak down the depth chart, and now all the rugged defender does is turn in one man of the match calibre performance after another.

David Trezeguet (front) in training for new club River Plate

Argentinian giants River Plate, who are currently playing in their country's second division following last season's shock relegation, have showed their ambition to get back into the top flight by signing former France international David Trezeguet.

Mail: Andy Carroll 'happy' at Liverpool

Andy Carroll has no plans to leave Liverpool despite the possibility of a shock return to Newcastle. They could offer the Liverpool flop an incredible route out of his Anfield nightmare by tabling a bid in the transfer window.

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes made a shock return to Manchester United's midfield eight months after his retirement in yesterday's FA Cup clash with Manchester City. OTP decided to run the rule over Scholes' second debut with the aid of the Performa Sports iPad sports analysis app. So here's a statistical look at Scholes' influence [.

1. Poor old Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy probably had another busy Sunday explaining that he's not a referee to irate Manchester City fans. 2. Great to see Paolo Di Canio at the centre of the biggest shock of the weekend as Swindon saw off Wigan. He might be left disappointed by his hopes to [.

The final whistle is blown at the Etihad Stadium and it is safe and fair to say that Manchester United fans the world over breathed a huge collective sigh of relief. Pre kickoff, we had the shock...
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Mail: Liverpool 5 Oldham 1: Andy Carroll breaks his duck

Andy Carroll finally scored for Liverpool as they bounced back from the shock of conceding first against League One Oldham to emerge triumphant from their FA Cup third round tie.

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The recent loss of Gary Ablett at such a young age was a shock for everyone connected with Liverpool FC, including former manager Rafa Benitez, who has paid a glowing tribute to the defender who won two league titles at Anfield.Writing on his website, Benitez - who brought Ablett back to the club in 2006 as reserve team coach - said: "When I first interviewed him [Ablett] for the post of Reserve

Mail: Liverpool want Sunderland's Stephane Sessegnon

Unsettled Sunderland midfielder Stephane Sessegnon has emerged as a shock target for Liverpool. The 27-year-old is struggling to adapt to life in England.

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As of today, with one game of his ban served against Manchester City and the fixtures flying by fast in January, Luis Suarez is set to miss Oldham in the FA Cup, Manchester City home and away in the League Cup semi-finals, plus Stoke, Bolton, and Wolves in the league in January and the first match of February against Tottenham.

Kean down and out After months of abuse and attacks, Blackburn manager Steve Kean must have thought the coast was finally clear following his side's shock win at Manchester United. The minute he let his guard down he came under attack from his own players. Morten Gamst Pedersen put in this crunching tackle during the [.

Liverpool striker Andy Carroll could be in line for a shock return to Newcastle on a short-term loan reports talkSPORT.
The 22-year-old has struggled to rediscover his best form since making his £35million move to Merseyside last January, and is said to be willing to return to the North East.
Magpies boss Alan Pardew is a huge admirer of the former Newcastle hitman, and has always left the door open for Carroll to return to St James' Park.

Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt could be in line for a shock Anfield departure during the January transfer window with Galatasaray showing an interest, according to reports in The Metro.
Since arriving at Liverpool from Feyenoord for £10million in 2006, Kuyt has been one of the key players for the Anfield outfit.

Stories of loud and obnoxious soccer parents are not hard to come by. We've all encountered them, though in my experience they're not as widespread as the media would lead you to believe. When you do encounter them, it's usually a couple of parents being loud and/or obnoxious while the other parents behave (and often try to get as far away from the loud ones as possible).

Exclusive Carroll could make shock loan return to Newcastle

Toon boss Alan Pardew is considering a short-term deal for the under pressure Liverpool striker

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Won on the lips Fan kiss a player right on the mouth by Anatolly7 Sunderland striker Ji Dong-Won got an unsolicited introduction to the passion of English football with a post-goal snog from a persistent fan. The South Korean starlet found himself on the receiving end of some love from a Black Cats supporter after [.

With only 5 points gained from the last eight games played, Newcastle fans will be hoping the lads can get something out of the game tomorrow night against Manchester United. Yohan Cabaye possibility to win against Manchester United The Red Devils are coming off their shock 3-2 home defeat to Blackburn who got back to their losing ways against Stoke City by [.

Alan Hansen 'devastated' by Gary Ablett death

BBC football pundit Alan Hansen says the death of his former Liverpool team mate Gary Ablett has come as a shock. Ablett, who is the only the player to win the FA Cup with both Liverpool and Everton, died at the age of 46 following a battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Anything can happen in the WWF, err, EPL. Bar none this was the best weekend of Premier League results. It began with Manchester United losing at Old Trafford to last-place Blackburn and finished with Sunderland pulling an absolute shock at the death against first-place Manchester City. There is so much to mull over and ponder, yet I frankly had zero free time to do it this weekend and form

The great title teach-in: City were rocked, the champions fell, so who will seize the initiative?

After Manchester City's shock 1-0 defeat at Sunderland in the Barclays Premier League, Sportsmail writers assess the chasing pack's chances of overtaking the leaders and keeping their nerve all the way through to the title in May.

Wayne Rooney was a notable absence from Man United's shock 3-2 loss with Blackburn Rovers on Saturday and despite Ferguson stating that he was struggling with an injury, rumours have been circulated that the player was axed following allegations that he, Johnny Evans and Darron Gibson went out following the 5-0 win against Wigan on boxing day.

Liverpool target Darren Bent

Liverpool are planning a shock raid for England and Aston Villa striker Darren Bent in the January transfer window. Kenny Dalglish will test Villa's resolve with a £24million bid.

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Liverpool plot shock £24m swoop for England striker

Aston Villa's Darren Bent keen to link up with former team-mate Stewart Downing at Anfield

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Blackburn produced arguably the shock of the season so far by defeating Manchester United 3-2 at Old Trafford in an unexpected set back for the champions. A Dimitar Berbatov brace wasn't enough to rescue United as goals from Yakubu and Grant Hanley sealed a famous victory for under pressure manager Steve Kean.

Tweet my Goal birthday special! The best gags from Blackburn's shock win against Man United

Blackburn pulled off one of the shocks of the season by beating Manchester United 3-2 at Old Trafford and on Sir Alex Ferguson's 70th birthday to boot Here's how it unfolded on our @MirrorFootball feed :

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