David de Gea put in another good shift against one of the top teams in Manchester United's 3-3 draw with Chelsea.

The Spanish keeper's every move is heavily scrutinised by the press but he has been rightly praised for his brilliant save from a Juan Mata freekick which saved a point for United in the dying moments.

During last weekend's Campeonato Pernambucano fifth-round match between Sport and Nautico, Sport's Marcelinho Paraiba collided with Siloe and had a tooth fly out of his head as a result. So after Sport won the match 4-3, Marcelinho asked club officials to try and find the tooth. When they couldn't, he offered a R$1,000 ($572.

As we gnash teeth, but before we point fingers and burn Jol in effigy and point out that was our 100th goal conceded in the final 15minutes this season and make excuses such as the following...

Where in the blue blazes did 5 minutes in stoppage time come from?!?

Remember how yesterday we wrote about our friend that we're aiming to initiate into the cult of football? (No? Read this real quick.)

Well, we emailed that link to him not only did he read the post, when we asked if he clicked through and read the three links we posted (one each for Messi, Balotelli, Dempsey) he replied via email (and gave us permission to blockquote):

i just read them all.

By Chris Wright

With Railway Harrogate having just scored a dramatic late equaliser on the 90-minute mark to level the score at three apiece in their West Riding County Cup tie against Guiseley last night, it looked for all the world like the game was heading to extra time.

Q: Why don't Arsenal score from corners A: Because Van Persie takes them! Q: What's the most popular item in the Arsenal club shop? A: The Van Persie tea tray, because it carries 10 mugs! Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera... Unless you're of a distinctly Arsenal persuasion, you're probably sick to the back teeth of these stats [.

Why this is Wigan's year to go down (even though I expect them to beat Blackburn today)

It is always intriguing when the bottom two teams play each other. Wigan have been on a horrendous run, Blackburn not quite so bad. In their last game, Rovers lost to Chelsea but deserved a point.

Got, Not Got: Celtic and Scotland Legend Ate Fruit – Shocking Picture Proof

Players today don't have names like Jimmy or Bobby or Nobby. And they don't have nicknames like ‘Jinky'. Players today don't wear goalie tops with quilted fronts and elbows. Not even the goalies, let alone wingers.

Image that makes the heart shudder in fear

As fans, we are more than easily riled aren't we. I will be the first to admit that when it comes to Arsenal, emotions are rarely things within my control. When I saw the way Real Madrid has acted in trying to tap up one of our players, I was incensed.

OK boys fess up. Which one of you wannabe ballers from SD posted this on Craigslist?

Galaxy MLS Cup 2011 - $20 (home depot)
WELL, THE GALAXY MADE IT TO THE FINAL FOR THE MLS CUP.. I BOUGHT MY TICKETS LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO.. THESE ARE SECTION 231.. THEY ARE LIKE MIDDLE SECTION.

Fergie's the greatest manager... but would you go for a pint with him?

Here's a sneak preview of how I'll look on Strictly Come Dancing's Halloween special this Saturday. People have been saying for years that I'm nothing but hair and teeth and this proves they're right!

By Chris Wright

It wasn't a particularly good day at the office for Novara 'keeper Samir Ujkani when his side took on Bologna in Serie A on Sunday, in so far as the Albanian conceded two in a 2-0 home defeat and, the poor sod, also had the misfortune of fracturing his nose, suffering a hairline crack to his cheekbone and losing four of his teeth after careering into teammate Michel Morganella.

Grin and bear it The weekend's Serie A action featured some DIY dentistry from Novara. Goalkeeper Samir Ujkani found himself minus four teeth after a collision with team-mate Michel Morganella. Ujkani also broke his nose in the clash. In the video above, you can see one of the keeper's teeth cartwheeling through the air away [.

On Sunday October 16th's slate of early matches in Serie A, only one saw any goals, it was Bologna's 2-0 victory over Novara. Both of Bologna's goals came after Novara's keeper Samir Ujkani left the match in the 43rd minute thanks to the brutal collision shown in the video below. It appears that you can see one of Ujkani's teeth flying in the air after the collision.

