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Weekend’s Talking Points: Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Blackburn, Reading, Everton, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Wigan

So the see-saw that is the Premier League lead has swung back the way of Arsenal again after they became the first side this season to leave the City of Manchester Stadium with three league points, whilst their North London neighbours Tottenham apologized for humiliating them in the Carling Cup last month by halting the…

Weekend Predictions: Arsenal to beat Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea to draw and Manchester United to beat Tottenham

Call me old-fashioned, but i believe that fidelity remains the cornerstone of a successful relationship. I would never cheat on my wife, unless the opportunity arose. I have serious doubts over my wife’s respect for monogamy. The word on the street is that Ashley Cole was physically sick while performing the horizontal 64-second jig, which…

Transfer Roundup: Tottenham, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Manchester City, Blackburn, Reading, Aston Villa, Juventus, Lazio, Rangers

It’s been a busy month with far more speculation than actual moves, but with only a few days left in the January transfer window, you can expect to see a lot of movin’, shakin’, and possibly shankin’ in the next few days.

Newcastle United after Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool players

The hype couldn’t stay down for long – after the Bolton anti-climax (Newcastle either didn’t have the players, enough motivation or they just weren’t tall enough) the speculation and hyperbole starts again as King Kev looks to potential signings with just 10 days to go in the January 08 transfer window. So who does Kev…

Transfer Roundup: Tottenham, Everton, Portsmouth, Aston Villa, Reading, Birmingham, Fulham, Blackburn, Juventus, Stoke City, Preston

I’m back, and ready to disappoint a lot of people again. If you dislike Tottenham and Portsmouth, you can selectively scroll around for the non-Tottenham and Portsmouth bits, because I may as well warn you – there are quite a few today. I will be starting with something related to neither, but, as I said…

Transfer Rumours: Tottenham, Arsenal, Everton, Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Real Madrid, Sunderland, Inter Milan, Middlesbrough, Derby

In case you’ve missed anything over the last two days, here we go with the important stuff.

All-Time Club Rankings according to IFFHS

After the World’s Top Goalscorer of 2007, the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History & Statistics) has done the impossible: make yet another controversial ranking, and make some more thousand-something fans pissed off about it. This time, it’s the All-Time Club Rankings.

Transfer Roundup: Tottenham, Manchester United, Newcastle, Liverpool, Arsenal, Celtic, Bolton, Wigan, Fulham, Derby, Manchester City, Blackburn, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid

I’ll get today’s transfer roundup started by getting your obligatory Berbatov tidbit out of the way first. Juande Ramos has slapped a 31 million GBP price tag on his prized asset. So, if you want to get him, you’ll have to pay an arm and a leg to get him, or, if you’re Roman Abramovich,…

FA Cup 3rd Round Predictions

FA Cup 3rd Round Preview (07/08), with Gerry McDonnell – Let’s all do the Bart Man Ignorance is not necessarily bliss. I’ve recently discovered that binge drinking can lead to long-term health problems, such as crabs and Chlamydia. The arrival of a new year offers me the opportunity to reflect upon my previous excess and…

Charity, Empathy and Chas to Tea

I remain a slave to tradition. Every year, I make a complete fool of myself at the office Christmas party, and this year was no exception. After consuming a few too many ales, I made a misguided play for the cleaner under the mistletoe. He was absolutely livid. My luck is unlikely to improve over…