Saturday morning. South London is grey and gloomy.

It's always exciting to have a game after a bit of a break. Back into your regular seats to see the Whites playing against an intriguing looking Newcastle side.

In a way it's a shame that Tiote and Ba will be absent always nice to see the opposition's best players close up.

As 50 Cent once said, 'get rich or die trying'.

And 'get rich' is exactly what one man did after he posed as Yaya Touré's football agent.

Last November, an unidentified conman supposedly approached a fine wine shop in Luxembourg, France, on behalf of his Manchester City star client.

Keep Clam...and beat a Top-4 London Rival

Hey, remember that time I was freaking out because I was positive that Fulham F.C. were in a tailspin and I said manager Martin Jol was on the verge on getting fired if they didn't do well in their upcoming matches?

It was only two weeks ago.

1 Hard Times on the Thames

Manchester United is a very good club. This season, they've tossed aside inferior opponents with a startling ease. Despite that, there's no reason Fulham should've lost to them 5-nil at home yesterday. The South London club looked completely unprepared to deal with the likes of Danny Welbeck, Nani and Wayne Rooney.

Notts County's Lee Hughes has been arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault. Hughes was arrested at a hotel in south London after police were called to an incident at 11pm on Saturday. A 35-year-old man, reportedly Hughes, was arrested at the hotel in Croydon and taken into custody. He was bailed until a date [.

Notts County's Lee Hughes has been arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault. Hughes was arrested at a hotel in south London after police were called to an incident at 11pm on Saturday. A 35-year-old man, reportedly Hughes, was arrested at the hotel in Croydon and taken into custody. He was bailed until a date [.

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has admitted he would love to face Liverpool in the Carling Cup final should the Eagles overcome fellow Championship rivals Cardiff.
The South London outfit dumped a second-string Manchester United side out the competition on Wednesday night thanks to a dramatic 2-1 extra-time victory at Old Trafford.

How many emotions can one football team make you feel just three months into the season?
Elation: Check (Bristol Away)
Anger: Check (Peterborough Away)
Pride: Check (Coventry at Home)
Hope: Check (West Ham Away)
A little bit Lucky: Check (Portsmouth at Home)
Pure Frustration: Check (Millwall Away)


August's trip to Peterborough was devastating because it highlighted what a mess the side were in at the time.

English Football League Championship side Crystal Palace Football Club have launched their Nike 2011/12 away kit. The new kit uses the now popular Nike Premium Brasil design made famous by the Brazil Nike World Cup 2010 home jersey. Its release follows that of the Eagles' 11/12 home kit was released in May.

Luka Modric is rumoured to have submitted a second written transfer request to Tottenham.
My feeling on the situation is that the player signed a contract for Tottenham and thus agreed to fulfull his end of that contract, which obliges him to play for Tottenham for the duration of that contract.

Let's Start Our Own Brazil - AFR Podcast Ep13 iTunes / Soundcloud / RSS

Oli Sparrow (London), Eric Beard (Boston), and Ulysse Pasquier (Paris) bounced our knowledge off one another to discuss everything going on in world football.
Topics covered in this podcast include:

• PSG and Malaga's new Qatari owners and how that will influence the transfer market.

As Arsenal supporters we have many great anniversaries to celebrate.

There was May 26th 1989 – Micky Thomas scoring in the closing seconds to clinch an improbable title away at Anfield. The sight of 40,000 thieving Scousers whining about being robbed was karma on a cosmic scale.

Or how about May 3rd, 1971, when a Ray Kennedy header made us champions of England – an achievement made all the sweeter by the location of our triumph: that's right, that large public convenience in N17.

The next in our "Those We Have Lost" series is a little different to the rest. Wimbledon supporter Tom Lines missed the club's days at Plough Lane, but by the time that he was old enough he was venturing across south London to see his team play at Selhurst Park. If you would like to contribute to this series which will be collected together as a page on the site for posterity please drop us a line using the contact page in the links at the top.

AFC Wimbledon, the club whose establishment was regarded as "not in the wider interests of football" by the FA commission that approved Wimbledon FC's move away from South London, will be playing in the 72 next season. The blogosphere will explode with myriad AFC-themed pieces over the coming months and rightly so; as Dons supporters reminded us all upon the final whistle at Eastlands on

Millwall: The Lions hungry for slice of Premier League pie is a post from: Just Football

The three teams promoted from League One last season have taken the Championship by storm. Norwich City, Leeds United and Millwall all occupy positions in the top eight and, with five league games remaining, are in with a shout of back-to-back promotions.

Written by Red Arse

Have you ever wished you could go back in time to see the Gunners of an earlier era?

Now for those scientifically inclined, I know it is not possible to go back in time, and we could have an interesting chat as to why that is, but let's just dream that it is possible for a moment!

Written by Gooner in Exile

Not an ex commando out for revenge going mano-a-mano with a chirpy painter and decorator from south London, nor is he taking on a resurrected white gloved moonwalker.

It is instead a reason to watch an International involving England for the first time in as long as I can remember.

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A CRYSTAL PALACE FAN PERSPECTIVE - QPR Report Q&A
Long-time Crystal Palace fan, Palace_Spence has very kindly agreed to provide a look at Crystal Palace.

Last week, our correspondent, who chooses to remain anonymous, visited Tottenham Hotspur's training ground based in Chigwell, Essex, to investigate...

It's a brisk Tuesday morning at the entrance to Chigwell. All is silent at eight-thirty, but by nine the black iron-clad gates that guard the place are awoken.

On a recent trip to Australia I found myself trying to explain to a Liverpool-supporting, Icelandic traveller which football team I followed.

"You won't know them, they aren't a Premier League side," I said. It was a well-worn line I had become accustomed to using Down Under. "I support Millwall.

"The most difficult challenge of my life". That was how Dougie Freedman described the task facing him after Crystal Palace's latest heavy away defeat at Swansea which kept his beloved Eagles deep in the relegation mire. The 36-year-old is a legend in these parts of South London but there is no denying the uphill battle ahead for the Scotsman in what is sure to be a challenging introduction into football management.

"The most difficult challenge of my life". That was how Dougie Freedman described the task facing him after Crystal Palace's latest heavy away defeat at Swansea which kept his beloved Eagles deep in the relegation mire. The 36-year-old is a legend in these parts of South London but there is no denying the uphill battle ahead for the Scotsman in what is sure to be a challenging introduction into football management.