By Alan Duffy

David Moyes' Everton side produced a valuable 3-1 win against Wigan despite putting out a first 11 with no natural strikers.

Tim Cahill lead the line for the Toffees but it was debut goals from Apostolos Vellios and Royston Drenthe (after a strike from Phil "Jags" Jagielka) which won the game for the home side.

Modric proving once and for all that his head is 'in the right place' (i.e. on his shoulders).Project 2011/12 is finally underway. As Piers Morgan astutely pointed out on Twitter in reference to his beloved Arsenal, 'the real season starts now'. Those embarrassing early few games for both sides obviously don't count (erm, except that they do!

Park Chu Young is still awaiting his visa

In his first ever press conference after transfer deadline day, Arsene Wenger disputed the perception the 8-2 thrashing at the hands of Man Utd triggered the desperate last minute signing spree.

Instead the process was more deliberative in the like for like calibration for departing players.

They're up for grabs now! Wenger, right at the end. An unbelievable climax to the transfer window

I can safely say I can't recall the like. What began with the low of an abject eight-goal capitulation at Old Trafford has ended with the high of five new faces to bolster the ranks.

Troy Evans is quick and shifty on the football field. Off the football field, the Marshall wide receiver isn't as smooth. Troy Evans was arrested this week after allegedly going on a robbing spree on Sunday. In total, there are believed to be at least four separate incidents in which Troy Evans committed armed robbery.

Maxi: I'll stay to fight for my Liverpool place

Midfielder applauds signing spree that's pushed him out of the side

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Blues drop points but no need to make a mountain out of a molehill Chelsea skipper John Terry dished the dirt on new boss Andre Villas Boas' secret tactics following their 0-0 draw at Stoke. The new Portuguese gaffer has sent his new charges on a cruel hunting spree. According to Terry, Villas Boas' [.

Liverpool chief wants top four finish after summer spree

Champions League qualification would show improvement says chairman Werner

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Kenny Dalglish eyes Gary Cahill as the Liverpool spree continues

Kenny Dalglish is ready to spend again after he admitted Liverpool's £100million outlay since January has been 'necessary' in their bid to become a superpower again.

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The first round of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying has been completed in Asia this weekend. Eight nations from Nepal to Malaysia, from Myanmar to the Philippines, have secured their places in the next round of qualifying which will take place in late July.

The biggest story of Asian (AFC) World Cup qualifying came at the Faisal Al-Husseini International stadium in the Palestinian city of Al-Ram where Palestine faced off against Afghanistan.

Well, politically speaking it is a derby. Persiba travelled to Bontang and won 5-3 continuing their recent goal scoring spree, 13 in three games. A derby geographically? Well, if you wanna call a 6 hour drive a local derby!
Persiba finished 3rd last season and hopes were high in the oil rich town that a serious shot at the title was on the cards.

Lucas Leiva is determined not to be pushed back on the periphery by Liverpool's anticipated transfer spree this summer.
Club owners Fenway Sports Group have already intimated they are prepared to spend heavily to strengthen the squad and help propel the Anfield outfit back into the Champions League.

Dortmund need to postpone their lap of honor through the Bundesliga. Manuel Neuer may have made the "next big step" in his career from one Europa League bound club to another. A wild winning spree at the bottom of the table leaves Cologne and St. Pauli as this weekend's biggest losers.

Leverkusen 2-1 Hoffenheim.

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Lakshmi Mittal has promised fresh investment in Queens Park Rangers should they win promotion back to the Premier League.

Liverpool will challenge fellow Premiership rivals Chelsea and La Liga giants Barcelona for the signature of Shakhtar Donetsk's Willian according to reports in the Daily Mail.
The Brazilian midfielder has caught the attention of a number of top clubs around Europe after some impressive performances in this season's Champions League.

Tuesday will see Groan's fourth birthday as a blog I started it a few days after the 2007 Carling Cup final defeat to Chelsea, and since then I've haven't had the opportunity to preview or cover another showpiece day. Tomorrow, that all changes as we take on Birmingham in the final of the same competition.

Liverpool's ambitions of staging a late charge for Champions League qualification suffered an untimely blow as bogey side Wigan ended their four-match winning run in a draw at Anfield.
A fifth successive victory would have put the Reds within four points of fourth-placed Chelsea but despite dominating two-thirds of the game they failed to press home their advantage.

BERNE, Switzerland Europe's big-spending soccer clubs were warned on Tuesday that their recent frenzy of transfer activity could affect their ability to meet UEFA's new financial rules aimed at making them live within their means. The European governing body also repeated its determination to stamp out reckless spending one day after the end of [.

So we're off to Wemberlee and the desperate struggle for tickets can now begin. Remarkably, it will be our first Wembley final since winning the FA Cup in 1998 against Newcastle. Of course, between then and now we have enjoyed something of a cup final spree (record in Wales: five finals, 60% success rate).

Did you see him? Did you? Him with his regal mane of golden hair and artistically tattooed limbs sashaying into the stadium with his young one and blessing us all with his presence for ninety minutes. He watched on, he talked to his son, he ate peanuts, he applauded politely, he ‘ooh'ed, he ‘aah'ed, he furiously picked his nose and the merciful cameras didn't miss one bit of it.