This is really one of the biggest questions in the minds of Arsenal fans these days what should we make of Financial Fair Play? As I wrote in my last blog, and as everyone already knew anyway, we most certainly don't have a sugar daddy type owner. At the same time, we also know that our club makes a ton of revenue, and would compete pretty well with the giants in Europe if every club lived within its means.

Every time there is an International break, Arsenal fans grit their teeth, close their eyes, and say prayer that one of our players will not suffer a big injury during some trivial international tie. Unfortunately, ...

Nicolas Guevera has seemingly been caught up in the Team Who Cares fad and went all vampirish on his opponent in the Argentine domestic league. More so, he looks a bit like a shark whose teeth were caught in the steel mesh of a poor swimmer, ever so briefly.

What else is trendy? Who's going to be the first person to eschew the name on the back of their shirt for a hashtag?

We are exactly three-quarters through the MLS season. Forget adding, subtracting and dividing the number of games your favorite side has played; it's good enough to know that Week 24 just passed in a 32-week season.

So, let the gloriously mean season of meaningful table watching and scoreboard tracking officially begin!

Hmm. Feeling at all peckish, Kickettes? Image: Getty Images/Zimbio.

We realise that making a choice between two different, but equally desirable things is very difficult. Our credit card bills reflect this on a monthly basis. But sometimes life can be cruel. Sometimes a decision just has to be made.

Today was the first day I had a chance to sink my teeth into the new and redesigned FOXSoccer.tv to see what the experience is like watching live Premier League matches. Despite raising the price from $15/month to $20/month, I wanted to see what the...
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-Jason Davis There's another MLS All-Star game in the books, and it's left me feeling a bit detached. Unstuck. Like I'm floating in time, untethered. This must be how Billy Pilgrim felt. We just did this last year. I remember the conversations, the resulting blog posts, the excuses/justifications/criticisms/rants/re-thinks/polls/screeds/polemics, the hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing and disgust over the dire performance put on by what is supposed to a collection of the best players MLS.

So I'm back. That's your cue to rejoice zealously (or brazenly gnash your teeth, whichever response seems most apropos). New Orleans nearly took my life twice and I shot a Romanian AK-47 at empty beer cans on a ranch in south Texas. 'Merica. With all-star week upon us, figured we'd get a midseason update on this list, and then we'll go back after the MLS Cup and dissect where we ended up.

By Chris Wright

In which a young Luis Suarez makes his televisual debut, appearing on what appears to be the Uruguayan version of 'Fun House' only without the hot(ish) cheerleader twins and Pat Sharp's ferocious mullet...

He still hasn't grown into those teeth, bless his little cotton socks.

Like many of you I watched yesterday's 1-1 draw with Hangzhou Greentown on the old Arsenal Player thingimaji (worked perfectly this time although it'd be excellent if one could resize the window to one's own specification rather than the two options of 'tiny' and 'full screen')

It wasn't particularly exciting and the best thing you can say about it was that it gave those with a certain sense of a humour a chance to crack wise a term that always puts me in mind of a former Chelsea player and a cricket bat.

FC Porto have denied that current boss Andre Villas-Boas is set to join Chelsea amidst mounting speculation that the highly-rated coach is to be unveiled as the new Blues boss.

According to reports, Chelsea are set to move for the current FC Porto boss with The Times in particular reporting that Jose Mourinho's former assistant is ready to leave the Portuguese champions and follow in the ‘Special One's' footsteps and sign for Chelsea.

I don't think I'd classify this as a good day to bury bad news although your tastes may cause you to disagree, but while we're all wailing and gnashing teeth over the Alex McLeish debacle, it appears that the new 2011/12 away shirt may have found its way on to the internet.

I stress may because unlike the 2011/12 home shirt, which I have very high resolution pictures I obtained myself, I'm not sure of the authenticity of this one.

I don't think I'd classify this as a good day to bury bad news although your tastes may cause you to disagree, but while we're all wailing and gnashing teeth over the Alex McLeish debacle, it appears that the new 2011/12 away shirt may have found its way on to the internet.

