The ball from the infamous Tottenham-Liverpool match earlier in the year was sold online.
400 pounds to charity. Good stuff.
Did you buy it?
To the links:

• Poor form in selecting your team Bob. [NSC]
  
• Maradona banned for two months. [Reuters]
  
• Happy birthday to a blog bud.

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Graffiti at Estadio Jose Alvalade by Directivo Ultras, Sporting Lisbon supporters' group.

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In a week's time we will know a near complete list of the nations who will be competing to lift the World Cup in South Africa. The first legs take place on November 14, with the second legs on the 18th. The African nations qualification process takes a little longer, so I'll be focusing on the Republic of Ireland Vs France, Bosnia-Herz Vs Portugal, Russia Vs Slovenia and Greece Vs Ukraine.

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Remarkable Recovery

Euro 2008 was a hugely enjoyable tournament on a number of levels. Viewers across the globe were spoilt with a month of delightful, positive football. Spain were indisputably the best team on show, and deserved winner of their first major championship in 34 years. However, a personal highlight was the re-emergence of Croatian striker Ivan Klasnic, after he had spent most of 2007 recovering from 2 kidney transplants.

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Sid Lowe's La Liga column in the Guardian shared an interesting statistic this week over 50 clubs have beaten Real Madrid since October 2009 (last 10 years), but Atletico Madrid isn't one of them.

Here's the list in full:

Al Nasr Saudi Club, Al-Ahly, Alavés, Alcorcón, Almería, Anderlecht, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Betis, Boca Juniors, Celta Vigo, Deportivo, Espanyol, Galatasaray, Getafe, Graz, Hannover, Internazionale, Juventus, Las Palmas, Levante, Liverpool, Lokomotiv Moscow, Málaga, Mallorca, Manchester United, Milan, Monaco, Murcia, Nastic, Numancia, Olympiakos, Lyon, Osasuna, PSV, Racing, Rayo Vallecano, Nexaca, Real Sociedad, Real Unión, Recreativo, Roma, Servette, Sevilla, Spartak Moscow, Sporting Lisbon, Tokyo Verdy, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Villarreal, Werder Bremen and Zaragoza.

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I don't care much for the JV competition in Europe. But here are the raw scores in case you have any interest.Anderlecht 3-1 FC Timisoara
Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam
Genoa 3-2 Lille
Slavia Prague 2-2 Valencia
Hamburg SV 0-0 Celtic
Rapid Vienna 0-3 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Heerenveen 2-3 Hertha Berlin
Sporting Lisbon 1-1 FK Ventspils
AS Roma 2-1 Fulham
FC Basel 3-1 CSKA Sofia
Dinamo Bucuresti 0-3 Galatasaray
SK Sturm Graz 0-1 Panathinaikos
Levski Sofia 0-1 SV Salzburg
Villarreal 4-1 Lazio
Fenerbahce 3-1 Steaua Bucuresti
Twente Enschede 2-1 Sheriff Tiraspol
AEK Athens 2-2 BATE Borisov
Everton 0-2 Benfica
Partizan Belgrade 2-4 Club Brugge
Toulouse 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
CFR Cluj-Napoca 2-3 Sparta Prague
FC Copenhagen 1-1 PSV Eindhoven
CD Nacional de Madeira 1-1 Athletic Bilbao
Werder Bremen 2-0 Austria ViennaFun stuff. Click to continue reading...

United Winger is considering his options.

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Manchester United winger Nani could be on his way out of Old Trafford despite assurances from United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.

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Sido Jombati extended his hand, and with a warm smile on his face said, 'My name is Sido.'
I couldn't help but laugh. I had just contacted him a few days ago to tell him what a big fan I was, and to request an interview with him for this blog. I certainly knew who his name. I was to learn, though, that Sido is as unassuming as he is friendly. Click to continue reading...

Germany
Police reacted when about 500 violent supporters of Hansa Rostock tried to breach a police barrier and threw bottles and firecrackers after their club had lost to visiting St. Pauli 2-0. About 1,500 police were on hand for the game between the clubs whose supporters have a history of animosity. Click to continue reading...

Beckham returns to AC Milan
AC Milan have confirmed that David Beckham, currently playing for LA Galaxy in the MLS, will go back to the Rossoneri in January. David said this about his return to AC Milan.

