Billy The Dog McGraw previews Arsenal at Hull, and our reunion with Spit Brown. Spit Brown is a world-famous fantasist who holds the record for the number of times a manager has been warned about his future conduct in one year. He manages a football club at Kingston upon Hull a diminutive village on the [. Click to continue reading...

Still Singapore resonates to the sound of dirty washing being displayed. Hallelujah and praise be to the media who do love this kind of tripe.
Some old pro who now works in gas shows he knows a thing or two about his product when he compared today's Lions to back in his day when, get this, players would play computer games and smoke after lights and even, heavens to Betsy, 'some didn't even sleep at all'. Click to continue reading...

This photo of Damien Duff, Richard Dunne and Robbie Keane from last week's ROI game against France is best viewed with sunglasses on. Because they're hot and they're mad pasty, mmkay? With your sunnies on, it's easier to enjoy Mr. Dunne's physique and ignore the fact that Robbie is about to hork a big ole ball of spit across the pitch. Click to continue reading...

This photo of Damien Duff, Richard Dunne and Robbie Keane from last week's ROI game against France is best viewed with sunglasses on. Because they're hot and they're mad pasty, mmkay? With your sunnies on, it's easier to enjoy Mr. Dunne's physique and ignore the fact that Robbie is about to hork a big ole ball of spit across the pitch. Click to continue reading...

Becks shows his expertise with "spit pieces"

The Health Protection Agency has determined that spitting could lead to the spread of the H1N1 virus and asked footballers from refraining to do that on the pitch.

''Footballers, like the rest of us, wouldn't spit indoors so they shouldn't do it on the football pitch.

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10am, live in the US on Setanta
Last 4 head-to-head:
3-0 Liverpool (h) 12.26.08
2-0 Liverpool (a) 11.15.08
3-1 Liverpool (a) 03.02.08
4-0 Liverpool (h) 12.02.07
Last two matches:
Liverpool: 1-3 Villa (h); 4-0 Stoke (h); 1-2 Spurs (a)
Bolton: 1-0 Tranmere (a); 0-1 Hull (a); 0-1 Sunderland (h)
Referee: Alan Wiley
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Johnson Carragher Skrtel Insua
Lucas Mascherano
Kuyt Gerrard Benayoun
Torres
Liverpool's been abhorrent in two of the last three games, and I'm still picking the same line-up. Click to continue reading...

As Winston Churchill famously remarked, after being scolded for ending his sentences with prepositions:
"This is an outrage up with which I shall not put"
No, I'm not referring to the pathetic excuse for coaching currently on display at US National Team games in South Africa. Click to continue reading...

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- Critique of QPR's Youth Scouting. Click to continue reading...

Guadalajara defender Hector Reynoso started spitting and blowing snot at an opponent in a Copa Libertadores game recently.
Needless to say that wasn't thought well of by the South American Football Confederation.

"At around the 90th minute of the aforementioned game, Reynoso, following an incident in the game, reacted by spitting at Everton player Sebastian Penco and then releasing nasal secreations at the face of the player," said the CSF in a statement.

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The FA stitched us up over Patrice Evra's ban: Despite studying the CCTV footage, there was no proof he punched the Chelsea groundsman. They saw the Chelsea groundsman go for Evra on the footage but there was nothing to show Evra throwing a punch, the FA admitted in their report, yet they still punished him as though he did.

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Cesc Fabregas is slapped with two improper conducts over Spit-gate and Van Persie will be unavailable for the Man U showdown because of a groin problem. The injury list gets longer.

On another note: Tuesday night at Anfield was special for another reason. Ray Kennedy, the former Arsenal and Liverpool player making an appearance.

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Spoke to a couple of the lads later Sunday and our boys came back from 2-0 down. Â So really, DRS and DSh results auger well especially in the context of the pre-season friendlies - promotion should not upset us. The Shakhtar result is especially encouraging since Familiar FC finished last season second in this division. Click to continue reading...