[W]ith the fallout from recent incidents involving Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra, and John Terry and Anton Ferdinand, dominating the back pages, racism in English football is once again a hot topic. An opportune time, then, to ask Stan Horne about (among other things) his experiences as the first ever black player for a trio of current Premier League clubs: Villa, Fulham and his beloved Man City.

Mail: Stan Collymore Twitter: Man charged with racial abuse

A 21-year-old man has been charged with racially abusing former Premier League star and football pundit Stan Collymore on Twitter. The man will appear before Newcastle magistrates on Monday January 23.

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Goal: Man arrested as police investigate claims of racial abuse towards former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore on Twitter

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody by police following claims from the broadcaster and charity supporter that he was racially abused on the social networking website

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Goal: Man arrested as police investigate claims of racial abuse towards former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore on Twitter

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody by police following claims from the broadcaster and charity supporter that he was racially abused on the social networking website

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Goal: Man arrested as police investigate claims of racial abuse towards former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore on Twitter

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody by police following claims from the broadcaster and charity supporter that he was racially abused on the social networking website

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Goal: Man arrested as police investigate claims of racial abuse towards former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore on Twitter

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody by police following claims from the broadcaster and charity supporter that he was racially abused on the social networking website

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Goal: Man arrested as police investigate claims of racial abuse towards former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore on Twitter

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody by police following claims from the broadcaster and charity supporter that he was racially abused on the social networking website

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By Alan Duffy

It may well be the season to be jolly, but after reading a list of Tweets highlighted by TalkSport presenter Stan Collymore, it's hard to keep in a positive frame of mind.

The former Liverpool player has been receiving a large amount of abuse for his views on the Luis Suarez racism affair, which he has been re-Tweeting along with racist abuse by various morons aimed at Patrice Evra.

By Chris Wright

In which, coming back from an advert break at half-time during Fulham's game against Odense, Jim and Stan get 'caught' signing a rousing, tongue-in-cheek rendition of 'Thursday Nights, Channel Five!' the new wave football chant used to mock big clubs that suffer untimely Champions League exits and which, depending on who you choose to believe, may be the song that got Ashley Cole a slapping after he sung it in the tunnel when Chelsea beat Man City on Monday.

My Sporting Life Stan Collymore

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Well there is a turn up for the books. I was certain that Arsenal would be doing a tour of the United States now that Silent Stan is the owner of the club, but it has been revealed today that the Gunners will be doing a tour of Africa instead! The big African sports site [...]

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Pictures: See some of the shirts you could win in Stan's auction

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In the week that will have shareholders debating the future and with twitchers spotting the rare appearance of Silent Stan, we must have some good news to report. Well we have to believe that we will make the top four after making it 5 wins out of 6 apparently. The fact that there was a Carling Cup and two Champions league fixtures in there seems to have escaped everyone's attention.

UEFA's weekly wrap is always excellent, but this quote from Otelul Galati president Marius Stan is both funny and eye-popping. Because be honest you didn't know who they were until the Champions League draw.

"They are celebrating 25 years with Sir Alex Ferguson on the bench and we are celebrating 25 weeks since we have had floodlights at the stadium.

Written by MickyDidIt89

Shrouded in a cloak of despondency as I was yesterday, to say nothing of a virus that will almost certainly condemn me to time in intensive care, I retired to bed last night with several bottles of stimulants lapping within, only to awake this morning with the thought that the only way forward was to adopt a siege mentality.

Dear Footballing Gods,

I'm not asking for a £40m marquee signing

I'm not asking for a £200k a week player

I'm not asking for a hard man in the middle of the park

I'm not asking for another behemoth at center half

I'm not asking for this manager to be sacked and a new one brought in, in his place

I'm not asking for Silent Stan to give daily interviews

I'm not asking for a fully fit ever uninjured squad

I'm not asking for a celebrity girlfriend

I'm not even asking for the Daily Fail to be shut down

All I'm asking for is that we don't lose to the bloody Spuds.

Today, as many of you will know, was a hot one. I don't know exactly how hot one of those digital displays on an advert said 26 degrees this afternoon at about 3 but it was, to borrow a phrase, JAM HOT.

Anxious about being couped up in our small heat-trapping flat on a day like this we headed out.

Saw this quote earlier in an interview with Colorado Rapids and Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke. He said he invested in Arsenal to "help" the Rapids. Aside from seeing his club win the MLS Cup last year, I'm still wondering how Arsenal has helped the Rapids.

So, Silent Stan is silent no more. We awake this morning to an exclusive interview in the Telegraph and fair play to them for getting it.

I suspect it's something every newspaper in the land was trying to set up but they've managed it. You might ask why it was that it didn't go out via the official site but I can see why it didn't.

A funny day then. Hade, Stan and I went for a walk. Out of Tooting, up through the optimistically named 'Summerstown' and over to Wimbledon, where we tried the new Waitrose. Exciting, eh? Rock n roll.

On the way the weather was okay. We passed a girl, twenties probably, who had a double buggy, a two year old and a young baby.

Fans finally voting with their feet.. Silent Stan nowhere to be seen.. Just what is going on at Arsenal?

Arsenal fans are voting with their feet for the first time during Arsene Wenger's 15-year reign. Tickets for a Premier League match are on general sale for the Bolton game on Saturday week.