I stress may because unlike the 2011/12 home shirt, which I have very high resolution pictures I obtained myself, I'm not sure of the authenticity of this one.

No domestic football you say? Pah An odd summer often means little to chuck away your cider on, but with the transfer window hotting up early and some international tournaments of note, we provide you with some tempters to sink your teeth into. A £100 pot, judge the winnings at tend of August: 10. Guud [.

Whilst this won't be the last betting column before the summer (with the Copa America and European U21 Championships), it is certainly true to say that the amount of football is about to become a lot more sparse. With that in mind, get your betting teeth into Survival Sunday I feel sick saying that [.

I met a cannoneer with sunken eyes

Who said: Two vast and glassless rims of stone
Stand in north London. In their shadow lies
A battered puffer-jacket, cursed and thrown
Aside, as yet another season flies
Athwart the sun, then melts, then falls, then sags
In baffled error.

According to reports in today's press, Celtic boss Neil Lennon is ready to sign Coventry's Ireland keeper Keiren Westwood in a free transfer swoop.
Lennon wants Westwood to join his top SPL outfit in the summer but may try and tie him to a pre-contract shortly if he can sort out personal terms with the highly-rated Irish shot-stopper.

I know it looks like I am all up on Vancouver's jock right now with two Whitecaps-related posts in a row but I kind of have to give praise where it's due. I'm feeling their "Countdown to Kickoff" video series because A) it's pretty to look at, B) it has a lot of great old people in it and B) they feature custom club-branded sushi.

Perhaps it was all meant to be like this. Perhaps soccer was indeed created to carry out an educational message. Forget all the deserved hype about the newly crowned Superbowl heroes the Green Bay Packers and how a team from a tiny town in North-east Wisconsin can survive and prosper in a league where the likes of New York and Chicago are represented.

Perhaps it was all meant to be like this. Perhaps soccer was indeed created to carry out an educational message. Forget all the deserved hype about the newly crowned Superbowl heroes the Green Bay Packers and how a team from a tiny town in North-east Wisconsin can survive and prosper in a league where the likes of New York and Chicago are represented.

LIVE OAK, Fla. A Florida high school soccer goalkeeper has been charged with a felony count of hitting an opposing player during a postgame brawl. The Suwannee County Sheriff's Office booked 18-year-old goalie Jared Andrew Hendry on a felony battery charge Friday, according to its website. He was released on bond.

By Chris Wright

In which Real Madrid defender Raul Albiol uses every fibre of his physical being to prevent Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano's goal-bound effort from trundling across the line...

What's 'by the skin of your teeth' in Spanish?

For the record, Madrid eventually ran out as 1-0 winners thanks to a nifty goal from Karim Benzema.

So while researching another story, I came across this photo touting Soccer United Marketing President Kathy Carter as one of the most powerful women in sports. Helpfully buried in the caption was the following:

Carter is the Executive Vice President of Soccer United Marketing, helping accumulate $100 million in annual revenue.

For the privileged gentlemen of the press, White Hart Lane affords journalists a proximity to the benches of the competing teams. Harry Redknapp's twitches and flouncings are closely visible, and his assistant, Joe Jordan, bares his teeth in a fashion similar to that of his playing days. But when Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson visit a ground, as they did Spurs on Sunday, most eyes are drawn in one direction.

A lot of teeth gnashing on the interwebs today about the Washington Freedom officially being renamed "magicTalk SC/Washington Freedom." Talk about selling souls, selling out, bastardizing, WPS has the most awful team names ever and what not. And yeah, it's pretty terrible - at least the part about the weird name and playing some games in Florida and not knowing when or where any games will even be played.

'Dzeko and the moneymen'

Interesting how times have changed: Man City at home would for years have failed to set the pulse racing but with all the money spent there (and you might not approve but there's not a lot we can do about it, witness the incoming £27m Edin Dzeko), allied to their current league position, there can be no denying it's a huge test for both clubs.