I'm starting to think I'm missing out on something. Is there a big party that everyone goes to? Something exciting on the telly? Or perhaps it's a free goodie bag for the first 10,000 on to the tube?

It's an age old moan but I am going to go on about it again. Just what is people's (I'm refusing to call them fans) excuse for leaving Arsenal games at the Emirates early?

Pretty much everything's underway or will be shortly on the international front, so a reminder that you can find links to streams in the matchday thread, along with news about Liverpool's squad members in action. Should be a relatively interesting day for those involved, or at least as interesting as international break can be, as almost all in Europe have a chance to see their country move on.

Venue: Molineux, Wolverhampton Date: Saturday, October 1st, 2011 Kick-off: 3:00pm Referee: Mark Halsey Unless you're heading to the wonderful East Midlands on Saturday, it's time once again to scour the net for streams of Newcastle United's visit to Molineux, as the Magpies take on Mick McMackem's Wolves.

Video reaction and highlights

There's not a great deal I can say about last night's game against Shrewsbury. The lack of TV coverage and the dearth of streams meant I have, even this morning, seen the barest highlights. Going 1-0 down will have been a worry, getting back into the game and winning 3-1, with a pretty inexperienced team is encouraging, on the face of things.

Here we go then, I didn't see the match, no streams, instead wasted almost three hours of my life listening to paint dry on the radio. Here are the highlights, they're worth watching if only to see Pav's woeful penalty.
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I have oft imagined Arsene Wenger in his shorts, and h... erm, this doesn't seem like the right way to start this article, or any article. I wasn't stressing on his shorts, my mind has not been warped to that extent yet. Allow me to rephrase.

I have oft imagined a huge watering hole, and a hesitant Arsene Wenger standing next to it, incidentally clad in shorts (the attire is merely for convenience, it could just as easily be a parka, three-piece suit or tiger outfit) and looking at the watering hole wistfully.

We aren't quite to Hot Time In Old Town's one-year anniversary (September 14) so that makes a couple of new changes and announcements around here all the more exciting. First off, if you like Hot Time in Old Town, there is now an iPhone app for that. Well technically there's an app for SB Nation but so close to HTIOT's birthday?

The other two teams in Group D of the CONCACAF Champions League are kicking off now. If we're gunning for second place in the group (as we probably should be), we'll want a Monterrey win here to reduce the competition. On the other hand, a stumble by the Mexican team would open a crack in the door to a group win and possibly an easier route through the bracket.

By Chris Wright

At the grand old age of 37 (though we'd swear that he's been 37 for at least the last five years) and after scoring a million goals in a thousand appearances over two spells at the club, Boca Juniors' veteran striker Martin Palermo played his last ever game at La Bombonera at the weekend.

I guess it's not surprising that the influx of opposition supporters have stopped coming by to tell us how great their club is and how shit Liverpool is it was a futile effort anyway, and I don't know that it ever really got off the ground, but the results of the weekend did more than enough to remind everyone that a) Barcelona are just that good, and b) Liverpool still stand alone as the most successful English club in European football.

Who, outside of Poland, watches much of the Ekstraklasa? Who had to go to Wikipedia to see if that was spelled correctly? (Aye.) Only rarely on this end and largely because they have biblically good streams during odd hours.

We should all be watching a bit more, probably, as they displayed over the weekend with two goals of superior class.

Upon announcing losses of £25.5million – underwritten by owner Ellis Short – Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has gone on the offensive with regard to fans who watch his club's games in the pub or on internet streams at home.
Quinn is concerned about falling attendances this season, despite the club hovering in and around the top six.

I have always been an early riser, but for a long time that meant only, or mostly, work: wake up, shower and dress, ingest the life-giving caffeinated fluids, and get some writing done before the rest of the world can start plucking at my sleeve. It's an M.O. that has served me well. The more I get done in the rising day, the earlier I can ease off the gas pedal, and the more completely I can relax in the evenings: sit back with a drink and watch some basketball or baseball whatever sport happens to be on with a wholly vacuous, nearly flatlining brain.

There has been mixed news this week for those that wish to circumvent the now traditional model for watching football of paying a subscription and receiving a service in return for it. On the one hand, in the United States of America the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took action against several sites that link to illegal streams of European football but, on the other hand, there was a somewhat surprising judgement today from the European Court of Justice as the Advocates General advised that pubs and bars showing Premier League football on foreign decoders was not in contravention of European law.

I was unable to watch the match today as there were no streams, I heard there weren't even any cameras at the Reebok. Which really, is probably good for my mental health. At any rate, instead of me writing a report based solely on other reports, Mark had the idea of collecting reactions from Bolton fans on Twitter.