"I had to give myself the best chance to play in the World Cup, playing on loan with Milan will help me do that.

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Hospitals across Europe have seen a lot of action over the last seven days. Warm wishes go to the following parents and their family and friends (whom we would hope purchased all the items from their baby registries). Here's a quick update:

Juve keeper Gigi Buffon and his long-time gal Alena Seredova (pictured last month at her 2010 calendar launch) are the proud parents of another healthy baby boy.

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Hospitals across Europe have seen a lot of action over the last seven days. Warm wishes go to the following parents and their family and friends (whom we would hope purchased all the items from their baby registries). Here's a quick update:

Juve keeper Gigi Buffon and his long-time gal Alena Seredova (pictured last month at her 2010 calendar launch) are the proud parents of another healthy baby boy.

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With Rangers getting closer and closer to almost becoming Leeds United, maybe its time for both Celtic and Rangers to run away from the Scottish Premier League and head for greener pastures. Rangers 's club's bankers Lloyds are owed £30million by the end of the campaign. With a TV contract that is nothing to celebrate the only way that they maybe be able to meet the payment is to sell half of the first team. Click to continue reading...

Confused, I am?

Hugely overrated winger about to fool another club of his supposed 'talent'! But Why?

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Inter flop Ricardo Quaresma has been tipped to return to the Premier League as Everton take a peep over the precipice.

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By TRAVIS CLARK

Even though it was just a Tuesday, there was plenty of action to go around in Europe today, with Cup competitions calling American players into action. Tim Howard and Brad Guzan were both starters today as the Carling Cup resumed in England.

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A pair of young prospects were linked over the weekend with imminent moves to the club. Firstly, Slovenian midfielder Rene Krhin - currently at Inter, who The People suggest is all but a done deal:

Krhin should join Hughes's revolution in the New Year, with City keen to do business now before he costs even more - and possibly appears in the World Cup finals for his country next summer.

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Old Trafford boss considered best boss ever.

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Sir Alex Ferguson may have a trophy cabinet bursting at the seams, but today football fans have awarded him with an extra-special title – the Greatest Football Manager ever.

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It's been quite a week! From beach balls to touchline brawls and slack marking to summit embarking. Now Moscow and the artificial pitch awaits for Ferguson and his charges where three more points would go even further to sealing United's progression into the next phase of the Champions League.

It's worth noting that trips to the Luzhniki Stadium haven't been too unkind in recent years either, although CSKA certainly won't be a proverbial walk in the park synthetic grass.

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While the Aughts have been full of speculation/proposal about the Old Firm joining the EPL, the 90's was about the Old Firm joining what was dubbed as the Atlantic League. It was a joint proposal from the big clubs in the Netherlands, Scotland and Portugal. ESPN is reporting that there may be another attempt at this break away league, which would involve the aforementioned clubs along with Belgium and the Scandinavian clubs.

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Ferguson angered by another mistake from his back up keeper.

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Ben Foster, left out of Fabio Capello's England squad on Sunday after a string of goalkeeping errors in recent games, was involved in a furious row with his Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, the previous day, according to reports in the Daily Star last night.

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Freddy Adu made his second appearance - his first league with his new club Belenenses - in a rather uneventful with Sporting Lisbon at Jose Alvalade stadium on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its second day of group stage matches on Thursday, October 1, 2009. Both of the English clubs, Fulham and Everton, won on Thursday. Many of the favorites also won in matches. Here's a full list of video highlights for Thursday's matches.

UEFA Europa League Video Highlights Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC BATE Borisov (1) Everton (2) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC Dinamo Bucuresti (0) Panathinaikos (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Sporting Lisbon (1) Hertha Berlin (0) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

PFC Levski Sofia (0) Lazio (4) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Anderlecht (1) Ajax Amsterdam (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Werder Bremen (3) Athletic Bilbao (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC Timisoara (0) Dinamo Zagreb (3) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Galatasaray (1) SK Sturm Graz (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

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As Arsenal prepare for Matchday 2 of the Champions League Group Stage this evening, it is hard to look at the changes made to this part of the tournament by Michel Platini, European football's equivalent to the anti-christ, as being, in any way, beneficial to the competition.

