Quite a transfer coup for Newcastle with the signing of £10 million pound number 9 Papiss Demba Cisse from German side Freiburg. The Senegalese striker will wear the famous shirt, as worn by previous Newcastle legends Alan Shearer, Jackie Milburn and Malcolm Macdonald. He will make up half of a potentially lethal strikeforce alongside Newcastle's other top striker, also from Senegal, Demba Ba.

By Chris Wright

"Here love, put down the ironing for a minute, my car bonnet needs a good waxing..."

Ipswich lost again last night; 2-1 to Birmingham, Nikola Zigic nabbing the winner in stoppage time, their 11th defeat in 14 matches.

Manager Paul Jewell was also left fuming over an incident in which Ipswich winger Lee Martin was fouled in the box by Brum's Stephen Caldwell and no penalty was given on the insistence of the referee's assistant a lady human with a vulva and everything by the name of Amy Fearn.

Another weird and unsavoury incident occurred last night during the Liverpool vs Oldham match in which Liverpool comfortably won 5-1 to progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

During the match, Oldham player Tom Adeyemi was visibly shocked and upset at something shouted at him from apparently a member of the Liverpool fan section, and Adeyemi is seen to be close to tears, having to be reassured by Steven Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt.

A bit late on this one but what the hell video footage of the crazy Tim Howard goal vs Bolton. Everton went on to lose the game 2-1, so they're probably a bit sick of this goal already.
Howard went on to state that he is sympathetic towards the Bolton goalkeeper Adam Bogdan, refusing to celebrate it at the time as he felt it was too cruel, and felt embarrassed.

Talksport: Funny video: Liverpool and Man United peace talks revealed!

talkSPORT can sensationally reveal this video footage of Kenny Dalglish and Fergie holding peace talks

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The full FA report from the Luis Suárez Patrice Evra racism case

The FA's report into the Suárez case gives a detailed insight into the events that led up to and followed the striker's insults In the 58th minute of the game, Mr Suárez fouled Mr Evra between the edge of the Manchester United penalty area and the corner flag at the Kop end.

Here are the most interesting and important points from the 115 page document which explains why the decision was made to charge Luis Suarez with racially abusing Patrice Evra.

Evidence
- The FA and Evra watched some video footage of the match. Evra pointed out to the FA, by reference to the video footage, when it was during the match that Suarez made the comments about which Evra had complained.

The Football Association has now released full written reasons for Liverpool star Luis Suarez's ban for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.
In the reasons for the sanctions the independent regulatory commission claim Suarez gave "unreliable" and "inconsistent" evidence to the commission.

The Football Association has now released full written reasons for Liverpool star Luis Suarez's ban for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.
In the reasons for the sanctions the independent regulatory commission claim Suarez gave "unreliable" and "inconsistent" evidence to the commission.

Publish and be damning. Printed on the FA website on New Year's Eve, the written reasons behind Luis Suárez's eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra suggests Liverpool have little hope of mounting a successful appeal even if they work hard to widen the "he said, they said" loopholes in the 115-page report.

The FA has today published the reasons behind Luis Suarez's 8 match ban, after he was found guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra.

Liverpool FC released a statement following the decision to ban Evra, falsely claiming that he had made unfounded accusations of racism before. They also falsely claimed the FA had ruled simply on the basis of one player's word against the other, when in fact video footage and Suarez's own admission helped prove he was guilty.

Luis Suárez accused of giving "unreliable" and "inconsistent" evidence

• FA release 115-page verdict into Patrice Evra racism hearing • Liverpool striker banned for eight matches and fined £40,000 Luis Suárez gave "unreliable" and "inconsistent" evidence to the commission investigating claims that the Liverpool forward racially abused Manchester United's Patrice Evra, it has emerged.

Want to feel better about your Xmas bloat? Look at these pictures of Ronaldo's charity comeback!

There's no denying the fact that Brazilian legend Ronaldo is one of the greatest strikers ever to have played the beautiful game. Unfortunately, there's also no denying that he was prone to carrying more timber than an octopus lumberjack.

