Fan violence in football can pave the way for devastating consequences sometimes and this was exactly what happened in Egypt last night. At least 73 people were killed after Al-Masry defeated Al-Ahly 3-1 at the Cairo stadium with more than 1,000 injured in the stampede.

By Chris Wright

I know this is in incredibly poor taste, but a) it's 'Off-Shore Harry' and, b) it made my snort boiling tea all over my lap so I don't care...

Thanks to Pies fan Neil for the nudge.

Now that the Timbers have a compliment of 30 players total we can sort of assume that the team is going to settle down a bit and look towards building for their starting 11 in March. I know, I know the hot rumor is that a third DP will be coming soon as a true #9 striker. But even without him we can sort of piece together how the squad will look in this upcoming season as compared to last year.

Swansea: 61% possession in the first half.

I almost feel like I should just leave it at that. Not often do we have less of the ball than opposing teams. This is what it felt like:

We got to celebrate early, then not so much after that.

I'm not sure I can recap this game. I'll try.

Swansea: 61% possession in the first half.

I almost feel like I should just leave it at that. Not often do we have less of the ball than opposing teams. This is what it felt like:

We got to celebrate early, then not so much after that.

I'm not sure I can recap this game. I'll try.

By Chris Wright

This audio has comes round the houses via the Beeb, and details the 'tunnel spat' ('chat' is somewhat closer to the mark) that Roberto Mancini and Steven Gerrard engaged in following yesterday's Carling Cup semi-final first leg at the Etihad...

Gerrard approaches Mancini to take him to task over his conduct following both Vincent Kompany's red card against Manchester United on Sunday and Glen Johnson's two-footed piledriver last night to which the City manager clearly replies (at the 0:13 mark), and I quote:

"Whale tea, sea cake and FROSTIES!

On day three of cleaning out my garage, I found a pleasant surprise in a 1962 collection of 25 cards entitled "Football Clubs and Badges" from a company named Lamberts Of Norwich. The cards were included in packets of tea ...
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Spend too much time examining the MLS scheduling format and the philosophies therein, and one will inevitably fall down a logical rabbit hole - though, to be fair, this doesn't differ significantly from other "major-league" North American sports.

MLS version 3.0, or 2.1, or whatever we are up to, has become all about "local rivalries", or so it seems.

Mail: Oldham boss Paul Dickov serves fans tea ahead of Liverpool FA Cup clash

Tell Oldham Athletic that the FA Cup has lost some of its attraction, and they will tell you about the two fans who suffered hypothermia while queuing to buy tickets for Friday's third-round tie at Liverpool.

Make some tea or crack a can of lager, and read the preview.

Our kids and fringe players (and Vermaelen and Santos) are in Greece, looking to get some experience against a good side that needs to win to ensure they get anything out of the group stage.

I'm really looking forward to seeing more of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (not to be mistaken for Coquelin), Frimpong and Coquelin, as well as Yennaris and Miquel, who I thought played fairly well out-of-position against a strong City side in the Carling Cup.

Gimme a minute, I'm just shoveling coal into the Liveblog 3000. It's a bit clunky this morning (afternoon/evening for many of you). Nothing a cuppa won't fix, mind. *pauses, thinks...* Gimme a minute, I'm just shoveling tea into the Liveblog 3000.

If you haven't read it, then you should run, don't walk, to Darren's preview of this match.

On the unique situation of Mario Balotelli, many cathartically copious column (I love an alliteration) inches have been ejaculated out into the fore of the blogging main in a futile Haigian attempt to forward the tea cabinet of football understanding another 5 or so inches closer to Berlin, [read more]

Champion jumps jockey AP McCoy gave Manchester United their first winner when he rode 7/2 shot Cuban Piece to victory at Bangor yesterday. Co-owners of the nag include Michael Owen, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and other past and present players. Gunners fan McCoy joked: 'Imagine if this was the only thing United win this season".

The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything By Tony Attwood The AGM of Arsenal Holdings plc lasts an hour several hundred people and a bunch of journalists turn up, there's tea and biscuits before and after, and this year it was held in the Woolwich section of Club Level, which was nice [.

And so we arrive at the fixture that is cause for consternation every year. Fucking Stoke. We all hate Stoke, etc. Here's our preview, aptly named "Arsenal Stoke Preview".

Come on by at 5am my time (awesome), 8am Eastern, and 3pm Greenwich Mean Time to dazzle us with your knowledge of Pat Rice's training techniques or baffle us with your bullshit opinions about Arshavin.

Unable to make the trip to Parkgate, I decided to go to the Pickering Town v Stavely Miners Welfare game at a sunny Pickering FC.
The sun may have been shining, but it was the only thing to shine as this was a dour game of football played out by two mediocre teams with little passing ability.