Platini's motives are somewhat sound, even if his execution is not.

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Man United keeper Edwin Van Der Sar will decide whether to retire or not this winter. With the possibility of Man United's number one being up for grabs, United are keeping an eye on a 21-year...
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Man United keeper Edwin Van Der Sar will decide whether to retire or not this winter. With the possibility of Man United's number one being up for grabs, United are keeping an eye on a 21-year old.
Man United were made aware of Sporting Lisbon's keeper Rui Patricio a few years back by none other than Cristiano Ronaldo. Click to continue reading...

2:45pm, live in the US on Setanta.
Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 6-1 Hull (h); 1-0 Leeds (a); 3-2 West Ham (a)
Fiorentina: 1-0 Livorno (a); 2-0 Sampdoria (h); 1-3 Roma (a)
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Carragher Insua
Lucas Gerrard
Benayoun Kuyt Riera
Torres
Sky Sports certainly threw a spanner in the works this morning, announcing that neither Benayoun nor Mascherano traveled to Italy because of an injury and illness respectively. Click to continue reading...

Sir Alex looks to talented Serie A keeper as a long term keeping solution.

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Manchester United are looking for a goalkeeper after Van der Sar. Despite Ferguson's comments, it seems difficult that Ben Foster will replace the Dutch man, due to his recent poor performance.

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Manchester United have been recently looking at Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar as an option. Although their first choice would be Sporting Lisbon's Rui Patricio, it seems that if the portuguese club keeps Patricio then an offer for Julio Cesar would be imminent. The Brazilian goalkeeper is currently on great form, and seems happy at Inter. Click to continue reading...

The Yellow Wall - Borussia Dortmund's fearsome home support out in full forceOn last week's 3 to See we scoured all of Europe to bring you derby matches in England, Bulgaria and Norway. Manchester... Click to continue reading...

Very few, if any football matches on the planet this weekend will feature the individual quality that tonight's LA Galaxy-TFC match will provide. Julian DeGuzman will make his MLS debut against David Beckham, Landon Donovan and the Galaxy. You'll also have the presence of Dwayne DeRossario arguably the most successful player in the history of MLS.

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Group A
Ajax Amsterdam 0-0 FC Timisoara; Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Anderlecht
Group B
Genoa 2-0 Slavia Prague; Lille 1-1 Valencia
Group C
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-1 Celtic; Rapid Vienna 3-0 Hamburg SV
Group D
Heerenveen 2-3 Sporting Lisbon; Hertha Berlin 1-1 FK Ventspils
Group E
CSKA Sofia 1-1 Fulham; FC Basel 2-0 AS Roma
Group F
Panathinaikos 1-3 Galatasaray; SK Sturm Graz 0-1 Dinamo Bucuresti
Group G
Lazio 1-2 SV Salzburg; Villarreal 1-0 Levski Sofia
Group H
Fenerbahce 1-2 Twente Enschede; Steaua Bucuresti 0-0 Sheriff Tiraspol
Group I
Benfica 2-0 BATE Borisov; Everton 4-0 AEK Athens
Group J
Club Brugge 1-4 Shakhtar Donetsk; Partizan Belgrade 2-3 Toulouse
Group K
CFR Cluj-Napoca 2-0 FC Copenhagen; Sparta Prague 2-2 PSV Eindhoven
Group L
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After covering the Barcelona versus Real Madrid topic, it is only logical if Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were discussed due to their pivotal role in both teams. The two wingers are currently playing for two of the best clubs in Spain and two of the most popular outfits in the world. Click to continue reading...

Three wins, two draws and one defeat makes for a balanced but not too glorious start to this year's European season.

Wolfsburg. You are never too old for an impressive Champions League debut. Grafite (30) scored a hat-trick and became only (or already?) the sixth player to do so on his debut.

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The UEFA Europa League began its group stage on Thursday, September 17, 2009 with a full set of matches. Many of favorites are still alive including defending champions Shakhtar Donetsk. Almost all of the Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga, and Ligue 1 clubs are still alive in the group stage.

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How long does he have left?

With Portugal on the verge of non-qualification for the World Cup in 2010, manager Carlos Queiroz is under extreme pressure and has the very real possibility of unemployment looming over him. Given this threat, and inevitability that this will occur, I ask you.

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