Sounds like they had a bit of a nightmare at Ghana v Brazil last night. I had half a mind to take Stan along glad I didn't.

Read here. And here.

Yikes.

Danny Graft from The Manor has shown his love for his boyhood club and at the same time given Arsenal fans everywhere a theme song to chant to in amidst the black clubs encircling the club. His song; entitled 'The Arsenal Anthem' recalls his memories of Arsenal football club from 1988 to present and captures [.

The king is dead. Long live the king. Well, not dead exactly. Rather, removed from the Arsenal. Yes, Cesc Fabregas has finally moved to Barcelona. The news broke last night and he is undergoing a medical in Spain now. The fee is around £35million but the money isn't important because we probably won't spend it.

Today Aaron Hughes paid for 25 kids to become Fulham FC members.

You had to keep an eye on twitter, then at 12 o'clock, retweet the club's announcement of the competition. The first 25 people to do so got free membership for their children, courtesy of Aaron.

Well I'm off this week andwas on the spot when it mattered, so managed to sort out a membership for Stan.

Emi(rates)nem This hilarious video put together by Gunnerblog reworks Eminem's Stan with the role of the protagonist handed to mysterious Arsenal major shareholder Stan Kroenke. The publicity shy American's creeping takeover left many Gooners wondering precisely who now controls Arsenal. But those concerns have been overtaken by an increasing worry at the direction in which [.

The twist? Where do you think she got the pen and paper? From the bookseller ("Can I borrow a pen and paper? I want to write down the name of a book"). Okay, we've all done it, made a mental note then ordered online, but to be so bold?

To compensate I bought Atlantic by Simon Winchester, Dan Cruikshank's A secret history of Georgian London and Akashic books' celebrated Go the fuck to sleep.

Clint Dempsey (2nd-L) of the USA celebrates with teammates after scoring during the CONCACAF 2011 Gold Cup semifinal match USA against Panama on June 22, 2011 at Reliant Stadium in Houston Texas. USA won 1-0. (AFP PHOTO/STAN HONDA)

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So exactly what should Arsenal look like at the start of 2011/2012 season? by Abdul First of all selling Chamakh (£13m) Squillaci (£5m) Denilson (£8m), Bendtner (£10M), Eboue (£8m) and Almunia (£5m) would see the team generate roughly £50m. The board, in particular new owner Stan Kroenke I would hope, should give Wenger another £30m [.

Fresh from their triumph in the underwhelming Nations Cup, Ireland face a crucial test away to Macdedonia in Skopje on Saturday evening. Going into the match Ireland are level with Russia and Slovakia on ten points so with half of the matches remaining to be played, all three sides stand an excellent chance of qualifying for next year's finals in Poland and Ukraine.

Sam Allardyce has been named West Ham boss after agreeing a two year contract worth £3m, with a 7 figure bonus should he steer the relegated club back into the Premier League next season.

Big Stan's Managerial Stats:

2008-10: Blackburn:
P90 W32 D24 L34 Win%35
2007-08: Newcastle United:
P24 W8 D6 L10 Win%33
1999-2007: Bolton
P371 W153 D104 L114 Win%41
1997-99 : Notts Co:
P145 W56 D39 L50 Win%39
1994-96: Blackpool:
P102 W44 D23 L35 Win%43

The Halftime show has t-shirts and everything!We love us a bit of the old NutCan. While the Canadian Championship may be a far cry from England's FA Cup (we kind of lack the 755 other clubs), it is our national equivalent and has usually been good fun. 2011 saw a change to a knockout format which has led to an exciting two-leg final between the two "best" clubs - Toronto and Vancouver.

My job is in a place not especially well served by the tube. Well it is, but I have to make a few changes, so usually in the morning I get off about a mile away and walk. This is pretty good fun, in that it gives me 20 minutes of walking, fresh air and music, as well as the niceness of seeing London before it's busy (I'm usually out and about at 730am or so get the day out of the way and back to Hade and Stan by 530).

To hell with a recap of the nightmare at Old Trafford. To hell with it.

Last train to Rome?

What I will say is that we weren't as poor as many have been saying. We were better than in the first leg, more cohesive, and might have edged the opening half if not for some particularly rubbish defending from Anelka.

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Apr 11, 2011) US Soccer Players -- With Arsenal now in the control of Colorado Rapids investor/operator Stan Kroenke, it's worth wondering what club takes the Gunners' place as the one that's too precious to be sullied by American ownership. After all Queen and country were out in force a few years ago over the possibility that Arsenal might end up owned by someone without a British passport.

You may or may not have noticed that I haven't been following Premier League games up with Statshacks for a little while. There are numerous reasons for that which I won't bore you with, but I have still been glancing at the numbers and I have to bring Jean Makoun's passing statistics from Old Trafford last night to your attention.

A signed photo of SVC. Signed by Darren Bent, of course OTP readers, I give you exhibit A: a photograph of Stan Collymore autographed by Aston Villa's new hero Darren Bent. Dig a little deeper and you will notice that the ex-Villa striker admits he has been critical of the Villains' latest big-money signing underneath [.

By Ollie Irish

In celebration of football's greatest Stans (before you mention it, there is no room for the Stanley knife, beloved of old-school hooligans)...

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10. STAN WILLEMSE - No-nonsense left-back who played for Brighton, Chelsea and Leyton Orient in a 12-year playing career (1946-1958).