One of the best parts about travelling is meeting exciting and inspiring individuals from all walks of life. Here are some of the fabulous folks, futbolitos and futbolitas in London posing with Futbolita and/or our postcards! We'll share a lot more including video footage very soon!

Ac Milan's Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic finds himself on the wrong side of the law for the umpteenth time as he escaped a ban from league matches after a federal prosecutor decided not to present video footage as evidence against his charge of blasphemy.

Now Ibrahimovic is a good player, there is no denying his abilities, however, his ego is just to big.

Video footage of Rory Donnelly in action. Cliftonville Chairman Gerald Lawlor yesterday confirmed that Liverpool are interested in signing promising young striker Rory DonnellySpeaking to the Belfast Telegraph, Lawlor stated: "It's not every day you get Kenny Dalglish ringing you and asking how the Reds got on at the weekend.

Luis Suárez given more time to respond to FA's improper-conduct charge

• Liverpool allowed extra time as player prepares his defence • Dalglish says club will use video footage from Fulham match Luis Suárez has been granted more time to respond to the improper‑conduct charge he received for allegedly making an offensive gesture to Fulham supporters at Craven Cottage last week.

By Alan Duffy

While UEFA's decision to reduce Wayne Rooney's ban to two matches for next summer's EURO 2012 finals has been generally welcomed by England fans, Liverpool's Scottish boss Kenny Dalglish has a slightly different take on the story.

Image: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images.

Congrats to the Los Angeles Galaxy who beat the Houston Dynamo 1-0 on Sunday to claim their first MLS Championship since 2005.

Images: AP Photo/Bret Hartman, Toby Canham/Getty Images.

The winning goal came in the 72nd minute when Robbie Keane slipped a pass to Landon Donovan, who then chipped the ball into the back of the net.

By Chris Wright

Last night's La Liga tie between Granada and Mallorca was called off after an hour or so after one of the linesman, Aguilar Rodriguez, had his face busted open (he suffered a suspected fractured cheek bone) by an umbrella thrown from the stands...

With Granada 2-1 up at the time after coming from behind and looking on course for a much-needed win considering how pap they've been this season, referee Clos Gomez stopped play after seeing his colleague getting brollied over in the corner of the ground, immediately marching from the field taking his assistants and Granada's three points with him.

Liverpool's Luis Suarez was yesterday charged by the FA for his alleged comments towards Patrice Evra, and although John Terry and Suarez both stand accused of the same heinous 'crime', the incompetence and bias of the FA has seen the two situations handled very differently.
The result of the FA's mismanagement of the situation has been several glaring inconsistencies and contradictions that don't make much sense, and seem to point - IMO - to FA bias towards Terry.

The Daily Mirror today has a front page story that the London police are considering charging John Terry with making racial comments to QPR's Anton Ferdinand.

According to the Mirror story the police have quizzed six senior Chelsea players about what was said during the match and have sent the file to crown prosecutors to make a final decision.

The Daily Mirror today has a front page story that the London police are considering charging John Terry with making racial comments to QPR's Anton Ferdinand.

According to the Mirror story the police have quizzed six senior Chelsea players about what was said during the match and have sent the file to crown prosecutors to make a final decision.

There is no getting away from the fact that we need to sort out our defensive problems. There is no point in sugar coating the weaknesses we currently have at the back that are being exploited each week. For me conceding three was bad enough at Old Trafford but to ship FIVE at home last weekend was a real shock.

There is no getting away from the fact that we need to sort out our defensive problems. There is no point in sugar coating the weaknesses we currently have at the back that are being exploited each week. For me conceding three was bad enough at Old Trafford but to ship FIVE at home last weekend was a real shock.

As we all know, there has been a story in the press surrounding a situation between John Terry and Anton Ferdinand after they had "handbags" with each other during our "heated" West London derby with QPR at the weekend.
As a result, QPR have asked the FA to investigate the situation along with the police also getting involved after a "member of the public" made a complaint against our Captain.