Can we help out Blackburn and Wigan? We all spat out our mouthfuls of tea when we saw that foreign owners were in favour of scrapping promotion and relegation, essentially making the Premier League a roster of twenty franchises. Their feelings are clear, in that owners of lower clubs would be guaranteed to make money [.

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to today's match banter thread for Wolverhampton Wanderers against Newcastle United. For more detailed information about today's game, see Jimbob's excellent match preview. On paper this should be a low scoring game and I could see no goals at all from my reading of the tea leaves this morning, although [.

De Gea, John Terry's mum, Glen Johnson and more football thieves!

Six of the most shocking football tea leafs

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Well known Newcastle United site nufc.com have posted the image you see here of the new sign over St James' Park's East Stand, much favoured by pensioners with tartan lap rugs and flasks of tea. But I digress... The picture, posted by "KM", was supposedly taken on Wednesday, September 14th, and as you can see, [.

Astonishing. I'm not really sure what to think, what sort of coherent narrative I can assemble to summarize the absolute incompetence that defined this match. It was like Christmas in August: both teams (or all three if I include the officials) dishing the gifts left and right. Should I be pleased with a point having played a man down for over 90 minutes (stoppage time included) or disappointed at not beating a side we need to be beating?

So it's settled then after months of speculation and his open letter to fans and Atletico's President, Kun Aguero is a Manchester City player! The deal is said to be worth (close to) £35million, which is a record for the club (even more than Robinho's!) Pero quién puede decir algo?

Colin Scalderwood Half-time is the traditional time for a football manager to chuck cups of tea around, but Hibs boss Colin Calderwood broke with tradition to drop a beverage in his lap during his side's opening game of the season against Celtic. Perhaps eager to keep up with opposite number Neil Lennon's penchant for getting [.

Please close the gate. Well it's a dog eat dog world in the Premiership as we know but, cards on the table; sleeves rolled right up to reveal nothing but arm; chrystal ball hidden under its cloth and tea leaves thrown straight into the recycling bin, I have absolutely no idea whether Luka Modric, apparently still of this parish when I last had access to the wonderful world of the web, will be

At last someone has come out and said it. I never for one moment thought that I would be Salomon Kalou though I have to say. In an interview featured in The Sun, Kalou reveals what he believes is the reason to our disappointing season last term.
When asked what he believed the reasons were he said:

"Our players were preoccupied with finding out who was in the side and who wasn't.

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Hay más cosas, claro. El desembarco en la Liga de los propietarios extranjeros, con distinta fortuna (en todos los sentidos de la palabra); la eclosión del árbitro español que quiso ser inglés y va camino de lograrlo (Mateu Lahoz deja jugar y se equivoca en las decisiones importantes igualito que Howard Webb); el esperpento del Hércules, que subió pagando a otros (dicen) y luego se olvidó de pagar a los suyos; o la despedida de un crack injustamente olvidado a la hora de nombrar a las grandes estrellas de la Liga (Frederic Kanouté, duende andaluz en un cuerpo de gigante africano); pero si tengo que destacar 5 puntos de esta temporada que se nos escapa entre los dedos, me quedo con estas:
5 – Los 5 partidos de la última jornada en los que se decidió el tercer equipo que retrocedía a la Liga Adelante (cruel paradoja publicitaria).

Is it me or are Reebok and Bolton Wanderers conducting an experiment each year to see if they can create a worse home football shirt? In previous seasons, Bolton supporters have been subjected to home shirt designs looking like a harness and tea...
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Right chaps, I've got some info that's going to make your day. Have you ever worried about your testosterone levels? Well, I've been doing some research on all of your behalfs and there are some very simple ways for you to make sure you never have to worry ..........

What actually happened was, having been banging on about the perceived 'lack of testosterone' on show from our team I went delving into the depths of male hormones on the internet to see what I could discover.

We have been trying to read the tea leaves a little bit, as far as Jose Enrique's future at Newcastle is concerned, and we've already said we think the 25 year-old Spaniard is already committed to leaving Newcastle this summer. Jose Enrique - Newcastle expect him to move on in summer This thing about not [.

AFC Kempston Rovers 4 Northampton ON Chenecks 0 - United Counties League, Division One
Kempston was once known as the largest village in England but is now a town. Until the 19th century Kempston was a mainly rural parish. It was one of the largest in Bedfordshire with an area of 5,025 acres at the time of enclosure in 1804, and was in Redbournestoke Hundred.

So this will be my last bag for six weeks. Have give up beer and chocolate without a problem but crisps and tea are soooo tough.

As well as the giving up I also keep a Lentern swearbox so self improvement all round lol

Do love Lent....love hearing about what other people are doing and sharing the collective challenge.