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Mick McCarthy proved he really might be the dourest manager in football by kissing and making up with long time enemy Roy keane. After their magnificent bust up in Saipan four years ago I was spoiling…

I promise this is the last Stan Collymore related post (unless he says something else stupid) but using the awesome power of anagrams, I can now exclusively reveal which club Stanley will be joining…..

We try to maintain high standards here at Soccer Weblog. We try not to resort to celebrity gossip. But when Wayne Rooney wins a charity auction (hosted by the Beckhams) to spend a weekend with Puff Da…

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Alanis Morissette defined irony as "ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife." Alanis Morisette was wrong.
If only she'd been in Argentina this week, where…

This is from the Women's Asian Cup semi-final between North Korea and China. North Korea (in red) lost 1-0, and had a late goal disallowed for off-side. The players surrounded the referee, and goa…

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Over at Who Ate All The Pies? they've listed the top 10 footballing insults.
My personal favourite is number 9, Cardiff City manager Dave Jones' take on Carlton Palmer…

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John Boileau runs Before Thirty, a website chronicling his attempts to bring 100 or so wacky schemes to fruition before his 30th birthday. One of the schemes was to apply for a v…

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Stumbled across this website recently, which promises to tell you what your name would be if you played for Brazil.

soccer-Weblog's not entirely convinced, but it's f…

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Is it just me or does it seem like every major tournament now features a new ball that moves in the air just a little more than it's predecessor? Lahm and Frings (still excellent…

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Poor Louis Moffat. The six year old England fan thought he'd won a McDonalds competition to lead out the England team at the World Cup, but he's devastated to discover he&#…

 

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