In the shadows of Manchester City's extraordinary 6-1 win at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, one of the Premier League season's more eyebrow-raising results of the season so far was being played out at Loftus Road, as newly-promoted Queens Park Rangers beat Chelsea by an odd goal. It was a curious match in several different respects.

In light of Patrice Evra's allegations of racism against Luis Suarez in our draw with Liverpool last weekend, John Terry has been accused of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand in Chelsea's defeat to QPR today.

Footage circulated on the internet with the claim that Terry had called Ferdinand a "black cunt".

I posted the other week about some of our unsung hero's that don't make many headlines on the football pitch. One was Ramires as we all know how well he has been playing this season, the other was Ashley Cole who has been outstanding for us this season!.
His form has been consistently good and once again he is having an influence on our attacking play as much as defending.

Everton have vowed to take 'firm and far-reaching action' against anyone who is found to have thrown objects at Liverpool players during Saturday's Merseyside derby.
Objects - including what appeared to be at least one coin and a number of plastic bottles - were seen being hurled at the likes of Luis Suarez and Craig Bellamy at Goodison Park over the weekend.

Morning all,
Welcome to the blog. In the real world (away from computers) there's supposed to be a horse race or two in town today.
More importantly, FP is told, there is supposed some fine fashion on display. Offices in this town are known to shut down for the afternoon, just so the ladies can get out there and enjoy the festivities.

Arsenal midfielder Alex Song has been handed a three-match ban after accepting a charge of violent conduct.

Song was handed the charge after stamping on Newcastle's Joey Barton during Arsenal's goalless draw at St James' Park last weekend.

The incident was missed by referee Peter Walton during the game but the Football Association decided to act after reviewing video footage.

Of all the Premiership new boys, when it comes to games between Spurs and Swansea, there isn't a great deal of ‘previous', certainly not in recent years anyway.

One tie that really sticks in the mind came in 1978-79 when the Welshmen, prior to their first division exploits of the early 1980's came to Spurs in a league cup match.

We were fortunate enough to have a group of "Friends of the Nest" on the ground in Portland this past Sunday. Tom Faust did us the favor of capturing some video footage, including a pre-game predictions from the Thirsty Lion, half time comments and even the equalizing penalty by DeRo. In addition to the video, which you can view above, Tom took some shots around the ground and from his vantage point close to the Timbers Army.

Video footage showing Blatter in denial about there being a "crisis" in FIFA.
He also sounds a bit like Don Corleone when he talks about FIFA being a family.

Along with the my posts about the two key players for Chelsea against United this coming Sunday in David Luiz and Didier Drogba, I am reposting this article I wrote before the United games before, because they are still relevant and I believe key in how to beat United on Sunday.
I have had a look at Manchester United and have come up with some key weaknesses in their game that we need to exploit.

On April 5th, the FA charged Wayne Rooney with breaking Law 12 after he swore following scoring his third goal.

A Sky Sports camera came on to the field of play and Rooney shouted "what? Fucking what?" at it.

"The FA has today charged Manchester United's Wayne Rooney for the use of offensive, insulting and/or abusive language relating to an incident during his side's fixture with West Ham United," the FA statement read.

April 10th 2011
1. Player: Charlie Adam
Game: Blackpool vs Arsenal
Time: 57 minutes

After being fouled, Adam was clearly seen on the TV screen saying "fuck off". The referee is Lee Mason who claimed in his match report from West Ham vs Manchester United that if he had heard Wayne Rooney swearing, he would have sent him off.

April 9th 2011
1. Player: Jermaine Beckford
Game: Wolves vs Everton
Time: 73 minutes

After being substituted, Beckford was clearly seen on the TV screen saying "fuck me" before rowing with David Moyes.

April 9th 2011
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I have had a look at Manchester United and have come up with some key weaknesses in their game that we need to exploit tomorrow. We all know about the threat they pose going forward. Chelsea need to remain solid and disciplined defensively first and foremost. If we can keep Nani quiet and frustrate Wayne Rooney we are half way there.