It wasn't all bad in the early going for Liverpool. The club was comfortably in the top ten in spite of the various struggles and unanswered questions, and there was a win in the derby over Everton despite Dirk Kuyt's first ever penalty miss for Liverpool to boost spirits. It might not have been the start fans had been hoping for after the way the previous season had ended, but it also wasn't the end of the world.

Why foootballers like Nathan Eccleston should be allowed to Tweet whatever idiotic rubbish they want

Another week, another player makes the headlines from something he wrote on Twitter. Nathan Eccleston is not a name familiar to many fans outside of the coastal north-west of England, but this week the Liverpool striker caused a stink by tweeting his opinion that the attacks on the World Trade Center, as well as the Pentagon and the doomed United flight 93, were not the work of terrorists.

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Martin Atkinson Assistant 1: Peter Kirkup Assistant 2: Michael Mullarkey 4th Official: Michael Oliver Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch... It seems that we may have caused a wee bit of a stink with our unfashionable interest in the selection of match officials last season; so [.

This SPANISH FOOTBALL transfer story is beginning to stink. Its a "love story" that has hit the wall of reality with full heart wrenching consequences. FC Barcelona player Xavi Hernandez mentioned it the other day ..."Cesc is suffering", reminding me of Romeo yelling his heart out for Juliette. The negotiations between ARSENAL & FC BARCELONA for Spanish Football International CESC FABREGAS are

Both the US and Mexico tried to make it suspenseful, but it looks like Jack Warner managed to rig the final to get the most - really? Oh.
Hey, how come we never heard of this Adu kid before? Where's he been all this time?
Wednesday night's game was a pleasant non-surprise for the US.

I've been raising quite the verbal stink about the importance of the Dynamo's gauntlet run-like stretch of games to end the month of May. It began Saturday night at Rio Tinto and despite the fact Houston left some quality goal chances unfinished, I have to consider it a job well done. A road point at Real Salt Lake is nearly like a victory and getting a clean sheet thanks to a very strong defensive performance an added bonus.

And so we move to the not-so-business end of the table, the rear. It promises to be quite a battle, since so many clubs have been forced to cut costs amid financial turmoil.

You can find the rest of NFN's Veikkausliiga preview here, just click on the links. Part I – Part II – Part IV.